
- •1. Advice
- •2. Alive, live, living, lively
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- •3. Alone, lonely
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- •4. Awake, awaken, wake, waken
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- •5. Childish, childlike
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- •6. Cloth, cloths, clothes
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- •7. Comic, comical
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- •8. Comprehensive, comprehensible
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- •9. Concert, concerto
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- •10. Conscious, conscientious; consciousness, conscience
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- •11. Considerable, considerate
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- •12. Contemptuous, contemptible
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- •13. Content, contents
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- •14. Continual, continuous
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- •15. Distinct, distinctive
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- •16. Economic, economical
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- •17. Effective, effectual, efficient, efficacious
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- •18. Elementary, elemental
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- •19. Favourite, favourable
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- •20. Hair
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- •21. Hard, hardly
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- •22. Historic, historical
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- •23. Imaginative, imaginable, imaginary
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- •24. Incredible, incredulous
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- •25. Industrial, industrious
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- •26. Intellectual, intelligent, intelligible
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- •28. Literal, literary, literate
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- •29. Military, militant
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- •30. Money
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- •31. News
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- •32. Politics/policy
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- •33. Rise, arise, raise, rouse, arouse
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- •34. Sensible, sensitive
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- •35. Successful, successive
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- •1. The use of some numerals and nouns expressing number
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- •2. Some pronouns followed by an Of-phrase (some, any, anyone, none, either, neitner, each) examples
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- •3. (The) other(s), another examples
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- •4. (A) few, (a) little examples
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- •6. The place of enough examples
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- •7. There is (there are) in negative constructions examples
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- •8. The verb to have in negative sentences examples
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- •9. The use of the verb to make examples
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- •10. Yes and no used in replies to negative questions or statements examples
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- •11. Тоо and either examples
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- •12. Adjectives in the function of a predicative (not to be confused with adverbs) examples
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- •13. Personal pronouns as part of the subject examples
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- •14. The pronoun who in complex sentences examples
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- •15. Object clauses beginning with interrogative pronouns or adverbs examples
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- •Text 2. An evening with george
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Exercises
Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
1. You know, I’ve danced with you at least a doze a limes now and you must tell me your name. 2. Dozens of arrests were reported. 3. Hundreds of people passed him by but no one noticed him. 4. Suppose it costs a hundred thousand dollars. 5. Half a hundred hands stretched towards him. 6. «Stay and talk to me.» «I can’t. I’ve got a million things to do.» 7. He’s seventy-one years old and treats me like his daughter. 8. Many thousands of workers have already decided at factory meetings and through trade union organisations to take industrial action on September 5. 9. A glorious May Day here brought the biggest and most colourful demonstration for many years — and 100,000 spectators to watch it. 10. Thank you, sir, a thousand times. You will make him come, won’t you? 11. Dozens of factories in various industries were hit. 12. After the meetings thousands failed to return to work for the rest of the day. 13. «Now, there are a couple of things I want to ask you.» «Of course,» she said, «anything for you.» 14. This morning, as your wife was going over the bridge — one of the rotten planks gave way. 15. He turned a fretful, hungry eye upon the calendar, counting the days that intervened. There were still twelve of them to run. 16. He was self-conscious as a schoolboy when, a fortnight later, he came down in one of his two new suits.
Exercise 2. Complete and expand on the following sentences.
1. I think I shall order ... 2. There were not more than ... 3. He drove away a hijacked lorry containing ... 4. I’d be glad to contribute ... 5. I’ve told you ... 6. There was a crowd of ... 7. Since then he had heard the story ... 8. Each year nearly ... 9. The whole amount is ... 10. In her letter she enclosed a cheque for ... 11. I had more than ... 12. She was a faded colourless woman, offering not the least characteristic that would distinguish her from ... 13. On the little table by her side were some books, ... 14. He was very young at the time, not more than ... 15. He sat down in one of ... 16. We had ten little ones and buried ... 17. He had one of those faces ... 18. Could I have a couple ...? 19. A couple of men ... 20. He gazed at her, burning to ask a dozen ...
Exercise 3. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Английский телевизионный фильм «Сага о Форсайтах» длится более двадцати одного часа. 2. Сотни рабочих и служащих приняли участие в демонстрации протеста против замораживания заработной платы. 3. Вы не могли бы одолжить мне сто рублей? 4. Через несколько дней моему брату исполнится сорок один год. 5. Я тебя тысячу раз просила этого не делать! 6. Ущерб, нанесенный стране в результате наводнения, оценивается в несколько миллионов рублей. 7. Пожалуйста, не забудь купить полдюжины пуговиц; они будут мне нужны сегодня вечером. 8. До сих пор миллионы людей на земном шаре живут в ужасающей нищете. 9. В классе был тридцать один ученик. 10. На площади собралось более 50.000 человек. 11. Во время кризиса были закрыты сотни фабрик, и тысячи рабочих оказались на улице. 12. В процессе своего развития английский язык заимствовал много тысяч слов и выражений из различных языков. 13. В зале толпилось множество людей. 14. Дед и внук родились в один день, с интервалом в полстолетия: когда внуку исполнился год, деду был 51 год. 15. На этой птицеферме ежегодно выращивают шестьдесят — семьдесят тысяч цыплят. 16. На палубе было не более десятка пассажиров. 17. Она купила в магазине дюжину красивых носовых платков. 18. Более тысячи школьников посетили во время каникул эти исторические места. 19. В новом поселке насчитывается 130 жителей — мужчин, женщин и детей. 20. А. Кронин — один из лучших писателей нашего времени. 21. Ему пришлось пропустить два-три занятия в связи с командировкой. 22. Сначала девушка поступила работать на одну из фабрик нашего города, а через два года стала студенткой. 23. Двое ее сыновей погибли во время войны. 24. Четверо моих учеников прекрасно сдали экзамены и стали студентами,