9. Make up a short story of your own (7 – 10 sentences) to agree or disagree with one or two English proverbs. Try to find the Ukrainian equivalents to them:

• Better ask than go astray;

• The less haste, the more speed;

• Better late than never, but better never late;

• Better unborn than untaught;

• There are more ways to the wood than one;

• He laughs best who laughs last;

• In a long journey a straw weights;

• Great ship asks deep water;

• An early bird catches the worm.

10. Fill in the blanks with suitable words given below.

Passengers, departure lounge, flight, boot, delayed, ferry, galleys, deckchair, bonnet, mechanic, run out, train, garage, check.

Yesterday John was supposed to take a ________ from London to Paris. He got up very early, put his luggage into the ________ of his car and tried to start the engine. It didn’t start. John lifted the ________ but he couldn’t see what the matter could be. He called his local ________ to ask them to send a ________.

Fortunately, there was a man free. He quickly cleared out what the matter was.

‘You’re ________ of petrol’, he said. John felt very foolish. ‘Why didn’t I ________ everything last night?’ he wondered.

Despite all this, he got to the airport, checked in quite early and then went straight through to the ________ to read a newspaper while he waited. Soon he heard an announcement ‘Passengers on flight BA282 to Paris are informed that your flight is ________ because of a heavy snowfall’.

‘If only I have decided to go by ________’, John thought. ‘It would probably have been quicker in the end and even if I sometimes feel sick on the ________ across the Channel, it can be quite pleasant sitting in a ________ on the deck, watching the seagulls and the other ________. The ________ on a ship seem to produce much better food than those on an aircraft too’.

11. You are to give practical advice about travel in the form of eight rules. Choose three of eight headings you want to write about from those listed below. Prepare short report or presentation.

Money, packing, health, hand baggage, insurance, language, guidebook.

Example: Documents.

Make sure you have a valid passport (or travel document) and any necessary visas for the countries you are visiting. Don’t leave it until the last minute, do it in advance. Check that you’ve got your tickets and any other travel documents in a safe but reasonably accessible place for use during the journey.

12. Complete the text. (Degrees of Comparison) Translate it into Ukrainian.

Which is the better fuel for a car? Is it petrol or diesel? Petrol is more common because it makes a car go ________ (fast) than diesel. It’s also less noisy than diesel. Diesel usually costs less than petrol and you can travel for more kilometers per liter, because diesel has about 10% more energy per liter than petrol.

But diesel engines are ________ (noisy) and ________ (heavy) than petrol ones, although they last longer. From an environmental point of view, diesel oil is ________ (good) than petrol, because the exhaust from diesel engines produces less pollution. It’s also ________ (safe). As diesel is ________ (combustible) than petrol, it’s less likely to catch fire in an accident.

A new fuel, LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas), makes cars go as fast as petrol, but produces less energy per liter.

However, LPG is becoming very popular in some countries because it’s the ________ (little) harmful to the environment compared with diesel or petrol. Of the three types of fuel (LPG, petrol and diesel), cars that use LPG emit the ________ (small) amount of pollution from their exhaust.

LPG is also the ________ (clean) fuel when you’re filling the car, because the gas is completely sealed. LPG engines are about the same weight as petrol ones, but they’re much ________ (durable).