4. Give 3 forms of the following verbs.

Be, have,do, spend, find, say.

5. Give the Degrees of Comparison.

Many, dry, cold, easily, moderate, important, long, suitable, big, small, beautiful, popular, famous, tall, well, ancient.

6. Read and translate the sentences paying attention to Adverbial Subordinate Clauses.

1. The history of the white man in Canada actually began in 1497, when John Cabot reached Newfoundland or Nova Scotia.

2. John Cabot discovered Canada in 1497, five years after Columbus discovered America.

3. In 1534, the French explorer, Jacques Cartier, sailed right down the St. Lawrence River until he could go no further.

4. It was almost another hundred years before French colonists settled on the banks of the St. Lawrence and founded Quebec.

5. Some Canadians during the World War II were really angry if anyone walked out of the cinema while “God Save the King” was being played.

6. The Great Lakes feed the St. Lawrence River where lowlands host much of Canada’s population.

7. Open the brackets using the right form of the Adjective.

1. Russia is (large) country in the world. Canada is on the second place.

2. Canada is (big) than the USA.

3. The St. Lawrence is not (long) river in Canada but it is (important).

4. (High) peak of Canada is Mount Logan, 19,850 feet.

5. The Niagara Falls is one of (splendid) sights in the world.

6. Canada is a country of lakes. They are (large) and (small). All of them are (beautiful).

7. (Cold) the weather is in the region, (difficult) people’s life is there.

8. There is (much) rain in the east and west of Canada, but (little) in the centre.

9. The manufacture of wood pulp and paper is one of (significant) industries.

8. Insert prepositions.

From the history of Canada

Canada was thinly populated … different Indian tribes. They spoke different languages and were often … war with one another. … the Far North there were tribes of Eskimos.

Modern Canada originated as a country … immigrants. The First European appeared on Canadian soil … 15th and 16^th centuries.

French explorer Jacques Cartier, who discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence … 1534, is generally regarded as the founder of Canada. But English seaman John Cabot sighted Newfoundland 37 years earlier, in 1497, and Vikings are believed to have reached the Atlantic coast centuries … either explorers.

Then many temporary settlements of Spanish, Portuguese, English and French fishmen began to appear … the coasts of Newfoundland.

The French explorers established the first permanent settlements … Quebec (1608) and Montreal (1642), and declared New France a colony in 1663.

The early period of Canadian history passed … the struggle between the two powers, France and England.

Britain, as part of its American expansion, acquired Acadia (later Nova Scotia) in 1717. Britain … military victory over French forces … Canada captured Quebec (1759) and obtained control of the rest of New France in 1763.

During the American Revolution about 40 000 English colonists, who preferred to remain … British rule, crossed the frontier to Canada. The balance of forces was altered and the English speaking settlers became the majority.

In 1791 Canada was divided … Upper Canada (English-speaking) and Lower Canada (French-speaking).

Fur traders and explorers led Canadians westward across the continent. Sir Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific 1793.

In 1840 the Lower and Upper Canada were united … the Act of Union and given internal self-government in 1848.

The union lasted … Confederation, July I, 1857, when proclamation of the British North America Act launched the Dominion of Canada, consisting … Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway … 1885 opened up the prairies and the Northwest. Saskatchewan and Alberta joined the federation in 1905.

In 1945 the Dominion of Canada became the member … the UN (United Nations).

Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises

9. Give English equivalents.

Вторая по величине страна, находиться к северу, граничить с, на севере, морской климат, преобладать, располагаться, защищать от, мягкий умеренный климат, занимать, протекать (о реке), водный путь, играть важную роль, пригодный для чего-либо, прозрачный, живописный, быть популярным среди, плодородный, быть известным чем-либо, над уровнем моря, делиться на, природные ресурсы, состоять из.