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Ex. 6. Many words in English can be both nouns, adjectives and verbs. Fill in the
gaps using the correct forms of the words in brackets. You may have to change verb
tenses or make plurals.
1. He has an apartment in the city and ... in the country. The state government ... the
homeless people in the high school. (house). 2. Can you find ... for this piece of wood?
Someone ... my knife to open a can of fruit (use). 3. You can always buy the furniture on
... if you can’t pay the full price now. Do you really ... your government’s statements?
(credit). 4. Who ... this organisation? Using foreign ... you can expand your business.
(finance). 5. This is ... where we had the accident. He ... his hat carefully on the table
(place). 6. The early settlers in America ... copper for corn. He works in the cotton ...
(trade). 7. He gave his ... that he would work harder. He ... to send us a postcard when he
arrived. ( promise). 8. Did you get your ... at the office? Did he ... for the coffee? (pay) 9.
He’s lived here for the ... two years. The good weather won’t ... (last) 10. He gave me a
watch as a ... What is your ... address? When he retired, the company ... him a watch
Which computer ... at the exhibition would you like to buy? (present) 11. I bought her an
Elvis Presley ... for her birthday. He ... his speech on his pocket tape recorder. (record)
Ex. 7. The following measures of weight, length and volume are common in
Britain, the USA and other English-speaking countries. Copy and memorize them:
Linear measures
I foot - фут (30,5 см) I inch - дюйм (2,5 см)
I mile - миля (сухопутная 1,609 км; морская 1,852 км)
Square measures
I acre - акр ( 0, 405 га)
I square mile - квадратная миля (2,59 кв.км)
Weight measures
I pound - фунт (454 г) I ounce - унция (28 г)
Liquid measures
I barrel (of oil) - баррель (139 л) I gallon -
галлон (3.785 л)
I quart - кварта (0,946 л) I pint - пинта (0,47 л)
Ex. 8. Translate the following sentences paying attention to different functions
of -ed -forms.
1. They styled their house in the Portuguese manner. 2. It never crossed my mind.
3. On the train the inspector wanted to see my ticket. 4. I’m very tired. I’ve been working
all day, and I have not finished yet. 5. He is easily influenced by the ideas of anyone
whom he meets. 6. The computer understands a programme in the form of numbers, but
there are different languages through which human words are translated into numbers for
the computer. 7. Hell is paved with good intentions. 8. The people who forget their history
are doomed to repeat it (Aristotle). 9. The wolf is a protected animal in the United States
and there are restrictions on hunting it in Canada. 10. The two portraits of President
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