- •Economic activities
- •1. Practice saying the following words. Pay attention on the stress.
- •2. Study the diagram and complete the following sentences.
- •3. The table shows how words are formed around the verb produce. List all the words you can make from the table and use them in suitable blanks in the sentences.
- •4. Seven words can be formed from the basic word nation. This table shows how to do it. Put each word in its suitable place in the sentences.
- •5. Change these sentences by changing certain adjectives into verbs.
- •6. Combine some of the words in these sentences in order to make new compound nouns.
- •7. Read and translate the text.
- •8. Answer the questions about passages I and II.
- •9. Say if these statements are true or false, and why.
- •10. Provide missing words from passage I.
- •11. Answer the questions about passages III and IV.
- •12. Say if these statements are true or false, and why.
- •13. Find single words in passage III for which these words can be substituted.
- •14. Find words in passage IV for which these words could be substituted.
- •15. Answer the questions about passage V.
- •16. Say if these statements are true or false, and why.
- •17. Provide missing words.
- •18. Arrange the following sentences in their proper order.
- •19. Put prepositions in the blanks of these sentences.
- •20. Decide which suffix is necessary to change these words from activities etc. To the people who engage in them.
- •21. Make these adjectives negative by adding the prefix un– and complete with them the following sentences.
- •22. Make these adjectives negative by adding the prefix in– and complete with them the following sentences.
- •23. Make these words negative by adding prefix in– and altering it to suit the consonant which follows (il–; im–; ir–) .
- •24. Make each word below negative by adding a suitable prefix: non– ; un– ; or in– (or il– ; im– ; ir– as required).
- •25. Study the following and write a composition (about 300 words).
- •26. Write about 400 words and make presentations on the topics:
21. Make these adjectives negative by adding the prefix un– and complete with them the following sentences.
economic |
economical |
satisfactory |
systematic |
necessary |
scientific |
enjoyable |
available |
suitable |
equal |
productive |
conditional |
important |
usual |
desirable |
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People do not like working in _______ conditions.
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The employers decided to close that factory because it was ______ .
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Complete economic freedom is an ______ situation.
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Compared with our need for food, clothes and shelter, some of our wants are quite _____ .
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We say that goods are sold at ______ prices, when the price is less than the cost of producing them.
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The goods which he wanted were ______ at the price which he was willing to pay.
22. Make these adjectives negative by adding the prefix in– and complete with them the following sentences.
active |
activity |
secure |
security |
organic |
sufficient |
definite |
adequate |
distinct |
complete |
solvent |
expert |
frequent |
conclusive |
dependent |
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Metals are ______ substances.
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Most nations like to be economically ______ .
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The services which they provided were quite _____ .
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If an economy becomes unstable, people begin to feel ______ .
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The men were rather ______ at the kind of work which they had been asked to do.
23. Make these words negative by adding prefix in– and altering it to suit the consonant which follows (il–; im–; ir–) .
legal |
mobile |
proper |
personal |
probable |
legible |
logical |
rational |
regular |
relevant |
responsible |
possible |
practical |
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24. Make each word below negative by adding a suitable prefix: non– ; un– ; or in– (or il– ; im– ; ir– as required).
economic active distinct legal systematic public definite dependent secure |
industrial practical scientific relevant satisfactory frequent available probable regular |
mobile productive legible important logical adequate proper rational suitable |
personal enjoyable responsible organic sufficient conditional complete desirable essential |
usual stable equal communist solvent conclusive political expert necessary |
25. Study the following and write a composition (about 300 words).
Most people work in order to earn their living, and they produce goods and services. This fact can be shown as a diagram:
Most people produce
goods or services
The things which people produce are called their products. So the diagram can be drawn as:
products
goods services
Below are 20 kinds of people. Ten of them produce goods; ten produce services. Use these as examples in your composition.
cattle-breeder pilot shoemaker horse-breeder builder |
coal-maker teacher steelworker shopkeeper electrician |
musician doctor nurse cook policeman |
farmer banker fruit-grower fisherman iron-ore miner |