• do a bit of sightseeing –
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• do a lot of sightseeing –
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• take photographs –
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• spend a lot of money –
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• buy souvenirs –
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• go out –
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• have a good time –
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• crowded with tourists –
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• historical monuments –
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• touristy –
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• a guidebook –
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• a map –
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• go on a sightseeing tour –
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• worth visiting –
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B. Make up your own sentences with the words, word combinations.
• do sightseeing
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• museums, art galleries, fountains, statues, palaces, temples, castles, cathedrals
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• buy a guidebook or a map
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• take photographs
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• spend a lot of money on...
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• visit
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• go
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• see
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C. Find and give Synonyms of the words, word combinations.
• a lot of –
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• be crowded –
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• begin –
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• finish –
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• build –
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• sights –
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• visit –
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• attract –
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• things, built a long time ago –
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• enjoy themselves –
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D. Find and give antonyms of the worlds, world combinations.
• a bit of sightseeing –
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• few people –
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• earn money –
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• modern –
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• the smallest –
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• ever –
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• near –
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• poor –
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E. Match words with their definitions.
A. a guidebook
| 1) typical products from the country
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B. go out
| 2) a good idea to do smth
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C. have a good time
| 3) go to different places for social reasons, e.g. restaurant or disco
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D. souvenirs
| 4) a book of information for tourists
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E. touristy
| 5) places, built a long time ago
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F. historical monuments
| 6) too much tourism
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G. be worth + ing
| 7) enjoy themselves
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Grammar
Task 5. Word formation. Look at the words and fill in the table.
word
| prefix
| base word
| suffix
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personal
| –
| -person-
| -al
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unforgettable
| un-
| -forget-
| -able
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unfortunately
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beautiful
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touristy
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historical
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traditional
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attraction
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engineer
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instance
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region
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monument
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liberty
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structure
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sculptor
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Task 6. A. Find in the text examples with the passive voice and translate them into Russian.
B. Choose the right variant and explain your choice.
1)
| A. The reconstruction of a church were finished by builders in 2007.
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B. The reconstruction of a church was finished by builders in 2007.
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2)
| A. This museum was build in 1964.
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B. This museum was built in 1964.
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3)
| A. Tambov will be visited by tourists.
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B. Tambov will be visited with tourists.
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C. Revise your Grammar. Check yourself consulting the following rules.
Страдательный залог. Времена группы индефинит.
Passive Voice. Indefinite Tenses.
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Использование.
Формы страдательного залога используются:
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1)
| когда в центре внимания говорящего находятся лицо или предмет, которые подвергаются действию, а не лицо или предмет, которые совершают действие;
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2)
| когда лицо, совершающее действие, не упоминается, несущественно, неизвестно.
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