- •U n I t 2
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2. Read the following words. Mind the difference in pronunciation.
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •II. Give the corresponding nouns to the following verbs:
- •VII. Give the characteristic of Ukraine’s economy today
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Translate into English:
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2. Name the word-building elements (suffixes, prefixes) and
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •II. Substitute the words in bold type by their synonyms:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •IV. Say whether these statements are true or false and if they are
- •V. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Translate into English:
- •VIII. Match each branch of industry with its production:
- •IX. Give the characteristic of Ukraine’s industry using
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Define the parts of speech of the following words:
- •II. Give the Ukrainian equivalents for the following words and
- •V. Memorize the meanings of the word «agriculture» and its derivatives. Translate the sentences paying attention
- •VI. Complete the following sentences:
- •Communicative situations
- •Grammar exercises The Present Indefinite Tense
- •I. Put the following sentences into the singular:
- •IV. Use always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely and never
- •XIII. Replace the Infinitives in brackets by the Present Indefinite.
- •The Pronoun: Personal and Possessive
- •XIV. Choose the correct pronouns in italics:
- •XVI. Choose the correct pronouns in italics:
- •XVII. Paraphrase the following sentences:
- •XVIII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •Exercises for individual work
- •I. Insert the auxiliary verbs:
- •II. Ask questions indicated in brackets:
- •III. Translate the pronouns in brackets into English:
- •IV. Replace the italicized nouns by the personal pronouns:
- •V. Insert possessive pronouns:
Comments
1. crop production — рослинництво
2. animal husbandry — тваринництво
3. grain and industrial crops — зерновi та технічні культури
4. cereals — хлiбнi злаки
5. dairy and beef cattle breeding — розведення молочної та м’ясної худоби
6. pig raising — свинарство
7. sheep farming — вiвчарство
8. bee-keeping — бджiльництво
9. poultry industry — птахiвництво
10. state farms — державні підприємства
11. collective farms — колективні підприємства
Vocabulary exercises
I. Define the parts of speech of the following words:
favourable, production, agricultural, temperately, productive, vegetable, warm, mainly, cultivate, equipment, widely, collective, entirely, receive, almost.
II. Give the Ukrainian equivalents for the following words and
word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own:
favourable conditions; agricultural production; fertile soils; agricultural raw material; crop production; animal husbandry; grain crops; industrial crops; temperately warm climate; dairy and beef cattle breeding; poultry industry; state and collective farms.
Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
1. Ukraine has very favourable conditions ... the development ... agricultural production. 2. Almost half ... the cropping area is occupied ... cereals. 3. Among the industrial crops the leading position is occupied ... sugar beet. 4. Melon-growing is practised mainly ... the south. 5. The poultry industry is spread ... all the provinces. 6. Most ... farms ... Ukraine are owned and controlled ... the government.
Translate the sentences paying attention to the italicized words :
1. Most of the farms in our region are animal breeding farms. 2. There are some plants that are used only in medicine. 3. Intensification of agricultural production is the most important problem now. 4. In our country there are some plants producing chemical fertilizers. 5. Our farm plants some of the crops in autumn. 6. Many people go to the country in summer. 7. That bird has a large crop. 8. Grain crops are widely grown by farmers. 9. Animal husbandry is more important on this farm than crop production.
V. Memorize the meanings of the word «agriculture» and its derivatives. Translate the sentences paying attention
to the italicized words :
agriculture — сiльське господарство; землеробство; aгрономiя;
agricultural — ciльськогосподарський; землеробський;
agriculturist — агроном; сiльський трудiвник; землевласник.
1. This farm has different agricultural machines. 2. Cooperation with other countries is favourable to agriculture of Ukraine. 3. The agriculturist of today wants to have better and higher-yielding crops which can produce more food of good quality.
VI. Complete the following sentences:
1. Ukraine has very favourable conditions ... . 2. There are two main branches of agricultural production in Ukraine ... . 3. Crop production is ... 4. It includes ... . 5. Almost half of the cropping area is occupied by cereals such as ... . 6. Close to 40 types of vegetable crops are grown in Ukraine: ... . 7. Animal husbandry is ... . 8. Birds farmed include ... . 9. In order to increase crop yields and animal products collective and state farms apply ... .
Answer the following questions:
1. Does Ukraine have favourable conditions for the development of agri-cultural production? 2. What are the main branches of agricultural production in Ukraine? 3. What is crop production? 4. What does crop production include? 5. What cereals occupy half of the cropping area? 6. What vegetable crops are grown in Ukraine? 7. What is animal husbandry? 8. What are the most wide-spread branches of animal husbandry? 9. Where is the poultry industry spread? 10. What birds are farmed in Ukraine? 11. What forms of farm enterprises do you know? 12. What is the difference between state and collective farms?
Translate into English:
1. Україна має дуже сприятливi умови для розвитку сiльськогосподарського виробництва. 2. Є двi головнi галузi сiльськогосподарського виробництва в Українi: рослинництво та тваринництво. 3. Рослинництво — це вирощування та збирання сiльськогосподарських культур. 4. Рослинництво включає вирощування зернових та технiчних культур, лукiвництво, плодiвництво та овочiвництво. 5. Майже половину посiвної площi країни займають хлiбнi злаки. 6. Найважливiшою технiчною культурою в Українi є цукровий буряк. 7. Тваринництво — це розведення сiльськогосподарських тварин та їх використання. 8. Розведення молочної та м’ясної худоби, свинарство, вiвчарство, бджiльництво та птахiвництво — найпоширенiшi галузi тваринництва в Українi. 9. Бiльшiсть сiльськогосподарських пiдприємств в Українi контролюється урядом.