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.
Exercise 6. Translate the sentences using the following words:
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