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Ex. 9. Many words in English can be both nouns, adjectives and verbs. Fill
in the blanks 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 organization? 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 …long. (last) 10. He gave
me a watch as a … . What is your … address? When he retried, 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. (re-
cord).
Ex. 10. 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
1 foot – фут (30,5 см)
I mile – миля (сухопутная 1,609 км; морская 1,852 км)
I inch – дюйм (2,5 см)
Square measures
1 acre – акр (0,405 га)
1 square mile – квадратная миля (2,59 кв. км)
Weight measures
1pound – фунт (454 г) 1 ounce – унция (28 г)
Liquid measures
1 barrel - баррель (139 л) 1 gallon – галлон
(3,785 л)
1 quart – кварта (0,946 л) 1 pint – пинта (0,47 л)
Ex. 11. GRAMMAR REVISION: Past Simple and Past Participle of regular
verbs (-ed forms). Translate the following sentences paying attention to different
functions of –ed forms.
1. They spoke through the locked door. 2. I looked out of the room, attracted by a
strange sound. 3. What do you think of the equipment being used here? 4. He will tell you
about the equipment used in the studio. 5. The children who had played in the yard went
home. 6. He wished to forget that sad story told to him by his sisters. 7. He gave me some
printed pages. 8. Having finished that book, I quit writing at all. 9. Why don’t you have
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