Лексико - Грамматический Практикум Rainbow 10 класс

Write antonyms to these words:

1. Soft ___________________ 9. Regular __________________________

2. Strong __________________ 10. Important ________________________

3. Wide ___________________ 11. Normal _________________________

4. High ____________________ 12. Appearing ________________________

5. Shallow __________________ 13. Legal ________________________

6. Brave ____________________ 14. Possible ______________________

7. New _____________________ 15. Honest ________________________

8. Advantage ____________________ Use the words to complete the sentences:

Acid, condition, conquered, Conqueror, nuclear, population, predict, recycled, save, self-evident, witnesses

1. The growth of the ____________________ is evident in this northern region.

2. ____________________ rains are poisonous and harmful to living things and buildings.

3. After the operation the patient was in a fairly good _________________________.

4. Many people in Japan are against ___________ power stations, as they have turned out to be dangerous.

5. It was ____________ that the members of the team wouldn’t be able to cope with that amount of work.

6. Used paper should be ______________________.

7. Do you believe that beauty can __________________ the world?

8. Who ___________________ England in 1066? - William the Duke of Normandy did. Later people began to call him William the _______________________.

9. I don’t believe that fortune tellers can ___________________ our future.

10. Are there any __________________________ to the accident?

Decide in which sentences the word very is an adjective and where it is an adverb:

1. Alice is a very attractive person. _____________________________

2. These are the very houses that have been constructed by a local team of architects. ___________________

3. His is a very risky business. _______________________

4. We must always remember the very real problems of young people today. ________________________

5. The traffic is moving very slowly. ________________________

6. I feel very much better today. ____________________________

7. This is the very pen he used when he was writing the book. _________________________

8. I found the letter I was looking for at the very bottom of the box. _____________________________

9. The very thought of going there made me feel sick. _________________________

10. It was very kind of you. ___________________________ Paraphrase these sentences using the word thus:

1. Last term Gerald didn’t work properly that was why he failed his exams. __________________________

2. The train was half an hour late: as a result, I didn’t come to school on time.__________________________

3. Our family would like to buy a cottage of our own, so we are moving to the countryside. ____________________________________________________________________________

4. John went to bed late last night. As a result he could hardly wake up the next morning._ _____________________________________________________________________________

5. Julia got into a storm yesterday, so she is coming down with a cold _______________________________

6. Unfortunately, I don’t have much money at the moment, as a result I can’t afford to buy a new iPhone. ___________________________________________________________________________________

7. David never drives carelessly: as a result he has never been fined. _________________________________

8. My little cousin is fond of surfing the Net and using his mobile non-stop: as a result, we have practically stopped speaking to each other._________________________________________________________________________________