IV. Лексико-грамматические упражнения

1. Заполните пропуски, используя следующие слова: granted, convenience, monetary, commodity, money, direct, inventions, barter, valuation

1. Money is one of man's greatest....

2. In the absence of some form of money, exchange may take the form of....

3. If a... is generally acceptable in exchanging for goods and services, it is....

4. Such exchanges are taken for....

5. The ... of goods for goods would raise all sorts of problems regarding… .

6. It is a great... to hold wealth in the form of money.

7. A complex trading organization based upon a system of credit can only operate in a... economy.

2. Найдите синонимы среди следующих слов:

means, form, tool, frustrating, obtain, useless, need, instrument, shape, get, medium, commodity, general, require, labor, store, common, article, work, stock, deteriorate, significant, spoil, essential, apparent, con­duct, purchase, evident, carry out, buy

3. Найдите антонимы среди следующих слов:

absence, increase, major, spread, presence, same, reduce, minor, accumulate, different

4. Образуйте антонимы от следующих слов, используя нужные префиксы:

direct, adequately, advantage, efficient, convenience, acceptable, likely

5. Переведите следующие сочетания слов с русского языка на английский:

прямой обмен товарами и услугами; с ростом специализации; ряд подобных обменов; гораздо более удобное средство; основная сложность бартерной системы; в развитом обществе; предмет мебели; без использования денег; первый шаг; проблема обменных курсов; запас товаров; большое удобство; огромный недостаток; в период инфляций.

6. Образуйте 3 формы от следующих глаголов:

take, prove, become, seek, need, find, set, spend, make, come, raise, give, store, fall, pay, spread, do

7. Определите, к какой части речи относятся следующие слова:

greatest, invention, indicate, extent, cumbersome, coincidence, merely, laborious, triangular, furniture, adoption, valuation, equal, immediately, convenience, addition

8. Образуйте существительные от следующих глаголов:

invent, indicate, exchange, serve, require, direct, specialize, increase; vary, satisfy, want, produce, arrange, adopt, measure, solve, act, store, consider, accumulate, distribute, add, explain

9. Составьте предложения, используя следующие слова:

1. one, money, is, man's, inventions, greatest, of.

2. is, it, tool, essential, of, an, civilization.

3. take, the, exchange, of, may, barter, form.

4. will, barter, requirements, quite, man's, adequately, serve.

5. barter, the, system, very, and, inefficient, proves, frustrating.

6. system, very, becomes, exchange, of, cumbersome, this.

7. upon, a, depends, it, coincidence, wants, of, double.

8. discovered, a, arrangement, man, more, much, convenient.

9. removes, the, it, of, the, barter, major, system, difficulty.

10. exchanges, are, such, for, granted, taken.

11. would, be, they, without, inconvenient, use, of, the, money.

12. is, problem, exchange, the, rates, solved, of, easily.

13. is, to, referred, it, serve, payment, means, a, as, of.