Word Study

Exercise 1. Arrange the words into pairs of synonyms and translate them.

Method, major, goods, understand, production, do, products, realize, give, engineering, manufacture, work, use, chief, yield, technique, energy, labour, apply, technology, perform.

Exercise 2. Arrange the words into pairs of antonyms and translate them.

Last, predictable, increase, worse, new, same, after, old, useful, preceding, complicated, progress, next, decrease, different, unpredictable, better, before, useless, simple, standstill, following.

 

Exercise 3. Find the odd word in each of these groups.

a) farmer b) trader c) engineer d) factor

a) steamboat b) plane c) railroad d) vehicle

3. a) distribute b) make c) produce d) manufacture

a) invent b) increase c) discover d) develop

 

a) plant b) mill c) factory d) tool

a) work b) labour c) soil d) job

 

a) give b) generate c) apply d)yield

a) equip b) move c) transport d) distribute

a) coal b) petroleum c) paper d) uranium

 

Exercise 4. Find in the text words having the following meanings:

substances from which products are made

a long process of changing and developing

process of soil destruction

natural resources used as a source of heat and energy

phenomenon of water level rising in seas

a person who buys and uses goods

any means of transportation

Exercise 5. Read and translate the following word combinations. Then use some of them in the sentences of your own.

		goods
to manufacture		products
		machinery
		tools
		а new technique
to develop		а bold hypothesis
		interest
		а theory
		equipment
to maintain		machinery
		а forest cover a tool
		a machine
to invent		a method a tool
		conditions
		a technique
to improve		a machine
		a process
		precision
		knowledge
		speed
		efficiency
to increase		yield
		productivity
		precision
		results
to yield		crop
		income
		a loss

Exercise 6. Translate the sentences using the following words: