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- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. State the part of speech and say how the words are formed:
- •II. Find equivalents:
- •III. Substitute the words in bold type by their synonyms:
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •V. Match the antonyms:
- •VI. Complete the following sentences:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •IX. Retell the text a using the following words and
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Give the English equivalents for:
- •II. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms
- •III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •IV. Complete the following sentences:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •II. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms
- •III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •IV. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •V. Define which of the following items best completes the statement:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •IX. Replace the Ukrainian words and phrases by suitable English
- •X. Memorise the following proverbs with the word «business».
- •Communicative situations
- •Grammar exercises
- •IV. Ask how long the action has been taking place:
- •V. Change the sentences according to the patterns:
- •VI. Ask your groupmate:
- •VII. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •VIII. Complete the sentences in your own way:
- •IX. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous
- •X. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect
- •XI. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- •XIII. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •XIV. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XV. Change the sentences into the Past Perfect Continuous:
- •The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- •XVII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XVIII. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •XIX. Translate into English:
- •Indefinite Pronouns: much, many, few, little
- •XX. Fill in the blanks with many, much, a lot of, lots of,
- •XXI. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XXII. Fill in the blanks with many or much:
- •XXIII. Translate into English:
- •Exercises for individual work
- •I. Fill in the blanks with for or since:
- •II. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect
- •III. Put the verbs in brackets into the Perfect Continuous tense forms:
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
XIII. Put questions to the italicized words:
1. We had been walking for hours before we saw the lake. 2. My uncle had been living in New York for ten years before he moved to California. 3. She had been reading the book for two hours when I came. 4. My friend had been smoking for thirty years when he finally gave it up. 5. Tom had been working as a manager there for seven years by that time. 6. I had been revising the texts for two hours, when he rang me up yesterday.
XIV. Translate into Ukrainian:
1. It had been raining for two hours when I left home. 2. When I came they had been discussing this question for over an hour. 3. I said that I had been staying in bed all day. 4. I was told that your friend had been waiting for half an hour before you rang him up. 5. He had been looking for his notebook the whole morning before he finally discovered it under the newspaper. 6. Jane explained that she had been taking that medicine for a long time. 7. We had been talking for about an hour, when his wife rang up and reminded him about the theatre. 8. John had been working at the University for forty years before he retired.
XV. Change the sentences into the Past Perfect Continuous:
Pattern: He was short of breath because (run all the way).
He was short of breath because he had been running
all the way.
1. His hands were dirty (work in the garden). 2. Her eyes were red (cry). 3. She looked half asleep (rest). 4. He was behind the class (not study properly). 5. She passed all her examinations very well (study hard throughout the term).
XVI. Translate into English:
1. Мій брат два роки працював на заводі, перш ніж зміг вступити до університету. 2. Його батьки залишили квартиру, в якій прожили двадцять років. 3. Вона сказала, що її батько працює в цій фірмі з 1985 року. 4. До нашого приїзду два дні йшов сильний сніг. 5. Вчора листоноша приніс мені лист. Я чекав на цей лист три тижні. 6. Коли ми вийшли з дому, ішов дощ. Він ішов уже дві години. 7. Учені працювали над цією проблемою три роки до того, як поїхали на конференцію. 8. Коли викладач увійшов до аудиторії, студенти обговорювали план екскурсії.
The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
XVII. Translate into Ukrainian:
1. I shall have been translating the article for an hour before you come. 2. Will you have been waiting for another hour? 3. You’ll have been discussing this problem for half an hour when I come. 4. I will have been sleeping for two hours by the time he gets home. 5. My sister will have been living in Minsk for five years by the end of this month. 6. By this time next year he will have been lecturing on the subject for five years. 7. By the first of September she will have been teaching in this school for 25 years. 8. He will have been studying for two hours by the time you come.
XVIII. Put questions to the italicized words:
1. By the end of the month we shall have been living in this house for two years. 2. My sister will have been living in Lviv for five years by the end of this month. 3. We shall have been having dinner for half an hour when you call for us. 4. This actor will have been performing the chief part for several years. 5. He will have been staying at the theatre for two hours when his friend comes.