Обогащайте свой словарный запас

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VOCABULARYBUILDER

Практикум для студентов первого года обучения по специальности«Современные иностранные языки»

Минск МГЛУ

2014

УДК 811.111’243(075.8)

ББК 81.432.1 – 923.1

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Рекомендован Редакционным советом Минского государст-венного лингвистического университета. Протокол № 2/38 от 27 мая 2014 г.

Авторы: Н. В. Сержанина, П. А. Эльман, Е. Н. Шавлова,
Л. И. Москалева

Под редакцией П. А. Эльмана

Рецензенты : кандидат филологических наук, доцент
Л. С. Крохалева (МГЛУ); кандидат педагогических наук, доцент
С. М. Володько (Академия управления при Президенте Республики Беларусь)

О-21 Обогащайте свой словарный запас = VocabularyBuilder: практикум для студентов, обучающихся по специальности «Современные ино-странные языки» / Н. В. Сержанина[и др.]; под ред. П. А. Эльмана. – Минск : МГЛУ, 2014. – 72 с.

ISBN978-985-460-629-3.

Цель практикума – расширение словарного запаса студентов первого года обучения английскому языку как второму иностранному.

Практикум состоит из 12 разделов, каждый из которых содержит серию упражнений на употребление синонимов, антонимов, словообразование, выбор нуж-ного слова, перевод с русского языка на английский. Предназначен для самостоя-тельной работы студентов по дисциплине «Практика устной и письменной речи».

Адресуется студентам 2 курса переводческого факультета и 3 курса факульте-тов испанского, немецкого и французского языков, изучающих английский язык
как второй иностранный.

УДК 811.111’243(075.8)

ББК 81.432.1 – 923.1

ISBN 978-985-460-629-3 © УО «Минский государственный

лингвистический университет», 2014

Предисловие

Практикум предназначен для студентов, изучающих английский язык
как второй иностранный на начальном этапе обучения.Он состоит из двенад-цати разделов, в каждом из которых представлен комплекс упражнений, направленных на активизацию словаря в сфере бытового общения, что соответствует требованиям Программы по дисциплине «Практика устной
и письменной речи английского языка как второго иностранного». Кроме
этого, в каждый раздел включены упражнения по переводу с русского языка
на английский и задания творческого характера, целью которых является развитие навыков устной и письменной речи.

Практикум также снабжен ключами ко всем упражнениям, что поможет студентам использовать их в процессе самостоятельной работы.

Unit I

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Ex. 1. Find the words from column B to match their description in column A.

A.	B.
1) an arranged meeting between a man and a woman who don’t know each other	a) poor
2) having stopped working, usually because of your age	b) agony aunt
3) not formal or not for a formal situation	c) outgoing
4) in or from a country that is not your own	d) fun
5) having very little or no money	e) advise
6) someone who is attractive	f) star sign
7) to tell someone what you think they should do (in a particular situation)	g) relationship
8) an activity that is very enjoyable and exciting; a person who is amusing and enjoyable to be with	h) couple
9) two things or people of the same kind	i) foreign
10) one of the twelve signs of the ZODIAC	j) blind date
11) a period of study in a particular subject at university	k) grow up
12) to gradually change from being a child to being an adult	l) good-looking
13) the way that two people feel about each other	m) retired
14) a person who writes in a newspaper or magazine and helps people with their personal problems	n) course
15) someone who likes to meet and talk to new people	o) casual
16) to or in the centre or main business area of a town or city	p) graduate
17) to complete a course of education (at a college or university)	q) downtown

Ex. 2. Match synonymous words and expressions.

1) hard	a) sociable
2) kid	b) pair
3) learn	c) give up work
4) good-looking	d) strange
5) funny	e) difficult
6) couple	f) offer suggestions
7) foreign	g) amusing
8) retire	h) child
9) advise	i) attractive
10) outgoing	j) study

Ex. 3. Match antonymous words and expressions.

1) casual	a) single
2) difficult	b) often
3) foreign	c) keep working
4) married	d) unsuccessful
5) poor	e) formal
6) retire	f) terrible
7) successful	g) native
8) wonderful	h) uncomfortable
9) comfortable	i) easy
10) sometimes	j) rich

Ex. 4. Complete the charts below. Mind some spelling changes.

noun	verb		noun	adjective
1. advice 2.… 3. graduation 4. …	… design … inform		1. fun 2. success 3. … 4. retirement	… … poor …

Followup.Write about your best friend.

Unit II

THE WAY WE LIVE

Follow up. Write about someone who is living abroad now.

UnitIII

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

Follow up. Write about the time when everything went wrong.

Unit IV

THE MARKET PLACE

UnitV

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

Follow up.

UnitVI

PLACES AND THINGS

Unit VII

FAME!

Unit VIII

DO’S AND DON’TS

Followup.

Unit IX

GOING PLACES

UnitX

THINGSTHATCHANGEDTHEWORLD

Unit XI

WHAT IF …?

Unit XII

TRYING YOUR BEST

WORD LIST

Unit I

advice n

agony aunt n

adventure n

blind date n

casual adj

comfortable adj

couple n

course n

designer n

downtown (US) n

foreignadj

funny adj

good fun adj

good looking adj

graduate v

grow up v

hard (=difficult) adj

information n

kid (child) n

leave v

medicine n

outgoing adj

poor adj

problem n

relationship adj

retired adj

separate adj

share v

single adj

sometimes adv

star sign n

successful adj

twin n

wonderful adj

Unit II

abroad adv

accent n

accident n

at least adv

awful adv

celeb (celebrity) n

clear up v

communication n

competition n

disadvantage n

distance n

divide v

divorced adj

do overtime v

dormitory n

employ v

essential adj

exhausting adj

flat adj

glamorous adj

hairdresser n

have something in common

(=to share interests or

experiences)

impossible adj

keep (us) busy v

landscape n

lifestyle n

lonely adj

lucky adj

mess n

miss v

practisev

rent v

situated pp

social life n

strange adj

technology n

That’s really kind of you.

tiring adj

trendy adj

uniform n

useful adj

view n

view of n

wage n

wonderful adj

Unit III

amazed adj

angry (with sb) adj

apartment n

assassin n

big spendern

break into v

breathe v

burglar n

capture v

creep v

crime n

curse v

curtain n

describe v

destroy v

downstairs adv

dream (about sth) v

fortunately adv

ghost n

golden adj

guiltily adv

haunt v

heavily adv

hide v

hit man n

hungry adj

invitation n

joke n

knock on the door v

lead v

let out v

lock v

lorry n

lose v

marks n (get good marks

in an exam)

mend v

message n

midnight n

mystery n

peacefully adv

point (straight at sth/sb) v

prison n

quietly adv

relief n

run out of v

secret agent n

spending spree n

steal v

straightadv

suddenlyadv

switch off v

thief n

translation n

turn on v

unfortunately adv

unlock v

urgently adv

went off (a gun=fired) v

whisper v

worry v

worth adj

Unit IV

adult n

allergic adj

amazing adj

ancient adj

antique n

aromatic adj

backpack n

baker’s (shop) n

bargain (for sth) v

be packed with

bored adj

brands n

bunch (of) n

busy adj

cashier n

certainly adv

change n

changing room n

chemist’s n

choose v

clever idea n

collect v

colourfuladj

cooker n

cost n

count (money) v

covered (with sth) adj

create v

customer n

delicious adj

desertn

doughnutn

dozenn

endless adj

everything pron

fascinating adj

fine (=good quality) adj

float v

for goodness sake!

for sale

forget v

furniture n

global adj

greengrocer’s n

grocer’s (shop) n

grown (grown locally) pp

herb n

huge adj

jewelleryn

loaf (of) n

luxurious adj

market n

narrow adj

newsagent’s n

noisy adj

peaceful adj

product n

seller n

shopping list n

size n

sore throat

spectacular adj

spice n

stalls npl

tissue n

traditional adj

wooden adj

Unit V

affect v

ambition n

annoyed adj

annoying adj

argue (with sb) v

average adj

be pleased for sb

be responsible v

behaviourn

blame v

body piercing n

bored adj

boring adj

brat n

bullying n

cheating n

confused adj

confusing adj

depressed adj

depressing adj

desperate adj

disappointed adj

disappointing adj

divorced adj

end up v

experience n

fault n

fed up with

feel sorry for v

frightened adj

frightening adj

get married v

give up (=stop doing sth) v

grade n

hike n

hope n

horrible (to sb) adj

hurt adj

incredible adj

innocence n

instruction n

intelligent adj

invitev

lendv

lien

look forward to (doing sth)v

occupation n

orders (follow orders) npl

out of control

play truant (=not to go to school)

promise v

rebel (against sb or sth) v

remarried adj

save money

seriously adv

shocked adj

shocking adj

steal v

swearing n

take drugs v

tired of adj

tough adj

troubled adj

trust n, v

Unit VI

absolutely adv

advantage n

afford v

amazing adj

angry adj

backpack n

be accepted v

birthplace n

book (a room) v

booking fee n

break up v

brilliant adj

building n

check in v

client n

community n

contemporary adj

cosmopolitan adj

diverse adj

earn v

fashionable adj

fed up adj

fluency n

foreigner n

friendliest adj

general knowledge n

generous adj

get better

get on well v

guide n

historical adj

homeland n

host v

impolite adj

in particular

in the beginning

independence n

industrial adj

lonely adj

mean adj

messy adj

miserable adj

modern adj

neighbourn

owner n

passion n

pleasure n

polite adj

population n

principle n

receptionist n

rude adj

science fiction n

separate adj

shocking adj

sights npl

sightseeing tour n

spicy adj

stare v

stick together (=stay together) v

sunset n

talented adj

terrible adj

test n

thriller n

untidy adj

vibrant adj

vitality n

Unit VII

accident n

accountant n

advertise v

advertisement n

album n

alive adj

ambitious adj

artist n

attend v

bad-tempered adj

band n

bodyguard n

calm adj

chef n

courage n

danger n

decide v

decision n

difference n

disaster n

disastrous adj

drama queen n

drum n

easy-going adj

employ v

employer n

employment n

explain v

explanation n

fame n

famous adj

fire (from a job) v

flopped (=been unsuccessful) pp

founder member n

friendly adj

guitar n

havoc (play havoc with sth) n

hire v

imagination n

including prep

influenced (by sb/sth) pp

interpreter n

invitation n

journalist n

kind adj

librarian n

member n

misfortunes n pl

model v

moody adj

musician n

nervous breakdown n

noisy adj

paparazzi n pl

patient adj

patient n

performance n

personal trainer n

photographer n

politician n

private jet n

reception n

refer to v

related adj

sack n

saxophone n

selfish adj

spoilt adj

temperamental adj

thoughtful adj

tragedy n

tragic adj

trumpet n

upset adj

Unit VIII

ability n

achev

anklen

apologizev

apply v

application n

architect n

assistance n

be on call

behave v

bill n

blow your nose

builder n

bully n

career n

chat v

childcare n

coward n

detective n

development n

enquire v

equal opportunities n

fall in love

feed v

fire fighter n

food poisoning n

gender n

gender gap n

glands n pl

hairdresser n

ignore v

inform v

interview n, v

liquid n

mechanic n

message n

nanny n

nappy n

necessary adj

night shift n

non-traditional adj

obligation n

opinion n

plumber n

prejudice n

prescribe v

prescription n

profession n

psychology n

racism n

reassure v

regret (to inform you) v

ruin v

satisfaction n

sexism n

signature n

sneeze v

sore throat

stay calm

stomach-ache n

surgery n

swallow v

swollen pp

take care of v

taxi-driver n

tough adj

traditionally adv

twist v

unsocial adj

Unit IX

addict n

answerphone n

army n

as soon as

atmosphere n

awful adj

be bothered

be determined to do sth

be in control (of a situation)

carefree adj

consultant n

crowded adj

debt n

delayed adj

desire n

destination n

distance n

door to door

earn v

environment n

escape v

favourn

firework n

fluent adj

flight n

fortune (=a lot of money) n

freedom n

gap year n

chase v

get on well (with sb) v

harmed by (=damaged by) pp

I can’t see the point. coll

It’s your turn. coll

join v

mess n

message n

money worries

normal adj

path n

pollute v

pros and cons

put sb off sth (=stop sb liking sth)

readjust v

refer to v

retired adj

routine n

ruin v

run away v

sailor n

salary n

save v

stressful adj

tablet n

Take care!

traffic jam n

unwillingness n

wild adj

without doubt

wood n

Unit X

accurate adj

annoy v

award v

be broke (=have no money) v coll

be related to (sb) v

borrow v

cell n

century n

certain adj

climb v

commit (a crime) v

complain v

complaint n

contain v

criminal n

cure n

develop n

discover v

discovery n

disease n

DNA n

domestic adj

dream v

dream of v

electricity n

experiment n

fault n

guilty adj

heartbroken adj

homesick adj

hopeless adj

illegal adj

immediately adv

invention n

item n

keep a secret v

lie n

lift (give sb a lift) n

litter n

luggage n

make a complaint v

miracle n

novel (=book) n

operation n

passenger n

poet n

popularity n

produce v

publish v

rarely adv

recently adv

science fiction

search engine n

successful adj

suspect n

technology n

the truth n

unique adj

Unit XI

accept v

active adj

afterwards adv

agree v

ambition n

ambitious adj

ash n

at the last minute

ban v

be made redundant

can’t stand

block v

break down v

certain adj

chatter v

cloud n

contaminated adj

crazy adj

crops n pl

crossroads n pl

currently adv

decision n

do well (=be successful) v

dream of sthv

erupt v

eventually adv

expression n

extinct adj

fail v

famine n

freeze v

frightening adj

global adj

greenhouse n

have a row (=argument) v

huge adj

impressed adj

junk n

leader n

look for v

Look out!

look up v

ordinary adj

pick up v

possibility n

put off v

recycle v

run (a company) v

run out of v

shanty town n

shock n

stranger n

sunlight n

take off v

throw away v

try on v

turn off v

unlikely adv

volcano n

Unit XII

autobiography n

break (a record) v

brief adj

challenge n

climb v

Congratulations!

continent n

crowded adj

decorate (a house) v

delighted adj

delivery n

dirty adj

disguise v

explore v

explorer n

fed up adj

follow v

footsteps n pl

fresh air n

get used to sthv

hard adj

hero n

hide v

homeless adj

honest adj

hurt v

in somebody’s footsteps

income n

journey n

let v

mend v

outdoor adj

peak (of a mountain) n

physical education n

pretty (=quite) advcoll

present v

reason n

record books n

remind v

silly adj

stay calm v

subway station n US

succeed v

successful adj

swear (=I promise) v

sympathetic adj

take drugs v

take it easy

trip n

well-prepared adj

KEYS TO THE EXERCISES

Unit I

Ex. 1. 1. j; 2. m; 3. o; 4. i; 5. a; 6. l; 7. e; 8. d; 9. h; 10. f; 11. n; 12. k; 13. g; 14. b;
15. c; 16. q; 17. p.

Ex. 2. 1. e; 2. h; 3. j; 4. i; 5. g; 6. b; 7. d; 8. c; 9. f; 10. a.

Ex. 3.1. e; 2. i; 3. g; 4. a; 5. j; 6. c; 7. d; 8. f; 9. h; 10. b.

Ex. 4.noun/verb 1. advise; 2. designer; 3. graduate; 4. information.

noun/adjective 1. funny; 2. successful; 3. poverty; 4. retired.

Ex. 5. 1. graduate; 2. fun; 3. advice; 4. successful; 5. poor; 6. retired; 7. designer;
8. information; 9. advise.

Ex. 6. 1. friendly (give); 2. blind; 3. married; 4. good (great); 5. close; 6. star;
7. designer; 8. successful; 9. agony; 10. relationship.

Ex. 7. 1. to; 2. from; 3. on; 4. up; 5. after; 6. to; 7. about; 8. from; 9. –; 10. for; 11. –; 12. on; 13. about; 14. at; 15. of.

Ex. 8. 1. c; 2. a; 3. c; 4. b; 5. a; 6. c; 7. c; 8. b; 9. a; 10. a.

Ex. 9. 1. graduate; 2. course; 3. downtown; 4. is outgoing; 5. couple; 6. is an agony aunt; 7. a blind date; 8. grow up; 9. funny; 10. foreign languages.

Unit II

Ex. 1. 1. r; 2. j; 3. p; 4. b; 5. g; 6. n; 7. o; 8. l; 9. a; 10. h; 11. q; 12. e; 13. k; 14.i;
15. f; 16. d; 17. m; 18. c.

Ex. 2. 1. f; 2. a; 3. i; 4. g; 5. h; 6. c; 7. b; 8. e; 9. d.

Ex. 3. 1. g; 2. e; 3. f; 4. h; 5. b; 6. a; 7. d; 8. c.

Ex. 4. noun/adjective 1. lucky; 2. glamorous; 3. wonder; 4. use.

verb/noun1. communicate; 2. competition; 3. employer/employee; 4. practise.

verb/adjective 1. exhaust; 2. tiring.

Ex. 5. 1. tiring/exhausting; 2. glamorous; 3. communication; 4. employ; 5. wonderful; 6. lucky; 7. competition; 8. employer; 9. practise; 10. useful.

Ex. 6. 1. social life; 2. rent rooms; 3. communication technology; 4. at home and abroad; 5. awful things; 6. essential information; 7. lucky man; 8. comfortable lifestyle; 9. advantages and disadvantages; 10. useful information.

Ex. 7. 1. up; 2. At; 3. of; 4. in; 5. on, at; 6. at; 7. of; 8. –; 9. of; 10. – , – ; 11. about.

Ex. 8. 1. a; 2. c; 3. b; 4. a; 5. b; 6. b; 7. a; 8. c; 9. a; 10. c.

Ex. 9.1. trendy; 2. essential; 3. awful; 4. rent; 5. strange; 6. overtime; 7. abroad;
8. distance; 9. communication; 10. celebrities.

Unit III

Ex. 1. 1. j; 2. f; 3. l; 4. n; 5. h; 6. p; 7. q; 8. g; 9. d; 10. o; 11. c; 12. a; 13. i; 14. e;
15. k; 16. m; 17. b.

Ex. 2. 1. d; 2. g; 3. i; 4. j; 5. b; 6. a; 7. h; 8. c; 9. e; 10. f.

Ex. 3. 1. g; 2. e; 3. i; 4. b; 5. c; 6. a; 7. j; 8. f; 9. d; 10. h.

Ex. 4. verb/noun 1. breathe; 2. description; 3. relief; 4. invite.

adjective/noun 1. darkness; 2. mystery; 3. angry; 4. peaceful.

adjective/adverb 1. urgently; 2. straight; 3. fortunately; 4. heavy.

Ex. 5. 1. relief; 2. straight; 3. breathe; 4. mystery; 5. description; 6. Fortunately;
7. invitation; 8. heavily; 9. urgent; 10. angry; 11. darkness.

Ex. 6. A. 1. breathing; 2. whispered; 3. solved; 4. pointing; 5. give; 6. went.

B. 1. complete; 2. perfect; 3. golden; 4. short; 5. secret; 6. spending.

Ex. 7. 1. from; 2. about; 3. out of; 4. with; 5. at; 6. off; 7. out; 8. off; 9. into; 10. for; 11. on, of, at, in.

Ex. 8. 1. c; 2. a; 3. c; 4. b; 5. b; 6. a; 7.c; 8. c; 9. b; 10. a.

Ex. 9.1. amazed; 2. cursed; 3. big spenders; 4. turned on; 5. suddenly; 6. message;
7. curtain(s); 8. at midnight; 9. hid; 10. quietly.

Unit IV

Ex. 1. 1. j; 2. p; 3. h; 4. a; 5. m; 6. k; 7. b; 8. d; 9. f; 10. o; 11. c; 12. e; 13. i; 14. g;
15. n; 16. l.

Ex. 2.1. d; 2. i; 3. f; 4. a; 5. b; 6. h; 7. j; 8. c; 9. e; 10. g.

Ex. 3. 1. d; 2. h; 3. f; 4. a; 5. b; 6. e; 7. c; 8. g.

Ex. 4. noun/adjective 1. tradition; 2. luxury; 3. colourful; 4. endless; 5. noise;
6. aromatic.

verb/noun 1. seller; 2. choose; 3. collection/сollector; 4. product/production/ producer; 5. cook.

Ex. 5.1. endless; 2. products; 3. traditional; 4. collects; 5. luxurious; 6. seller;
7. aromatic; 8. choose; 9. noise; 10. colourful.

Ex. 6. 1. amazing; 2. ancient; 3. fascinating; 4. narrow; 5. antique; 6. busy; 7. market;8. wooden; 9. delicious; 10. peaceful; 11. shopping.

Ex. 7. 1. to; 2. for; 3. on; 4. for; 5. of, of; 6. with; 7. from; 8. with; 9. with; 10. For; 11. for.

Ex. 8. 1. a; 2. c; 3. a; 4. b; 5. c; 6. c; 7. b; 8. c; 9. a; 10 b.

Ex. 9. 1. at the market; 2. stalls; 3. the desert; 4. a shopping list; 5. baker’s;
6. customers; 7. luxurious; 8. spectacular; 9. huge; 10 fine.

Unit V

Ex. 1. 1. j; 2. o; 3. f; 4. r; 5. q; 6. m; 7. c; 8. l; 9. b; 10. d; 11. g; 12. h; 13. e; 14. i;
15. k; 16. n; 17. p; 18. a.

Ex. 2. 1. h; 2. e; 3. k; 4. a; 5. b; 6. i; 7. c; 8. f; 9. d; 10. g; 11. j.

Ex. 3.1. f; 2. i; 3. a; 4. j; 5. b; 6. c; 7. g; 8. d; 9. h; 10. e.

Ex. 4. verb/noun 1. behaviour; 2. activity; 3. invite.

noun/adjective 1. trouble; 2. intelligent; 3. responsible.

verb/adjective 1. rebel; 2. annoying/annoyed; 3. hurt.

Ex. 5.1. behaviour; 2. annoyed; 3. intelligent; 4. invitation; 5. rebellious; 6. activity; 7. responsible; 8. hurt; 9. trouble; 10. annoying.

Ex. 6. 1. behaviour; 2. lies; 3. hopes/ambitions; 4. drugs; 5. steal; 6. seriously;
7. affected; 8. grades; 9. experience; 10. depressed.

Ex. 7. 1. with; 2. with, to; 3. out of, of; 4. up; 5. up in; 6. to; 7. to; 8. of; 9. against; 10. in, for.

Ex. 8. 1. a; 2. c; 3. a; 4. b; 5. b; 6. c; 7. a; 8. c; 9. b; 10. a.

Ex. 9.1. desperate; 2. disappointed; 3. tough; 4. played truant; 5. to get married; 6. an ambition; 7. brats; 8. responsible; 9. invite; 10. tired of.

Unit VI

Ex. 1. 1. d; 2. m; 3. j; 4. o; 5. a; 6. l; 7. b; 8. c; 9. p; 10. n; 11. e; 12. g; 13. f; 14. i;
15. k; 16. h.

Ex. 2. 1. e; 2. g; 3. a; 4. i; 5. b; 6. d; 7. h; 8. f; 9. c.

Ex. 3.1. g; 2. d; 3. f; 4. i; 5. b; 6. c; 7. e; 8. a; 9. h.

Ex. 4. verb/noun 1. building; 2. owner; 3. pleasure; 4. population; 5. thriller.

noun/adjective 1. fashionable; 2. friendly; 3. foreigner; 4. vitality; 5. generous.

Ex. 5. 1. population; 2. generous; 3. friendly; 4. pleasures; 5. vitality; 6. owner;
7. thriller; 8. buildings; 9. foreigner; 10. fashionable.

Ex. 6. 1. cosmopolitan; 2. contemporary; 3. diverse; 4. historical; 5. miserable;
6. general; 7. brilliant; 8. spicy; 9. industrial; 10. shocking; 11. amazing.

Ex. 7. 1. about; 2. for; 3. for, for; 4. in; 5. for; 6. on; 7. up with; 8. with; 9. in; 10. for.

Ex. 8. 1. a; 2. b; 3. a; 4. c; 5. c; 6. b; 7. b; 8. a; 9. c; 10. b.

Ex. 9.1. advantages; 2. broke up; 3. miserable; 4. contemporary; 5. diverse needs;
6. vibrant; 7. population; 8. cosmopolitan district; 9. generous; 10. modern.

Unit VII

Ex. 1. 1. o; 2. h; 3. q; 4. a; 5. m; 6. i; 7. d; 8. b; 9. f; 10. g; 11. r; 12. c; 13. k; 14. e;
15. j; 16. n; 17. l; 18. p.

Ex. 2. 1. h; 2. e; 3. j; 4. a; 5. c; 6. i; 7. b; 8. f; 9. g; 10. d.

Ex. 3.1. e; 2. h; 3. i; 4. j; 5. g; 6. b; 7. d; 8. k; 9. f; 10. c; 11. a.

Ex.4. noun/verb 1. decision; 2. advertise; 3. employer/employee/employment;
4. imagination; 5. explain.

noun/adjective 1. moody; 2. friend; 3. disastrous; 4. danger; 5. famous.

Ex. 5.1. famous; 2. imagination; 3. disaster; 4. advertisement; 5. friendly; 6. explain; 7. dangerous; 8. decide; 9. employment; 10. mood; 11. decision.

Ex. 6. 1. serious accident; 2. make a decision; 3. rock bands; 4. major influence;
5. band members; 6. talented musician; 7. play havoc; 8. deeply upset; 9. drama queen; 10. real tragedy.

Ex. 7. 1. in; 2. to; 3. to; 4. – ; 5. in; 6. between; 7. – ; 8. from; 9. about; 10. – .

Ex. 8. 1. a; 2. b; 3. b; 4. a; 5. a; 6. c; 7. c; 8. b; 9. a; 10. c.

Ex. 9.1. fired; 2. flopped; 3. celebrities; 4. upset; 5. disaster; 6. calm; 7. tragedy;
8. invitation; 9. advertise; 10. being selfish.

Unit VIII

Ex.1. 1. e; 2. j; 3. m; 4. k; 5. q; 6. a; 7. c; 8. p; 9. g; 10. n; 11. b; 12. o; 13. d; 14. f;
15. h; 16. i; 17. l.

Ex. 2. 1. e; 2. i; 3. a; 4. g; 5. c; 6. k; 7. b; 8. j; 9. f; 10. h; 11. d.

Ex. 3.1. e; 2. h; 3. f; 4. g; 5. b; 6. c; 7. a; 8. d.

Ex. 4. adjective/noun1. ability; 2. traditional; 3. necessary; 4. psychology;
5. mechanic; 6. cowardly; 7. professional.

verb/noun 1. behave; 2. application; 3. prescribe; 4. satisfaction; 5. information;
6. sign.

Ex. 5.1. coward; 2. professional; 3. traditional; 4. ability; 5. satisfaction;
6. prescription; 7. application; 8. necessary; 9. signature; 10. behaves;
11. information.

Ex. 6. A. 1. food; 2. advertising; 3. sore; 4. job; 5. equal; 6. night.

B. 1. having; 2. twisted; 3. stay; 4. study; 5. choosing; 6. ruin.

Ex. 7. 1. from; 2. on, – ; 3. in, with; 4. about; 5. for; 6. after; 7. for; 8. of; 9. for;
10. in.

Ex. 8.1. a; 2. c; 3. b; 4. c; 5. a; 6. a; 7. b; 8. c; 9. a; 10. c.

Ex. 9. 1. applied; 2. assistance; 3. prejudice; 4. gender gap; 5. reassure me;
6. opinions; 7. surgery; 8. nanny; 9. ignore; 10. development; 11. tough.

Unit IX

Ex. 1. 1. d; 2. h; 3. m; 4. i; 5. a; 6. k; 7. p; 8. e; 9. b; 10. o; 11. g; 12. n; 13. c; 14. l; 15. f; 16 j.

Ex. 2.1. d; 2. g; 3. k; 4. a; 5. h; 6. c; 7. j; 8. f; 9. e; 10. b; 11. i.

Ex. 3. 1. e; 2. h; 3. a; 4. g; 5. c; 6. i; 7. d; 8. b; 9. f.

Ex. 4. noun/adjective 1. normal; 2. wood; 3. stressful; 4. addictive; 5. environment.

verb/noun 1. pollute; 2. sailor; 3. readjust; 4. consultant; 5. refer.

Ex. 5. 1. normal; 2. readjust; 3. stressful; 4. pollution; 5. wood(s); 6. sailor; 7. refer; 8. consultant; 9. addict; 10. environment.

Ex. 6. A. 1. stressful; 2. money; 3. crowded; 4. huge; 5. wild; 6. drug.

B. 1. watching; 2. reach; 3. earning; 4. made; 5. pollute; 6. save.

Ex. 7. 1. off; 2. to; 3. up; 4. across; 5. on; 6. to; 7. of; 8. off; 9. about; 10. in; 11. from, to; 12. through.

Ex. 8. 1. b; 2. c; 3. b; 4. a; 5. c; 6. a; 7. b; 8. c; 9. c; 10. a.

Ex. 9. 1. carefree; 2. gap year; 3. can’t see the point of; 4. earns; 5. awful; 6. retired; 7. harmed; 8. pros and cons; 9. freedom; 10. readjusting.

Unit X

Ex. 1. 1. d; 2. i; 3. p; 4. l; 5. a; 6. r; 7. c; 8. k; 9. q; 10. g; 11. e; 12. n; 13. f; 14. h;
15. b; 16. j; 17. m; 18. o.

Ex. 2. 1. f; 2. h; 3. a; 4. j; 5. c; 6. d; 7. i; 8. e; 9. b; 10. g.

Ex. 3. 1. d; 2. h; 3. a; 4. f; 5. c; 6. i; 7. e; 8. b; 9. g.

Ex. 4. verb/noun1. discovery; 2. invention; 3. complain; 4. operation; 5. develop.

noun/adjective 1. hopeless/hopeful; 2. popularity; 3. truth; 4. guilty; 5. electricity.

Ex. 5. 1. discovered; 2. operation; 3. invention; 4. developed; 5. complaint;
6. popularity; 7. guilty; 8. electricity; 9. truth; 10. hopeless; 11. discoveries.

Ex. 6.A. 1. unique opportunity; 2. important discovery; 3. simple experiment; 4. new invention; 5. illegal drugs; 6. popular novels.

B. 1. tell; 2. keep; 3. commit; 4. give; 5. develop; 6. make.

Ex. 7. 1. to; 2. by; 3. of; 4. from; 5. for; 6. out of; 7. for; 8. about; 9. in; 10. at; 11. by.

Ex. 8. 1. c; 2. a; 3. a; 4. b; 5. b; 6. a; 7. c; 8. a; 9. c; 10. b.

Ex. 9. 1. criminal; 2. accurate; 3. cells; 4. domestic; 5. litter; 6. suspects; 7. annoys;
8. disease; 9. heartbroken; 10. being broke.

Unit XI

Ex. 1. 1. g; 2. d; 3.m; 4. h; 5. a; 6. c; 7. o; 8. l; 9. e; 10. p; 11. f; 12. j; 13. b; 14. k;
15. i; 16. n.

Ex. 2.1. c; 2. f; 3. i; 4. g; 5. a; 6. e; 7. d; 8. b; 9. h.

Ex. 3.1. i; 2. f; 3. a; 4. h; 5. b; 6. e; 7. c; 8. j; 9. g; 10. d.

Ex. 4.noun/adjective 1. ambitious; 2. possibility; 3. active; 4. stranger.

verb/noun 1. decide; 2. leader; 3. expression; 4. fail; 5. erupt.

verb/adjective 1. frightening; impressed; agree; global.

Ex. 5. 1. ambition; 2. impressed; 3. failed; 4. active; 5. frightening; 6. possibility;
7. expression; 8. leader; 9. global; 10. stranger; 11. agreed; 12. erupted.

Ex. 6. A. 1. accepted; 2. become; 3. had; 4. made; 5. run; 6. make.

B. 1. food; 2. contaminated; 3. political; 4. great; 5. ambitious; 6. direct;
7. redundancy.

Ex. 7. 1. at; 2. on; 3. of; 4. in; 5. in; 6. –; 7.about; 8. of; 9. for; 10. on.

Ex. 8. 1. turn off; 2. pick up; 3. put off; 4. throw away; 5. look for; 6. look out; 7. try on; 8. look after; 9. run out of; 10 take off; 11. get on; 12. break down; 13. look up.

Ex. 9. 1. c; 2. b; 3. b; 4. c; 5. a; 6. c; 7. b; 8. c; 9. a; 10. b.

Ex. 10. 1. junk; 2. afterwards; 3. can’t stand; 4. freeze; 5. crazy; 6. shanty town;
7. eventually; 8. an extinct volcano; 9. huge; 10. chatter.

Unit XII

Ex. 1. 1. h; 2. d; 3. n; 4. j; 5. b; 6. m; 7. e; 8. a; 9. f; 10. l; 11. p; 12. c; 13. g; 14. o;
15. k; 16. i.

Ex. 2. 1. c; 2. h; 3. j; 4. f; 5. a; 6. e; 7. b; 8. i; 9. g; 10. d.

Ex. 3.1. d; 2. g; 3. i; 4. a; 5. f; 6. c; 7. e; 8. j; 9. b; 10. h.

Ex. 4. verb/noun 1. delivery; 2. explore; 3. succeed; 4. sympathy; 5. climb.

noun/adjective 1. successful; 2. homeless; 3. delight; 4. crowd; 5. dirty.

Ex. 5. 1. homeless; 2. dirty; 3. explore; 4. succeed; 5. climb; 6. delivery;
7. successful; 8. crowded; 9. sympathetic; 10. delighted.

Ex. 6. A. 1. follow; 2. stay; 3. take; 4. work; 5. set off; 6. plan; 7. break; 8. read.

B.1. outdoor; 2. long; 3. fresh; 4. record; 5. physical; 6. silly; 7. highest; 8. subway.

Ex. 7. 1. to; 2. for; 3. for, up with; 4. in; 5. –; 6. in; 7. on; 8. for; 9. of; 10 to, about.

Ex. 8. 1. b; 2. c; 3. b; 4. a; 5. c; 6. a; 7. b; 8. b; 9. a; 10. c.

Ex. 9. 1. delighted; 2. challenge; 3. income; 4. continent; 5. brief; 6. hero; 7. journey; 8. crowded; 9. climb; 10. followed.

Contents

Предисловие.................................................................................................... 3

Unit I. GETTING TO KNOW YOU........................................................... 4

Unit II. THE WAY WE LIVE...................................................................... 8

Unit III. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?......................................................... 12

Unit IV. THE MARKET PLACE................................................................. 16

Unit V. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?................................................ 20

Unit VI. PLACES AND THINGS................................................................ 24

Unit VII. FAME!........................................................................................... 29

Unit VIII. DO’S AND DON’TS..................................................................... 33

Unit IX. GOING PLACES........................................................................... 38

Unit X. THINGS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD.................................. 42

Unit XI. WHAT IF …?................................................................................ 47

Unit XII. TRYING YOUR BEST.................................................................. 52

Word List........................................................................................................ 57

Keys to the Exercises...................................................................................... 65

Учебноеиздание

ЭльманПетр Андреевич

СержанинаНаталья Васильевна

Шавлова Елена Николаевна

Москалева Лариса Ивановна

ОБОГАЩАЙТЕ СВОЙ СЛОВАРНЫЙ ЗАПАС

VOCABULARYBUILDER

Практикум для студентов первого года обучения по специальности«Современные иностранные языки»

Минск МГЛУ

2014

УДК 811.111’243(075.8)

ББК 81.432.1 – 923.1

О-21

Рекомендован Редакционным советом Минского государст-венного лингвистического университета. Протокол № 2/38 от 27 мая 2014 г.

Авторы: Н. В. Сержанина, П. А. Эльман, Е. Н. Шавлова,
Л. И. Москалева

Под редакцией П. А. Эльмана

Рецензенты : кандидат филологических наук, доцент
Л. С. Крохалева (МГЛУ); кандидат педагогических наук, доцент
С. М. Володько (Академия управления при Президенте Республики Беларусь)

О-21 Обогащайте свой словарный запас = VocabularyBuilder: практикум для студентов, обучающихся по специальности «Современные ино-странные языки» / Н. В. Сержанина[и др.]; под ред. П. А. Эльмана. – Минск : МГЛУ, 2014. – 72 с.

ISBN978-985-460-629-3.

Цель практикума – расширение словарного запаса студентов первого года обучения английскому языку как второму иностранному.

Практикум состоит из 12 разделов, каждый из которых содержит серию упражнений на употребление синонимов, антонимов, словообразование, выбор нуж-ного слова, перевод с русского языка на английский. Предназначен для самостоя-тельной работы студентов по дисциплине «Практика устной и письменной речи».

Адресуется студентам 2 курса переводческого факультета и 3 курса факульте-тов испанского, немецкого и французского языков, изучающих английский язык
как второй иностранный.

УДК 811.111’243(075.8)

ББК 81.432.1 – 923.1

ISBN 978-985-460-629-3 © УО «Минский государственный

лингвистический университет», 2014

Предисловие

Практикум предназначен для студентов, изучающих английский язык
как второй иностранный на начальном этапе обучения.Он состоит из двенад-цати разделов, в каждом из которых представлен комплекс упражнений, направленных на активизацию словаря в сфере бытового общения, что соответствует требованиям Программы по дисциплине «Практика устной
и письменной речи английского языка как второго иностранного». Кроме
этого, в каждый раздел включены упражнения по переводу с русского языка
на английский и задания творческого характера, целью которых является развитие навыков устной и письменной речи.

Практикум также снабжен ключами ко всем упражнениям, что поможет студентам использовать их в процессе самостоятельной работы.

Unit I

GETTING TO KNOW YOU