Б) stratify stratification stratified

1. Bedding or... is the most characteristic feature of sedimentary
rocks.

2. Coal is a... deposit that has been developed from plant re­
mains.

3. Coals... by the decay of organic material.

4. As a result of physical, chemical or biochemical changes veg­
etable remains are... and changed into peat or coal, micro-organisms
remains changed into mineral oil, bones into phosphorite, etc.

13. Подберите из списков А и Б близкие ио значению слои:

A. to consist of Б. solidified

to differ stratified, layered

bedded to realize

consolidated to transform

to change matter

substance to be like

to be similar (to) to finish

to complete to vary

to understand to be composed of

14. Переведите следующие предложены, обращая витание на перевод
неопределенных местоимений some, any и их производных:

1. Have you any books on geology?

2. There is some interesting information about the internal struc­
ture of the Earth.

3. The rock near the Earth's centre is somewhere between 10 and
IS times as dense (плотный) as water.

4. Igneous rocks, more than any other kind of rocks show that
the Earth is still changing.

5. Is there anybody in the lab? — Yes, there is. There is some­
body there.

6. In some cases limestone is a clastic (обломочный) rock.

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15. Вставьте в предложены some/any/no/someone/anyone/no one/somebody/
anybody/nobody/somethtng/anything/notking/somewhere/anywhere/nowhere.

1. Do you live_____ in the centre?

2. There's_____ at the door. Can you go and see who it is?

3. Why are you looking under the table? Have you lost___?

4. He left the house without saying_____ to______.

5. The film is really great. You can ask_____ who has seen it.

6. Can you give me______ information about places to see in

the town?

7. " Where did you go for your holidays? " — " _______ I stayed

at home."

8. There were_____ shops open.

9. We had to walk because there was____ bus.

10. The station is______ near here.

16. Вставьте it или there по смыслу.

1. Is______ raining hard?

2. Are_____ many beautiful buildings on this street?

 

3. _____ is almost three o'clock.

4. _____ is hard to learn English in such a short time.

5. _____ is no place like home.

6. _____ was almost eight o'clock when they arrived.

7.______ is someone at the door, isn't there?

8. _____ were not many students in class today.

9. _____ are only 28 days in February.

17. Закличете предложения, используя конструкцию there + be.

There is_____ There are several______

There are_____ Is there______

There was_____ Are there______

There were_____ There isn't______

There will be____________ There aren't______

18. Определите, в каких предложениях употреблены глаголы в страдательном залоге. Переведите предложения:

1. Geologists divided the rocks of the Earth into three main classes or
types. They are divided into sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic
rocks.

2. Gravel, sand and clay form the group of unconsolidated mechani­
cal sediments. They are formed-by the destructive action of water and
wind.

3. Coal is used as fuel. People have used coal as fuel for a long time.

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