Define which words have been combined to form the following computer terms. Give their

meanings.

Netiquette, emoticon, netizen, technophobe.

4. According to their pronunciation classify the given acronyms into two groups:

1-those that are read as ordinary English words; 2) those with the alphabetic reading.

Model: NATFHE['n tfi:] —National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (group 1); MP ['em 'pi:] — Member of Parliament (group 2)

NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization, UNO — United Nations Organization, WHO — The World Health Organization, BUPA — British United Provident Association, AGM— annual general meeting, WI— Women's Institute, UCAS — Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, IRA — Irish Republican Army, NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CID — Criminal Investigation Department, SALT— Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, UEFA — Union of European Football Associations, IQ — intelligence quotient, NAAFI— Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes, MRBM— medium- range ballistic missile, FBI— Federal Bureau of Investigation, TEFL —teaching of English as a foreign language, UFO — unidentified flying object, UNRRA — United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, VIP — very important person, FIFA — Federal International Football Association, GI — government (or general) issue.

5.Group the words formed by sound-interchange into: 1) those formed by vowel-interchange or ablaut (& suffixation); 2) those formed by consonant-interchange; 3) those formed by combining both means, i.e. vowel-and consonant-interchange.

Model: reliefW—relieve (v): consonant-interchange

Long (adj) — length (n), speak (v) — speech (n), wreathe (v) —wreath (n), bake (v) — batch (n), strike (v) — stroke (n), house (n) —house (v), breathe (v) — breath (n), believe (v) — belief (n), full (adj) —fill (v), lose (v) — loss (n), prove (v) — proof (n), knot (n) — knit (v), glaze (v) — glass (n), shelve (v) — shelf (n), wake (v) — watch (n), loathe (v) — loath (n), use (v) — use (n), sing (v) — song (n), clothe (v) — cloth (n), bite (v) — bit (n), halve (v) — half (n), abide (v) - abode (n), serve (v) — serffh), deep (adj) — depth (n),bathe (v) – bath (a)»ride (v) -~ road (n).

6. What serves as a word- formation means in the given pairs of words. Stress these words. Model: ‘alternate (v) — alt’ernate (adj)

1-compound (n, adj) — compound (v); 2) perfect (adj) — perfect 3- permit (n) — permit (v); 4) progress (n) — progress (v);5 frequent (adj) — frequent (v); 6) affix (n) — affix (v); 7) contact 8-decrease (n) — decrease (v); 9) protest (n) — protest (v);10- produce (n) — produce (v); 11) survey (n) — survey (v); 12) conflict- conflict (v); 13) subject (n, adj) — subject (v).

A) Explain the formation of the following blends.

b) Translate them into Russian.

Flush, glaze, good-bye, slash, smog, flurry, twirl, chortle, dumbfound, cablegram, elecrocute, galumph, swellegant, zebrule, dollarature, animule, fruice.

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