- •U n I t 9
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Name the word-building elements and the part of speech of each word:
- •II. Find equivalents:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Match the antonyms:
- •V. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •VI. Complete the following sentences:
- •VII. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •VIII. Define which of the following items best completes
- •X. Translate into English:
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Use the correct word in the sentences. Change the form
- •II. Give the Ukrainian equivalents for the following words and
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Find single words in the text for which the following words could
- •II. Say whether these statements are true or false and if they are
- •III. Change the following sentences as in the pattern:
- •1. Monopolies are permitted in public utilities because in these industries
- •2. Which of the following firms will have the greatest freedom in
- •3. A merger results when
- •V. Punctuate the following passage. Provide capital letters,
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •Communicative situations
- •Grammar exercises Modal Verbs and their Equivalents Modal Verbs: can; could; be able to
- •I. Complete the sentences according to the pattern:
- •II. Ask your groupmate:
- •III. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
- •IV. Give short and full answers:
- •Modal Verbs: may; might
- •Modal Verbs: must; be to; have to; have got to
- •XX. Complete the following situation, using «be to»
- •XXI. Translate into English:
- •Modal Verbs: should; ought to
- •XXII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XXIII. Change the sentences using the verbs should or ought:
- •XXIV. Put «to» where necessary:
- •XXV. Translate into English:
- •Indefinite Pronoun: one. Indefinite-Personal Sentences
- •XXVI. Paraphrase the sentences using the indefinite pronoun one:
- •XXVII. Translate the sentences and define the function of «one»:
- •XXVIII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XXIX. Translate into English:
- •XXX. Memorize the following proverbs. Translate them into
- •Exercises for individual work
- •I. Insert may or might:
- •II. Insert can, could or be able to:
- •III. Change the sentences into the Past and Future Indefinite:
- •IV. Insert must or the present, future, or past form of have to:
- •V. Insert must not or need not:
- •VI. Put «to» where necessary:
- •VII. Insert one(s) or one’s:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
Comments
1. pure competition — чиста конкуренцiя
2. monopolistic competition — монополістична конкуренція
3. to keep something for oneself — затримати щось для себе
4. to stand out from — вiдiйти/вiддiлитися вiд
5. to attract attention — привертати увагу
6. to take over the economic market — змiнити економiчний ринок
7. product differentiation — диференціація (індивідуалізація) продукції
Vocabulary exercises
I. Name the word-building elements and the part of speech of each word:
market — marketability — marketable — marketeer — marketer — marketing; differ — difference — different — differential — differentiate — differentiation — differentiability — differently; compete — competition — competitive — competitiveness — competitor; monopoly — monopolist — monopolistic — monopolize — monopolization.
II. Find equivalents:
1. to depend on smth 2. in short 3. to attract more customers 4. to stand out from smth 5. to prevail 6. a highly competitive market 7. pure competition 8. to have some influence over price 9. to enter the market 10. to keep smth for oneself 11. to take over the economic market 12. to meet the condition of pure competition |
а. змiнити економiчний ринок б. затримати щось для себе в. входити в ринок г. коротко кажучи д. залежати вiд чогось е. вiдiйти вiд чогось є. чиста конкуренцiя ж. впливати якимось чином на цiну з. переважати и. залучити бiльше покупцiв і. приймати умови чистої конкуренцiї ї. ринок із високим ступенем конкуренцiї |
III. Match the synonyms:
a customer, significant, to prevail, to attract smb’s attention, a supply, next, in accordance with smth, following, to draw smb’s attention, to be ready to do smth, to predominate, to determine price, a buyer, to meet the conditions of pure competition, to fix a price, to be willing to do smth, according to smth, important, a stock, to agree to the conditions of pure competition.
IV. Match the antonyms:
similarity, ordinary, easy, dependent, imaginary, to separate, difference, to attract smb, to accept, independent, difficult, buyer, unique, to reject, seller, to unite, real, to scare smb away/off.
V. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
1. Economists classify markets according ... conditions that prevail ... them. 2. The answer ... these questions helps to determine market structure, or the nature and degree ... competition ... firms operating ... the same market. 3. One market may be highly competitive because ... a large number ... firms produce similar ... products. 4. Pure competition is a market situation ... which there are many independent and well-informed buyers and sellers ... exactly the same economic products. 5. Buyers and sellers depend ... forces ... the market to determine price. 6. To monopolize means to keep something ... oneself. 7. By making its product a little different, a firm may try to attract more ... customers and take ... the economic market.