Roman Britain. Мартемьянова Н.В. - 4 стр.

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Vocabulary and Grammar Tasks.
1. Find in the text the English for:
Завоевание, богатство, смесь, племя, местные жители, благодаря,
межплеменной, использовать, сохранять, дополнительный, насчитывать,
император, поколение.
2. a) Look at the following list of words taken from the text. Discuss them
   and put into two groups: adjectives and adverbs.
Agricultural, major, potentially, indigenous, especially, recent, new, auxiliary,
approximately, quickly, inland.
Adjectives                                                    Adverbs
b) Form, if possible, the adverbs from adjectives and the adjectives from
adverbs.
3. Fill each gap with a verb given below in an appropriate form.
1) In 43AD, the Emperor Caudius ______ the invasion of Britain.
2) This support _____ by Claudius who needed to secure his position in Rome.
3) This invasion _____ by Aulus Platius and _____ of four legions.
4) Four legions _____ approximately 50,000 men.
5) They _____ the South East and then _____ inland.
6) Three legions _____ north whilst the II Augusta _____South West by land
   and sea.
7) The II Augusta _____ by Vespasian.


To advance, to launch, to be commanded, to move(2), to be exploited, to total, to
be led, to occupy, to consist.
4. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to the constructions It is
(was) … that ... , It is(was) … who … , What … is … .
1) It was they who told us the news.
2) It was not until I reminded him that he brought me my book.
3) It is the northeast in the United States, which is called New England.