II. Vocabulary work

Завдання № 1

(Chapter I Blue Wednesday (рр. 3-9))

І. Phonetic drill

1. Transcribe and pronounce the following words:

endure, predecessor, pantry, prune, wistfulness, equipage, asylum, imagination, ordinary, orphan, Trustee, choir, breathlessness, responsible, impertinent, generous, burden obligatory, longingly.

ІІ. Vocabulary work

1. Read the text and find these word-combinations. Translate them into Ukrainian. Make up your own sentences with them:

- special care (p.3);

- to lean against (forward) (p.4);

- an ordinary house (p.4);

- daily routine (p.4);

- to tear oneself from (p.5);

- to consist of (p.5);

- to wave one’s arm (p.5);

- to one’s surprise (p.5);

- to take an interest in smth (p.6);

- progress in one’s study (p.8);

- to be respectful (p.9).

2. Find English equivalents to the following Ukrainian words and word-combinations. Read these sentences and translate them into Ukrainian:

- без жодної плямочки (p.3);

- сирота (p.3);

- зім’ята сукня (p.3);

- малюк (p.3);

- дитяче ліжко (3);

- пульсуюча скроня (p.4);

- хазяйка притулку (p.4);

- уява (p.4);

- притулок (p.4);

- опікун (p.4);

- блискучий (p.5);

- поведінка (p.6).

3. Give synonyms to the following words from the text and translate them into Ukrainian:

- bravery (p.3);

- admonish (p.4);

- intelligence (p.4);

- normal (p.4);

- remark (p.5);

- astonishment (p.5);

- to gibe (p.7);

- insolent (p.7);

- to inhabit (p.8);

- occasion (p.9).

4. Find in the text the words to which the following sentences are the description:

1) Perfectly clean (p.3).

2) A child who has lost one or both of its parents by death (p.3).

3) A small, narrow bed (p.3).

4) A woman housekeeper in a school or other institution (p.4).

5) The power to form mental images of objects not perceived or not wholly perceived by the senses (p.4).

6) A place affording safety from attack or shelter (p.4).

7) A person who has charge of property in trust or of the business affairs of an institution (p.4).

8) Shining brightly and fiercely (p.5).

9) Moral behavior (p.6).

10) A piece of writing on any subject. (p.7)

5. Translate the following sentences from English into Ukrainian:

1) I leaned my head forward to hear what they were saying.

2) When you lean a ladder against a wall, make sure that its feet are dug firmly into the ground for safety.

3) That poor little boy just wanted to have an ordinary house that his friends had.

4) The soldiers had orders to tear the children from their mothers’ arms if they refused to give them up.

5) The cake consisted of flour, butter, eggs and sugar.

6) The man waved his arm toward the taxi standing in the square.

7) To my great surprise the little girl could count from one to one thousand.

8) Helen didn’t take any interest in her husband’s business.

9) Some progress in her study was evident for the teacher.

10) The school was at a respectful distance from Pete’s house.

6. Read and translate the following extract from the text into Ukrainian: “That is his wish … to a Trustee of the John Grier Home ” (pp.8-9).

ІІІ. Grammar work

1) Find 10 sentences where modal verbs are used and translate them into Ukrainian.

ІV. Discussion

1) Say who in the story:

* “… was … the oldest orphan …” (p.3);

* “… had been … everybody’s bidding…” (p.4);

* “…was the matron of the asylum.” (p.4);

* “… were hurrying home to … cheerful firesides…” (p.4);

* “…was waving … arm toward an automobile waiting in the curved drive.” (p.5);

* “… came singing up the stairs and down the corridor …” (p.5);

* “… was by nature a sunny soul, and had always taken the smallest excuse to be amused.” (p.5);

* “… has given large sums of money for the asylum’s support.” (p.6);

* “… read aloud an essay entitled “Blue Wednesday.” (p.7);

* “… will never answer … letters nor take any notice of them.” (p.8).

Модуль 3.

Завдання № 2

(Chapter II (pp. 11-20))

I. Phonetic drills

1. Transcribe and pronounce the following words:

bewildering, comfortable, infirmary, contagious, registrar, encyclopedia, catalogue, originality, impertinent, coward, mahogany, frivolous, satisfactory, abyss, talkative, shallow, miserable, dizzying, experience, remembrance, campus, especially, archangel.

II. Vocabulary work

1. Read the text and find these word-combinations. Translate them into Ukrainian. Make up your own sentences with them:

- to get acquainted (p.11);

- to behave towards smb (p.11);

- to be called smb (p.11);

- to be divided into (p.12);

- to obey rules (p.12);

- at times (p.14);

- to make the slightest effort to be (p.15);

- to be a coward (p.16);

- to be excited about (p.17);

- an unbreakable rule (p.18).

2. Find English equivalents to the following Ukrainian words and word-combinations. Read these sentences and translate them into Ukrainian:

- зменшувально-пестливе ім’я (p.12);

- обов’язково для виховання (p.12);

- вирізнятися з-поміж (чогось, когось) (p.13);

- мешкати з кимось в одній кімнаті (p.13);

- тужити за домівкою (p.14);

- архангел (p.14);

- енциклопедія (p.14);

- бути зухвалим (p.16);

- синець (р.16);

- найденець (р.16).

3. Give synonyms to the following words from the text and translate them into Ukrainian:

- untroubled (p.12);

- exactness (p.12);

- correctly (p.13);

- to clutch (p.13);

- nostalgic (p.14);

- to rustle (p.17);

- to chuckle (p.17);

- unconsciousness (p.19);

- legend (p.19);

- plain (p.19).

4. Translate the following sentences from English into Ukrainian:

1) The doctor got acquainted with his new duties at a new hospital.

2) The children were explained how to behave toward the old gentleman.

3) The cake was divided into seven parts and given to the guests.

4) Everybody had to obey the rules that were proclaimed in the Academy.

5) At times Mr. Grane dreamt about his own future house and a happy family.

6) Mrs. Brown never made the slightest effort to be polite and kind.

7) The family was exited about the news and was going to leave the city.

8) All her life she had one unbreakable rule: not to eat after 7 o’clock p.m.

9) The pupils’ impertinent behaviour attracted the people’s attention in the street.

10)Though the girls roomed together they had different tastes and they always cooked separately.

5. Read and translate the following extract from the text into Ukrainian: “October 10^th … Jerusha Abbot” (pp.14-15).

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