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- •Laboratory work 2
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- •Laboratory work 3
- •Practice: Task 33
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- •Practice: shortening Task 39
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- •Laboratory work 5
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- •5. Tiresome because it seems to be interminable or to be marked by unremitting sameness
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Task 85
These words are paronyms. Match the words with their definitions.
1. RISE, RAISE
a) to come or go upwards; to reach a high or higher level, position, etc.
b) to lift or move something to a higher level
2. COMPANY, CAMPAIGN
a) group of people united for business or commercial purposes
b) a series of planned activities with a particular social, commercial or political aim
3. MACARONI, MACAROON
a) a small flat cake or biscuit made of sugar, egg white and crushed almonds or coconut
b) long hard tubes of pasta, often chopped into short pieces and boiled in water before eating
4. HUMAN, HUMANE
a) of or characteristic of man (contrasted with God, animals or machines)
b) having or showing sympathy, kindness and understanding
5. CRASH, CRUSH
a) to press or squeeze something/somebody hard so that there is breakage or injury
b) to fall or strike something suddenly and noisily
6. PRICE, PRIZE
a) an amount of money for which something is bought or sold
b) an award given to the winner of a competition, race, etc.
7. SERGEANT, SURGEON
a)a doctor who performs surgical operations
b) a non-commissioned army officer ranking above a corporal and below a warrant officer
8. RECIPE, RECEIPT
a) a written statement that something (especially money or goods) has been received
b) a set of instructions for preparing a food dish, including the ingredients required
Task 86
Determine the type of these homonyms: a) partial homonyms, b) full homonyms. Give all necessary explanations.
1. lead, v (вести; руководить) - lead, n (свинец)
2. fast, adj (прочный, крепкий) - fast, adj (скорый, быстрый)
3. lie, v (лежать) - lie, v (лгать)
4. desert, v (покидать) - desert, n (пустыня)
5. bow, n (лук) - bow, n (поклон)
Task 87
Establish the type of these homonyms:
a) lexical; b) grammatical; c) lexico-grammatical.
1. friends - friend's - friends'
2. ball, n (мяч) - ball, n (бал)
3. nit, n (гнида) - knit, v (вязать)
4.right adj (справедливый) - right, adj (правый)
5. said v (past ind.) - said, v (past p.)
6. shy, adj (пугливый) - shy, v (бросать /мяч, камень/)
Task 88
Identify the source of homonymy for the words:
a) divergent meaning development;
b) convergent sound development;
c) borrowing;
d) conversion;
e) shortening;
f) sound imitation.
1. work, n - work, v
2. bang, n (a fringe of hair combed over the forehead) -
bang, n (a loud, sudden, explosive noise)
3. flower, n - flour, n
4. bank, n (a shore) - bank, n (a financial institution)
5. add, v - ad, n (an advertisement)
6. comb, n- comb, v
7. night, n-knight, n
8. rep, n (a kind of fabric) - rep, n (a representative)
9. love, n - love, v
10. board, n (a long, thin piece of timber) - board, n (an official group of persons who direct or supervise some activity)
11. pale, adj - pale, v
12. match, n (a game) - match, n (a slender short piece of wood used for producing fire)
13. mew, n (a sea gull) - mew, n (the sound a cat makes)
14. sea, n- see, v
15. plate, n - plate, v
16. fan, n (an implement for waving lightly to produce a cool current of air) - fan, n (an enthusiastic admirer of some kind of sport or of an actor, singer, etc.)