Geographical Names

Argentina – Аргентина

Australia – Австралия

Belgium – Бельгия

Canada – Канада

Europe – Европа

France – Франция

Germany – Германия

Great Britain – Великобритания

Latvia – Латвия

Lithuania – Литва

Poland – Польша

Sweden – Швеция

Ukraine – Украина

2. Passive Vocabulary

ancestor – предоk

the Commonwealth of Independent States – СНГ

Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Великое Княжество Литовское

the majority of believers – большинство верующих

Muslims – мусульманин, мусульманский

Orthodox – православный

partition - разделять

principality – княжество

proximity – близость нахождения

temperate continental – умеренно-континентальный

Class Exercises

1. Repeat and translate into Russian

1. the following words with the stress on the first syllable:

ancestor, Belgium, Canada, dweller, distance, Europe, border, France, Germany, landscape, major, church, document, culture, government, territory, Latvia, Poland, Sweden

2. the following words with the stress on the second syllable:

around, Australia, considerable, important, connect, inhabitant, comprise, religion, majority, tradition, together, official, republic

3. the following words and word combinations with two or more stresses:

Argentina, Great Britain, declaration, foundation, Lithuania, kilometer, democratic, population, principality, presidential, European, organization, multireligious, northwest

2. Repeat and translate into Russian the following sentences

1. The Republic of Belarus is one of the foundation-members of the United Nations.

2. Belarus participated in the activities of its international organizations and agencies.

3. The landscape is flat but thanks to numerous lakes, rivers and forests it is very beautiful.

4. The density of population is 49 people per square kilometer.

5. In Belarus there are two major Christian religions – Orthodox and Catholic.

6. The ancestors of the Belarusians have been known throughout history under various names.

7. The traditions of the Belarusian statehood have a centuries-old history.

3. Form and translate into Russian

nouns of the following verbs using the suffixes –er,-or, -age,-ment

Model: to design – a designer; to detect – a detector; to leak – leakage,

to equip - equipment

build, operate, receive, read, produce, transmit, invent, discover, drive, visit, regulate, operate, react, use, record; to use, cover, store, break, pass, carry, link, stop, short(en); develop, arrange, achieve, move, measure, improve, manage, require, excite

4. Arrange the words of the two groups in pairs with similar meaning

1. location, attest, major, considerable, embodiment, incorporate, proclaim, comprise, dweller

2. main, important, incorporation, join, declare, include, inhabitant, witness, position

5. Arrange the words of the two groups in pairs with contrary meaning

1. modern, incorporate, considerable, majority, urban, sovereignty

2. separate, ancient, inconsiderable, minority, rural, dependency

6. Make up your own sentences using the following words and word combinations

dweller, statehood, to attest to, according to, considerable, potential, indivisible, the majority of