Английский язык. Методические указания. Никитина С.Я - 6 стр.

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Ex. 1. Translate the following word combinations looking back at the text:
washing machine; labour-intensive work; full screen television image; interactive
multimedia computers; health care; environmental protection; railway signalling; police
computer databases
Ex. 2. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms and memorize their
meanings. Make up sentences with the italicized words.
rate, choice, great, fast, impact, speed, speech, image, picture, use, exploitation, growth,
sound, rapid, voice, option, influence, considerable, increase
Ex. 3. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the conjunctions:
both... and - как..., так и; either ... or - или ... или; neither... nor - ни ... ни
1. He repairs both cars and motorbikes. 2. She speaks neither English nor German.
3. Both Paul and Sally are on holiday. 4. He collects both paintings and jewelry. 5. We
can leave either today or tomorrow. 6. The man’s name is either Richard or Robert. 7. She
neither wrote nor phoned; her parents were worried. 8. Either you come to see us or we’ll
go to see you. 9. She neither looked at me nor said anything. 10. He’s either sick or he
doesn’t want to come. 11. I’ve got neither the time nor the money to go on holiday.
12. The play was both funny and shocking. 13. Either you apologize or I’ll never speak to
you again.
Ex. 4. Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense, Present Indefinite or Present
Continuous:
1. Anne ...(make) all her own clothes. 2. At the moment she (make) a dress for herself.
3. What’s that smell? Something ... (burn) in the kitchen. 4. I ...(work) overtime this month
because I ... (save up) to buy a car. 5. He ... (smoke) thirty cigarettes a day, but at the
moment he ... (try) very hard to cut down. 6. The sun ... (rise) in the east. 7. She usually
... (learn) languages very fast, but she ... (have) problems with Chinese. 8. On Saturday I
... (visit) my mother. 9. Sh! I ... (listen) to the radio. 10. Kenneth ... (play) football at the
moment. 11. In England they ... (play) cricket in the summer. 12. Maria ... (dislike) foreign
food. 13. I’m sorry, I ... (understand) you. 14. What ... (do) for a living? 15. «(You study)
... hard at the moment?’ - «Yes, and I ... (study) even harder at weekends».16. I won’t go
out now as it ... (rain) and I ... (not have) an umbrella. 17. The last train ... (leave) at 11.30.
18. I ... (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong. 19. The kettle ... (boil)
now. Shall I make the tea? 20. I always ... (buy) lottery tickets but I never ... (win)
anything. 21. I’m busy at the moment. I ... (redecorate) the sitting room. 22. He usually ...
(drink) coffee, but now he ... (drink) tea.
Ex. 5. Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense, Past Indefinite or Past
Continuous:
1. Last year I ... (go) to Greece for my holidays. I ... (decide) to fly because it is much
quicker than going overland. On the morning I left London, it (rain), but when I (step) off
the plane in Greece, it was a beautiful day. The sun ... (shine), and a cool wind ... (blow)
from the sea. I ...(take) a taxi to my hotel. As I ... (sign) the register, someone ... (tap) me
on the shoulder. I ... (turn) round. It was a friend I hadn’t seen for years. He ... (stay) at the

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