Vocabulary practice

1. Match the halves of the sentences.

1. The population of Ukraine	a) are the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
2. The capital of Ukraine	b) is temperate, cool and continental.
3. The main river in the country	c) is about 48 million people.
4. The climate of Ukraine	d) are exceptionally good for wheat and sugar beet.
5. The national symbols	e) is Kyiv, which is famous for its present and the past.
6. The main fishing grounds	f) is the Dnieper, which is the 3rd longest in Europe.
7. The black soils of the forest-steppe zone	g) are the National Flag, the National Emblem and the National Anthem.

2. Complete the following sentences using the facts you know.

1. The blue stripe on the Flag of Ukraine means ……… .

2. The yellow stripe on the Ukrainian Flag symbolizes ……… .

3. The National emblem of Ukraine is ……… .

4. The national anthem of Ukraine is ……… .

5. The Ukrainian currency is ……… .

3. Fill in the necessary prepositions.

of, in, for, with, on

1. Dnipropetrovsk is one …… the most important cities …… South-Eastern part …… Ukraine.

2. …… many years Donetsk was called “the city of million roses”, it probably is the greenest industrial city …… the world.

3. The Poltava …… today is a busy regional centre …… developed industrial and agricultural spheres.

4. Kharkiv has its own city emblem – The Horn …… Plenty ……… fruits and flowers ……… it.

5. Odesa was founded ……… the 14^th century …… the Black Sea shore …… one ……… its shallow natural harbours.

6. Lvyv is proud …… its University which is the oldest …… our country and was opened in 1784.

4. Read the following dialogues and do the activities below.

A: I don’t like our flag.

B:What’s the matter with it?

A:It’s too much like other flags.

B:Yes, a lot of flags have stripes.

A:A flag should be pretty.

B:What should our flag look like?

A:It should have a pretty woman on it.

B:That’s ridiculous!

A:You don’t like pretty women?

B:Of course I do. But not on our flag!

A:Every nation should have a pretty woman on their flag.

B:You can’t go to war carrying a flag with a woman on it!

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Andriy:Look, mom! What’s that!

Mother: It is a cabin made from mammoth’s bones.

A:Do you mean people live in it?

M:Not now, of course.

A:A mammoth … what’s that?

M:A mammoth was an animal that looked like an elephant. Mammoths were huge and their bones were large as well. That is why people used them to build their cabins more than ten thousand years ago.

A:Wow! Did people live in other unusual houses many years ago?

M: Sure. In caves, for example. In the XI century in Kyiv the monks settled in caves. “Pechera” means a cave, so later on their monastery was called “Pecherskiy”.

A:Isn’t it cold in there?

M:The temperature is about 10-12 degrees Celsius. Pecherski caves are long corridors with small side-rooms called caves.

A:Can we see the caves now?

M:Why not?

1. Look through the second conversation and mark sentences A (Andriy) or M (Mother).

1. It is a cabin made from mammoth’s bones ………

2. Isn’t it cold in there ………

3. Not now, of course ………

4. Why not ………

5. What’s that ………

6. Can we see the caves now ………

2. Read the dialogue again and explain the words in bold.

5. Read the text and do the activities.