- •Міністерство освіти і науки україни
- •Contents
- •Передмова
- •F. Scott Fitzgerald winter dreams
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match up the synonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put questions to the italicized words.
- •2. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Choose the right word:
- •3. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or the Past Perfect.
- •2. Complete the sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Fill in the sentences with the words from the box.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Change the following sentences from the story:
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive form.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Fill in the sentences with the words from the box.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the proper article: a (an), the, ø.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the verbs in brackets in an appropriate tense.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •2. Choose the correct pronoun.
- •3. Change the following sentences from the story into indirect speech:
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •Parts III-IV
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the phrasal verbs.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put questions to the italicized words.
- •2. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •3. Complete the sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Complete the sentences with the appropriate modal verb.
- •2. Use the verbs in brackets in an appropriate tense.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •2. Put the right form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match up the synonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •2. Translate the sentences below into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the word in bold.
- •3. Change the following sentences from the story:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match up the antonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •2. Put the correct reflexive pronoun.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in bold.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Choose the correct word.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Change the following sentences from the story into direct speech.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
1. Answer the questions:
Why did Dexter break off relations with Irene?
Was he upset because of popular opinion?
Why did Judy terminate their romance?
Dexter greeted the war, didn’t he? Why?
Who came to his New York office one day?
What did Devlin tell Dexter?
What was Dexter’s reaction to the news?
2. Discuss the following:
Why did Judy get married a man who “has gone to pieces in a way”, drank, ran around and was “particularly outrageous”? Why wasn’t she going to divorce?
“The dream was gone. Something had been taken from him”. “Long ago, long ago there was something in me, but now that thing is gone”. What is the author speaking about?
Ernest Hemingway SOLDIER’S HOME
Exercises
Pre-reading Tasks
1. What facts from Hemingway’s biography do you know?
2. Practise the pronunciation of the words from the story. When in doubt refer to the dictionary:
height, hysteria, apocryphal, acquire, nausea, exaggeration, clarinet, intrigue, consequence, boast, beau, maple syrup, resentful, kneel, honourable.
Vocabulary Tasks
1. Find in the story the English for:
рідне місто; жахливі історії; знайомий; практикуватися в грі на кларнеті; прогулюватися містом; її увага завжди десь блукала; торгівля нерухомим майном; вивозити клієнтів за місто; черевики без каблуків; коротко підстрижене волосся; залицятися; інший бік вулиці; дуже хотіти, бажати; пригладжувати фартух; не зовсім прокинутися; сонько; зняти обгортку; відкрити газету на спортивній сторінці; стояти у дверному отворі; глечик для води; тарілка з гречаними коржиками; у бога для кожного є робота; спокуса; молитися за когось; ставати гордістю суспільства; перешкоджати свободі; стати навколішки.
2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
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hardening ridiculous courting wandered settling elaborately steady honourable strolled bobbed |
The men from the town who had been drafted had all been welcomed … on their return.
People seemed to think it was rather … for Krebs to be getting back so late, years after the war was open.
In the evening he practised on his clarinet, … down town, read and went to bed.
She often asked him to tell her about the war, but her attention always … .
He liked their … hair and the way they walked.
He didn’t want to do any … .
He folded The Star open and propped it against the water pitcher with his cereal dish to … it, so he could read while he ate.
Krebs looked at the bacon … on his plate.
The boys are … down; they’re all determined to get somewhere.
All work is … as he says.
3. Match the words with the definitions.
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1) a corporal |
a) understand fully and completely |
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2) ridiculous |
b) say that something is larger, better, more important, etc. than it really is; go beyond the truth |
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3) atrocity |
c) a piece of cloth, rubber, leather or other material, worn in front to keep the clothes clean |
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4) comprehend |
d) a non-commissioned officer in the army, higher than a private and lower than a sergeant |
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5) nausea |
e) make dirty |
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6) exaggerate |
f) a cruel, wicked or savage act |
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7) stroll |
g) the act of persuading to do wrong |
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8) muss up |
h) absurd; unreasonable, causing indignation |
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9) an apron |
i) walk quietly and without haste |
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10) temptation |
j) a feeling of sickness |