Lexica- grammatical exercises

III. Act your dialogues, using military commands above.

IV. Give Ukrainian equivalents for the following proverbs.

- To throw a stone in one's own garden.

- To throw dust in somebody's eyes.

- To throw straws against the wind.

- Opportunity makes the thief.

V. Find the right meaning from the 2nd column to the abbreviations.

1) P.T.O. A. outside a car park

2) R.S.T.P. B. on an invitation

3) c/o C. on an envelope

4) P. D. at the bottom of a written page

5) M.D. E. outside a cheap hotel or guest house

6) B & B F. outside a doctor's surgery

1) please turn over;

2) please reply to say if you are coming or not;

(short for the French: Repondez s'il vous plait);

3. care of the person the letter is addressed to will collect it from the person into whose care it is delivered;

4) parking;

5) doctor of medicine;

6) bed and breakfast.

VI.Fix the signs in the right place .

Warning signs:

1) No smoking.

2) Danger.

3) Fragile.

4) Break this glass in case of fire.

5) Emergency exit.

6) To fire escape.

7) Do not touch.

8) Mind your head.

9) Fasten your seat- belts.

10) Press the button.

11) Wet paint.

12) Keep off the grass.

Suggestions:

a) on the black door of a cinema or theatre; b) in a hospital, in a coach, in a lecture hall;.

c) in a garden;

d) in a corridor, with on arrow pointing right or left;

e) over a low door;

f) in a museum, under a glass case;

g) on a coin machine;

h) on the glass of a fire alarm;

i) in a plane;

j) beside the road to warn motorists;

k) on a bench;

l) on a case containing breakable objects.

VII. Learn military commands and word expressions by heart.

VIII Change the following into the Future Indefinite.

1. The students have dictations twice a week. 2. I spend my summer holidays in the country. 3. Our professor left for Kyiv on Monday. 4. She agrees with him. 5. Our school year begins on the 1st of September. 6. We do our homework in the afternoon. 7. My brother is a lawyer. 8. I saw him at school. 9. We sleep in the open air. 10. Her husband worked at the university. 11. They are at home. 12. I am busy on weekdays.

IX. Make the following interrogative and negative.

1. The meeting will begin at eight. 2. They will be in Brussels the day after tomorrow. 3. She will cook breakfast for us. 4. We’ll ask him later. 5. The boy will be seven next year. 6. The plane will take off in five minutes. 7. We’ll climb the mountain next week. 8. I shall see you on Monday. 9. I'll buy a camera next month. 10. They'll tell us about it.

X. Put questions to the italicized words.

1. Our friends will come to see us today. 2. They will arrive in some minutes. 3. His parents will be at home after six. 4. The peace talks will be held next month in Vienna. 5. Jack won't go to the cinema because he is busy. 6. We'll play chess this evening. 7. We'll get up at seven tomorrow. 8. The plant will make agricultural machines.