- •U n I t 8
- •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:
II. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect
or the Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
1. We (walk) ten kilometres. 2. We (walk) for three hours. 3. I (look) for mushrooms but I (not find) any. 4. That boy (eat) seven ice-creams. 5. He (not stop) eating since he arrived. 6. The students (work) very well this term. 7. He (teach) in this school for five years. 8. I (teach) hundreds of students but I never (meet) such a hopeless class as this. 9. I (sleep) on every bed in this house and I don’t like any of them. 10. He (sleep) since ten o’clock. It’s time he woke up. 11.They (play) tennis since lunch time. 12. She (talk) to him on the phone for a quarter of an hour. 13. I (know) David since childhood. 14. He (work) with this company since 1990.
III. Put the verbs in brackets into the Perfect Continuous tense forms:
1. He said he (work) since five o’clock. 2. By the end of the next term we (study) English for three years already. 3. What you (do) for the past two weeks? 4. For the past few minutes I (try) to explain to you that you can’t make me go there. 5. He (paint) this picture for two years and I don’t know when he is going to finish it. 6. I (live) in Germany for five years before I came to Ukraine. 7. He (drive) all day, so he was very tired when he arrived. 8. The child (sleep) for an hour before we came. 9. By the time she comes, he (stay) at the hotel for two days. 10. Suddenly she understood that she (speak) for a long time and it was time to stop. 11. The students (write) a test for two hours. 12. He (look) through the documents for half an hour when the phone rang. 13. Ukraine (be) independent since 1991.
Fill in the blanks with many, much, more, less, little, a little, few, a few:
1. He had very ... friends (hardly any friends). 2. He drank ... water and felt much better. 3. Hurry up! We have very ... time. 4. He had ... friends (some friends). 5. ... people understood what he said (hardly any people). 6. It’s no use asking him about it. He has ... knowledge of the subject. 7. May I have ... wine, please? 8. He had ... friends (some friends). 9. How ... English words do you know? 10. Does he read ...? — It’s a pity but he reads too ... . 11. I don’t drink ... coffee. 12. Please, try to make ... noise. 13. Some ... tea, please. 14. I have something to say. May I have ... words with you?