Exercises in word study

Ex. 1. Translate into Ukrainian

Individual owners and managers, chemical fertilizers, is known as the breadbasket of Europe, huge coal deposits, nuclear power-plant in-north-central Ukraine, signed an agreement, people own automobiles or motorcycles, chief airports, newspapers are privately owned, construction equipment, manufactured goods, major trading partners

Ex.2. Complete the following sentences.

1.Ukraine is a major producer of … .

2.In this kind of economy, individual owners and managers run … .

3.About two-fifth of Ukraine’s people work in … .

4.Ukraine’s heavy industries produce … .

5.Ukraine is also a producer of consumer goods, including … .

6.Its moderate climate and rich black soils, … .

7.Near cities, farmers grow … .

8.Ukraine is famous for its agricultural production and is known as … .

9.Coal, natural gas, and petroleum have long been … .

10.During the 1980’s, nuclear power plants began providing …

11.Many Ukrainians, however, oppose the use nuclear energy … .

12.In 1999, Ukraine signed ….

13.Ukraine’s highways include … .

14.A large railroad network connects … .

15.Major ports include … .

16.Service industries employ more than … .

17.Ukrainian newspapers are … .

18.The country’s chief service industries include … .

19.Ukraine’s chief exports are … .

20.Major trading partners of the country include … .

Ex.3. Choose the necessary word and put it in the sentence ( electricity, manufacture, produce, run, lie, rank, work, has, include, owned. )

1.Ukraine … among the leading countries in the leading countries in the production of sugar beets and wheat.

2.About two-fifth of Ukraine’s people … in industry, and about fifth work in agriculture.

3.Ukraine also … chemical fertilizers, refined sugar, and canned foods.

4.In this kind of economy, individual owners and managers … their own business.

5.Today, these plants produce about a fourth of Ukraine’s … .

6.Ukraine’s heavy industries … iron and steel and such machines, refrigerators, clothes and shoes.

7.The country also … hydroelectric plants located mainly on the Dnieper River.

8.Leading daily papers … Pravda Ukrainy, Rabochaya Gazeta, Silsky Visty and Vilna Ukraina.

9.Most of the system is … by the government

10.Huge coal deposits … in the Donbas, the center of Ukraine’s heavy industry.

Ex. 4. Complete the sentences

1. Ukraine is a major producer of … .

2. In … Ukraine began changing its economy from the one owned and controlled by the … .

3. Most other Ukrainians have jobs in … .

4. Heavy industries of Ukraine produce … .

5. … and is known as the breadbasket of Europe.

6. Ukraine ranks among the leading countries in the production of … .

7. Huge oil deposits lie in the … .

8. …, nuclear power plants began providing an important new source of energy.

9. Ukraine imports much oil and natural gas from … .

10. About a third of Ukraine’s people own … .

11. Ukraine’s chief airports are … .

12. Service industries employ … workers.

13. … oil, natural gas, wood products, rubber, and consumer goods.

14. Ukraine’s major trading partners include … .