- •Lesson 1 exercises Work at the words!
- •Check your Grammar!
- •Lesson 2. Exercises Work at the words!
- •To export – export to import – import
- •Check your Grammar!
- •5. Translate the following word combinations:
- •Conversation practice.
- •Lesson 3. Exercises Conversation practice.
- •Check your Grammar!
- •Lesson 4. Exercises Work at the words!
- •Pay attention to the meaning of the words: one third of …
- •Three-fourths of …
- •Check your Grammar!
- •4. Translate the following word combinations:
- •Conversation practice.
- •Lesson 5. Exercises Check your Grammar!
- •Work at the words!
- •Conversation practice.
- •Have a look at the text “ foreign trade of the u.K. ” and…
- •Lesson 6. Exercises Check your Grammar!
- •To control an economy is the same as to intervene in it.
- •Lesson 7. Exercises Check your Grammar!
- •Work at the words!
- •Counterfeiting
- •Lesson 8. Exercises Check your Grammar!
- •Conversation practice.
- •Have a look at the text “ glimpses of history of money ” and…
- •Glimpses of history of money
- •Lesson 9. Exercises Have a look at the text “the european economic community” and…
- •Conversation practice.
- •Check your Grammar!
Check your Grammar!
5. Translate the sentences with the Modal Verbs:
Private limited companies may not offer shares to the public.
The company must lower the price of its goods because they are not in large demand.
Not all partners in a firm must take an active part in management.
You will have to keep your word.
We were to complete this work last month.
The country had to decrease its imports.
6. Insert the necessary form of the verb:
After the crisis production and employment (to increase) as a result of some revival in world trade.
World War II (to bring about) a further weakening of Britain’s might.
Britain (to produce) high quality expensive goods.
Glasgow and Newcastle (to become) great centres of engineering and shipbuilding.
The production, processing and marketing of such oil products as petrol (to make up) one of America’s largest industries.
Great Britain mostly (to depend) on imports.
7. Translate the following word combinations paying attention to the Participles:
the leading US exports
a world’s leading motor car producer
person employed in agriculture
the leading imperial power
articles made of various kinds of synthetic (man-made) materials.
Wheat, barley, oats and potatoes are the most important crops grown.
The USA is a highly developed industrialised country.
Leeds is a centre of clothing industry producing woollen articles.
Britain mostly produces articles requiring skilled labour, such as precision instruments, electronic equipment, chemicals and high quality consumer goods.
8. Translate the sentences in the Continuous Tense:
Britain’s share in the world industrial output is still increasing.
The number of people out of work in the UK is rising.
Real exports are growing.
Industry will be spreading out.
The production was increasing very slowly.
The world demand for steel is steadily growing.
The service sector will be developing very fast.
The prices were steadily rising during the years of recession.
A great number of schools are training young people to become industrial leaders.
Lesson 4. Exercises Work at the words!
1. Read the following words with the suffix –ed:
considered
developed
experienced
noted
dedicated
engaged
liked
industrialised
watered
raised
limited
called
forested
2. Pay attention to reading the words with the letter -g-:
region
engineering
engaged
vegetables
large
average
giant
management
Pay attention to the meaning of the words: one third of …
two-fifths of …
Three-fourths of …
Three-fifths of the land area of the continental United States is farmland. One fourth of it is harvested cropland and a half is pasture land.
About two-thirds of the Federal Government’s spending goes for military purposes.
About three-fourths of all taxes collected in the USA go to the Federal Government.
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require
a lot of
very much
time
work
attention
training
This kind of work will require good management.
Studying a foreign language requires a lot of time. Does it also require a lot of work?
The workers required shorter hours.
Producing such articles requires skilled labour.