Task 5. A. Synonyms and antonyms. Find in the text or think of:
| Synonyms:
vacation, travelling, very old, a townsman, appropriate, pleasing, colourful, to find, benefit, abroad, places of interest, excursionist (sightseer)
| Antonyms:
ancient, similar, villager, cheap, native, disadvantage, harmful,
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B. Find the words in the text according to their definitions. Fill in the table.
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| A. a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation
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| B. a person who goes on holiday
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| C. to swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river, esp. for pleasure
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| D. one of the earth's large land masses
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| E. an interesting or famous place, that is usually visited by tourists
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| F. excitingly different, strange or unusual; esp. from a distant and tropical country
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| G. to rest lazily
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| H. a territory distinguished by its people, culture, language, geography, etc
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| I. a travelling from one place to another
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| J. dealing or concerned with another country, area, people, etc
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Grammar
Task 6. Word formation. Look at the words and fill in the table
| Word
| Prefixes
| Base word
| Suffixes
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| comfortable
picturesque
destination
uninteresting
musical
disadvantage
traveller
fastest
reminded
discover
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Task 7. A. Find examples with grammar concerning adjectives’ degrees of comparison and translate them into Russian.
