Grammar practice

VII. Find in the text some sentences in the Active Voice, copy them into your exercise books, give simple grammar analysis of these sentences.

VIII. Find in the text some sentences in the Passive Voice, copy them into your exercise books, give simple grammar analysis of these sentences.

IX. Find in the text sentences with the Participles and define their forms and functions. See Grammar in Use section if necessary.

X. Find in the text sentences with the Infinitives and define their forms and functions. See Grammar in Use section if necessary.

LANGUAGE PRACTICE

XI. Fill in the gaps using the words given below:

employment, conditions, level, deal, defining, confidence, functions, withdraw, upwards, causes, income

1. There are several ways of ... inflation.

2. Inflation is a situation in which the general price ... is persistently moving ....

3. Under ... of hyperinflation people lose ... in the currency's ability to carry out its ....

4. The only possible cause of action was to ... currency.

5. Price controls do not... with the ... of inflation.

6. This time of inflation is usually associated with the conditions of full ....

7. Exports generate ... at home but reduce home supplies.

XII. Match the synonyms

type, steady, level, runaway, rise, standard, expense, medium, cause, confidence, replace, attempt, rate, constant, kind, galloping, means, reason, trust, change, try, total, increase, lead to, aggregate, achieve, result in, generate, reach, produce, reduce, tempo, decrease, expenditure.

XIII. Match the antonyms

rise, lose, fixed, excess, growth, private, income, fall, find, decline, flexible, deficiency, expenditure, public.

XIV. Give antonyms to the following words

decrease, upwards, post-war, acceptable, employment, possible.

XV. Translate the following word combinations

постоянный рост, общий уровень цен, с феноменальной скоростью, довоенный уровень, в условиях гиперинфляции, выполнять свои функции, единственно возможный способ действий, потеря доверия, причина инфляции, в виде черных рынков, ползучая инфляция, национальные ресурсы, темп капиталонакопления, частные сбережения, внутренний рынок, уровень инфляции.

XVI. Make up the three forms of the verbs given below

refer, pay, withdraw, lose, rise, reach, lead, arise, absorb, fall, send.

XVII. Make up sentences using the words given

1. are, ways, several, there, of, inflation, defining.

2. controls, deal, not, price, do, the, with, causes, of, inflation.

3. inflationary, they, because, exports, are, home, reduce, supplies.

4. steady, to, a, inflation, refers, increase, of, money, the, supply, in.

5. an, extreme, inflation, of, form, in, at, rate, prices, a, phenomenal, rise.

6. in, this, Germany, 1923, kind, experienced, inflation, of.

XVIII. Put prepositions into the blanks

1. It seems best, however, to define inflation ... terms ... its basic symptoms-rising prices.

2. Inflation is a situation ... which the general price is persistently moving upwards.

3. Towards the end ... 1923, paper money was losing half or more ... its value ... one hour.

4. ... conditions of hyperinflation people lose confidence ... the currency's ability to carry ... its functions.

5. This is creeping inflation where the general price level rises ... at an annual rate ... 1 and 6 percent.