HOMEWORK # 4

VOCABULARY Loan words

1. COMPLETE THE CROSSWORD

2 3
1 B r o c c o l i
O o 4
B C J
5 p O l K a U
t R M 6
O 8 B M
7 t A e k w O n d O
C E S
H T Q
C U 10 ROOTS OF ENGLISH
9 a n c H o v y I S 2. CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORDS TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.
U T H
P 1 s a m O v A r
1
M
P
O
O
GRAMMAR Comparison
3. LOOK AT THE TABLES AND COMPLETE THE TWO TEXTS WITH ONE WORD IN EACH GAP.

far

times best

as most Greatest
 by

far than lot

nearly

GRAMMAR Comparison
4. COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE CORRECT COMPARATIVE OR SUPERATIVE FORM OF THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES.

More difficult

higher More important

The most widely spoken

earlier

More interesting
 As popular

More traditional

The les popular

GRAMMAR Comparison
5. COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCES SO THAT IT MEANS THE SAME AS THE FIRST. USE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE WORDS, INCLUDING THE
WORDS IN PARENTHESES

was one of the best

nearly as expensive as

aren’t quite as many

slightly less difficult than

almost as comfortable as
 play by far

GRAMMAR Modal Verbs

6. MATCH THE SENTENCES BEGINNINGS (1-8) WITH THE CORRECT ENDINGS (a-h)

GRAMMAR Modal Verbs

7. COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE MODAL VERBS IN THE BOX AND THE VERBS IN PARENTHESES.
 must have been listening

can’t have tried

shouldn’t have left ought to have phoned

wouldn’t have been

couldn’t get through

LISTENING
8. LISTEN TO PEOPLE TALKING IN SIX DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. FOR EACH ONE, CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER: A, B, or C. (Audios 1-9. 2-10, 3-11,
4-12, 5-13, 6-14)
 Engaging participation A learner- centered approach

Problems fitting it in

A cost-effective need

A convenient solution option

 Everything you need

READING
9. READ THE ARTICLE QUICKLY AND MATCH THE PARAGRAPH HEADINGS (A-F) WITH THE PARAGRAPHS (1-6). WRITE THE PARAGRAPH HEADINGS
IN THE READING ABOVE

A A learner- centered approach ___4___

B Problems fitting it in ___1___
C Everything you need ___6___
D A cost-effective option ___5___
E Engaging participation ____3__
F A convenient solution ____2__
10. FIND THE WORDS (1-10) IN THE ARTICLE AND MATCH THEM WITH THEIR MEANINGS (a-j).

1. chore (paragraph 1) d a. adapted

e
2. accessible (paragraph 2) b. already decided

3. integrate (paragraph 2) c c. combine

4. geared (paragraph 2) a d. boring, unpleasant task

5. incorporate (paragraph 3) g e. easy to use

6. crucial (paragraph 3) f f. extremely important

7. preconceived (paragraph 4) b g. include

8. tailor (paragraph 4) h h. make it suitable for you

9. affordable (paragraph 5) j i. able to be used in different ways

10. flexible (paragraph 6) i j. not very expensive

11. NOW READ THE ARTICLE AGAIN MORE CAREFULLY. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER: A, B, C or D
WORDBUILDER Adjectives: suffixes -al, -ive. -ic
12. COMPLETE THE ADJECTIVES BY ADDING THE CORRECT SUFFIXES. UNIT 3

al ic ic

al ive
ic ical ive
ive

al ive
ive

al ic
WORDBUILDER Adjectives: suffixes -al, -ive. -ic
13. WRITE THE ADJECTIVES FORMES FROM THE NOUNS USING THE CORRECT SUFFIX: -al, -ive, OR -ic. BE CAREFUL WITH SPELLING.
 NOUNS ADJECTIVES NOUNS ADJECTIVES NOUNS ADJECTIVES
1. action active 10. effect effective 19. persuasion persuasive
2. artist artistic 11. emotion emotional 20. politics political
3. athlete athletic 12. energy energetic 21. production productive
4. attraction attractive 13. environment environmental 22. profession professional
5. competition competitive 14. expression expressive 23. selection selective
6. creation creative 15. fantasy fantastic 24. theory theoretical
7. culture cultural 16. finance financial 25. tradition traditional
8. decision decisive 17. influence influential 26. tragedy tragic
9. drama dramatic 18. music musical

WORDBUILDER Adjectives: suffixes -al, -ive. -ic

14. COMPETE THE SENTENCES WITH ADJECTIVES FROM THE BOXES (DOWN).

competitive

professional financial

expressive

tragic

persuasive

effective

selective

influential

dramatic
COLLOCATIONS AND PHRASES STRIKE
15. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PHRASES IN THE BOX

struck me that

strikes me as

struck up

strike a balance

struck a blow

struck lucky

strike while the iron’s hot

struck a chord
EXPRESSING PREFERENCES
16. COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE WORDS ANS PHRASES IN THE BOX. TEN LISTEN (Audio 15) AND CHECK.

my favorites

love do really

do much lot more

favorite couch
prefer my
the best thing
Don’t you think I think its
as bad as
 a little too

more into exactly the same

17. LISTEN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.(Audio 3)

Choose one answer.
1. What is the topic of the lecture?

 auxiliary verbs
 modal verbs
 how to use “can” correctly
 how mood can effect language learning

2. Who is listening to the lecture?

 language students
 people training to be language teachers
 translators
 some friends of the professor

3. Why does the student interrupt the first time?

 he wants to ask for clarification

 he wants to add an extra point
 he wants to challenge the professor
 he wants to tell the professor he is a friend

4. According to the professor, what is a false friend?

 a friend who is not reliable

 a technical term in linguistics
 a translator who does a bad job
 a word that looks similar in two different languages, but which has a different meaning
5. What general points does the professor make about modals?

 they have no S on the third person singular and no tenses

 they have tenses but no S on the third person singular
 you form the past tense by adding ED
 you form the negative by adding the word “not” after the main verb

6. According to the professor what is the correct way to think about the relationship between
“can” and “could?”

 “could” is the past tense of “can”

 “can” is the present tense of “could”
 “could” always means past ability
 “could” can be used to express past ability, but that does not mean it is the past tense of “can”