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Vocabualary practice

BLOCK I

  1. Complete these sentences with the name of the people from the country on the right.

Examples: I have worked a lot with Germans.

Germany

I’ve spent a lot of time with the French.

France

1. We do a lot of business with _________.

Japan

2. ________ are usually hard-working.

Israel

3. I have always found __________ very friendly.

Brazil

4. People often say that __________ are reserved.

Britain

5. ________ are very organized.

Switzerland

6. I met a lot of _________ on my trip to Athens.

Greece

  1. Fill in the missing vowels and read the sentences.

1. Your weak point is your pr_n_nc_ _t_ _n. If you don’t know how to pr_n_ _nc_ a word, look it up in the d_ct_ _n_r_, and write out its tr_nscr_pt_ _n.

2. Why do you think it is important for you to learn f_r_ _gn l_ng_ _g_s?

3. Do you think there is any difference between an _nt_rpr_t_r and a tr_nsl_t_r?

4. My uncle’s kn_wl_dg_ and _xp_r_ _nc_ help him to run a s_cc_ssf_l b_s_n_ss.

5. In the last test I made more gr_mm_r than v_c_b_l_r_ mistakes.

6. My friend _ng_ _s doing English cr_ssw_rds and p_zzl_s.

7. Have you ever tried speaking English to n_t_v_ sp_ _k_rs.

8. My brother is an engineer and knows English well enough to translate articles from

sc_ _nt_f_c and t_chn_c_l j_ _rn_ls.

3. Find the ‘odd one out’. There may be more than one answer. Give your reasons.

A

B

C

1.

first language

native language

native tongue

2.

English

Esperanto

Chinese

3.

grammar

vocabulary

consonant

4.

fluency

skill

proficiency

5.

lesson

course

lecture

6.

dictionary

vocabulary

thesaurus

7.

motivation

memory

aptitude

8.

interpreter

teacher

translator

4. What do you think a good language learner does? Make up as many sentences as possible with the phrase given in the table.

Example: A good language learner reads English books without being told to.

reads English books

without the teacher

writes things down

in every way possible

practices speaking

from films, TV and Internet

tries to learn the language

in cases of difficulty

guesses words

in real situations

tries to study

every day if possible

uses a dictionary

without being told to

5. Match the words and word combinations with their explanation.

1. artificial

a) the arrangement of words in a phrase, clause, or sentence

2. influence

b) the sounding of words

3.dictionary

c) the rules for the correct use of words

4. skill

d) made to copy something natural

5. lingua franca

e) an effect a person or thing can have on another person or thing

6. pronunciation

f) to change into another language

7. grammar

g) the imparting or exchange of information, ideas or feelings

8. word order

h) cleverness that comes from practice

9. to translate

i) a shared language for communication used by people whose main languages are different

10. communication

j) a book that gives the meanings of words

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