Grammar, Vocabulary and All That. Плужникова Ю.А. - 34 стр.

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(historic – historical)

1. In his …………. novel Walter Scott gave a wonderful description not only of

……….. events, but of whole ………… epochs. 2. To complete my report I need

some ………… data. 3. If you want to see the principal …………… buildings and

monuments in London, I advise you to begin with the Houses of Parliament. 4.

Franklin D. Roosevelt did much to strengthen the bonds of ………… friendship

between the American and Russian peoples. 5. We cannot be sure whether King

Arthur was a …….……. figure.

(comfortable – convenient)

1. I like to sleep on a camp-bed, I find it very ……….. . 2. I believe Friday the only

………. day for our meeting, we have only four lectures on that day. 3. Though the

flat was rather ………. , warm, light and cosy, it was not ………. for our work as it

was rather small. 4. These shoes are very ………. for wear in wet weather as they

have rubber soles. 5. She did everything possible to make the patient feel

………………… . 6. Finally I went asleep in a heap quilts, very warm and

……………… . 7. Without saying anything to Christine, he began to look for a

……………… consulting room up West.

(sharp – keen – acute)

1. His voice was calm, ……… and angry. 2. The car speed along. She kept her foot

permanently on the accelerator, and took every corner at an ….…….. angle. 3. I`m

not very ……….. on hard liquor. 4. Andrew had a ………… impulse to tell her that

she must obey his instructions and not these of a meddling school-mistress. 5. His

tone changed, became ……….. . 6. I was deathly …………. on getting some money

for him; and this thing, properly worked, might almost make him independent.

7. You don`t play golf, do you? You ought to take it up. My eldest girl is very

……………. and she can`t find many young people to play with her. 8. Her

………… pain had returned to her! 9. “Bert was the spit-and-image of his father,”

Ada said, and she loved him for it and for his ………..…. intelligence. 10. Bob gave

her a …….…. look and she felt a twinge of conscience (угрызения совести).

11. After a phase of …………. nervousness Mary`s anxiety gradually faded.

(wet – damp – soaked – drenched)

1. Her cheeks were ………. with tears. 2. He hung up his ………… trunks and towel

to dry; the night air was so ……….. , however, that in the morning they were still