Additional exercises

Ex. 1. Name the professions of people who:

1. conduct an orchestra;

2. keep business accounts;

4. write stories;

5. go to sea;

7. write plays;

8. drive planes;

9. compose music;

10. design machines, ships, bridges;

11. sell tickets in buses and trams;

12. treat other people;

13. act in a play or a film;

14. who is the head of a department at a university or an institute;

15. writes verses;

16. make, repair or use machinery;

17. own or rent a farm;

18. are busy with newspaper work;

19. grow crops, raise animals;

20. work with wood.

Ex. 2. Answer the following questions.

1. What were your classmates going to be? 2. Are the professions of a teacher and a doctor noble? Why? 3. What do some of your relations do for a living? 4. What must one do to be a good sportsman? 5. Are you afraid of visiting a dentist? 6. Who is your favourite actor (actress)? 7. What are you good at? 8. When are you going to graduate from the university? 9. Is it easy or difficult to raise animals? (to grow crops; to cure people; to play the guitar (violin, piano); to nurse children; to conduct an orchestra; to compose music) 10. What poets (writers, composers, actors, actresses) are popular not only in our country but also abroad?

Ex. 3. Rewrite the sentences, choosing the correct word in brackets.

1. Most young people (eventual/eventually) get mar­ried.

2. She sings (beautiful/beautifully).

3. The train arrived (late/lately).

4. Many people (hard/hardly) ever meet their uncles, aunts, and cousins.

5. I can’t jump so (high/highly).

6. It is quite (common/commonly) for close relatives to live in different parts of the country.

7. Have you travelled by train (late/lately)?

8. He (hard/hardly) ever does any work.

9. I hit him very (hard/hardly).

10. He (hard/hardly) knew what to say.

Ex. 4. Choose the right word.

a) job – position - occupation

job – anything that one has to do, task, duty;

position – a person’s relative place, as in society; rank, status;

occupation – that which chiefly engages one’s time; one’s trade.

1. He was unemployed doing only odd … .

2. Knitting is useful … for long winter evenings.

3. This aid is for those who have a very low … in society.

4. My sister occupies an important … in the Department of Health.

5. The police called to the company to find out his … at the moment.

6. He had a hard … painting the car.

b) leave – graduate

leave – graduate (school);

graduate (from) – to get a degree or diploma, to complete a course of study at a college/university.

1. He … from Columbia University last summer.

2. She … school 2 months ago and couldn’t find a job.

3. What university did you … from?

Ex. 5. Choose the correct Russian equivalent for “order” in the sentences.

1. People do this in order а.. для того чтобы

to change jobs. б. в порядке

2. He left his affairs in order. в. какой-то порядок

3. My phone is out of order. г. в строгом порядке

4. Some teachers find it д. не в порядке

difficult to keep order e. поддерживать порядок

in their class. ж. приказано

5. The troop retired in з. по приказу

good order.

6. He is under the order

to leave the country.

7. In order to see him I flew

to New York.

8. He brought his girl-friend

in order that we should meet her.

9. Get your ideas in some

kind of order.

10. The work was done by

order of the king.

Ex. 6. Complete the following sentences using suitable words or phrases from the list below.

left school, to find a job, given up, looking through, receptionist, move to, living on my own, out of work, queuing, local paper, applicants, take any job, unemployment benefit, youth unemployment

In Britain a lot of people are … . Tracey Chapman is 18, and she … a year ago. She lives in the North East, an area of high … . She hasn’t been able … yet. “My dad just doesn’t understand. He started working in a steel mill when he was 15. Things are different now, but he thinks I should start bringing home some money. Oh, I get my … but that isn’t much and I’m fed up with … for it every Thursday. I hate having to ask my mum and dad for money. Oh, my mum gives me a couple of pounds for tights now and then, but she can’t stand seeing me at home all day. I’ve almost … looking for a job. I buy the … every day but I’m really tired of … the “Situations Vacant” column. There are 50 … for every job. I was interested in being a dentist’s … because I like meeting people, but now I’d … at all. People ask me why I don’t … London, but I don’t want to leave my family and friends. Anyway, I’m scared of … in a big city.”

Ex. 7. Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below.

Example: As pretty as a picture. As sour as a lemon.

As _____as a lion.

As weak as a kitten.

As _____as a shadow.

As hungry as a bear.

As _____as lead.

As steady as _____.

As blind as ­­­­­­­_____.

As cool as a _____.

As _____ as sin.

As happy as a grin.

As sly as _____.

As _____ as ox.

As solid as _____.

As full as a tick.

As light as a feather.

As uncertain as ______.

As deaf as a post.

As warm as ______.

Toast; ugly; bat; brave; heavy; strong; the weather; fox; thin; a brick; a cucumber; a rock.

Ex. 8. Rephrase the following sentences. Use ‘must’ instead of modal words.

Example: Surely they have left already. They must have left already.

1. Her shoes evidently pinch her, she can hardly walk. 2. Surely the boy recognized you at once. 3. It was undoubtedly raining when you left. 4. She is probably good at chemistry. 5. They were probably having dinner when I phoned them. 6. Surely she has finished typing by this time. 7. Surely he is looking for his glasses again. 8. No doubt you are run down, you look pale. 9. Su­rely she is still typing. 10. She is probably in her office now.

Ex. 9. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.

1. - Мой друг по переписке из Испании. – Сколько ему лет? – Он ещё несовершеннолетний. Ему исполнится 18 через пять месяцев. Он - выпускник колледжа, и хочет стать опытным бухгалтером. – Как это скучно! – Это зависит от характера человека. Что касается его, то у него прекрасное чувство юмора.

2. - Это Майкл и Артур. Первый – студент. - Как насчёт другого? – Он – пианист. Кроме того, он дирижирует оркестром.

3. Элизабет – привлекательная, восхитительная женщина. Она – опытный врач, терапевт. Она всегда вежлива со своими пациентами и всегда пытается им помочь.

4. Разрешите представить вам Люси. Она из Франции. Она – выпускница медицинского колледжа. Она будет работать глазным врачом на Дальнем Востоке.

5. - Где живут родители вашего мужа и ваши? – Мои – на Украине, а его – в Гааге. – Чем они занимаются? – Его отец – драматург, его мать – научный работник, его сестра – машинистка, а его брат – известный журналист.