- •Part I Text 1.
- •Answer these questions:
- •Find the equivalents for these Ukrainian words / phrases in the text. Check your answers with your partner.
- •Do you agree with the following statements? Discuss your answers with your partners.
- •Put the verb into the correct tense form (Simple Tenses).
- •Make up a story of your own to agree or disagree with one of the English proverbs. Try to find the Ukrainian equivalents to them.
- •Text 2.
- •Study the following information:
- •Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •Match the design vocabulary with the definitions.
- •Complete the table:
- •Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 4. Translate them into Ukrainian.
- •Put different types of questions to the sentences from Exercise 5.
- •Text 3.
- •Read the text and answer these questions:
- •Some designers are discussing the constraints they work under. Read their comments and match them to the constraints:
- •Find one adjective in each group and make up sentences with them:
- •Put adjectives into the correct form (Degrees of Comparison).
- •Make up a story of your own to agree or disagree with one of the English proverbs. Try to find the Ukrainian equivalents to them:
- •Text 4.
- •Put the verb into the correct tense form (Simple or Continuous Tenses).
- •Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
- •Make sure that you know how to pronounce and translate these terms:
- •Complete the text. (Degrees of Comparison) Translate it into Ukrainian.
- •Put the various means of transportation listed below into the categories in the table. You can also add your own examples.
- •Work in small groups to have the following meeting:
- •I think the …… is a big plus point. I can see problems with ……
- •Styles in current use
- •Text 6.
- •Answer these questions:
- •Match the antonyms:
- •Match the synonyms:
- •Match the titles with their extracts:
- •Find seven sentences with The Passive Voice in the Text 6.
- •Put the verb into the right tense form in Passive.
- •Look through the adjectives used to describe cars. Add some more. Use them to write short descriptions of some well-known brands.
- •Text 7.
- •Complete these sentences with the information from the text:
- •Make sure that you know these terms:
- •Complete the sentences with the following words (exterior design):
- •Complete the sentences with the following words (interior design):
- •Match words from the two boxes to find the exterior car parts:
- •Fill the correct prepositions in.
- •Text 8.
- •Answer these questions:
- •Fill in the blanks with words from the list and translate the sentences:
- •Read and translate this extract in written form.
- •Put the verb into the correct tense form (Past Simple or Present Perfect)
- •Read the text and fill each gap with one of these words:
- •Translate the following words and word combinations into Ukrainian:
- •Here are some factors people consider when buying a car. Match the factors with the definitions.
- •Choose the correct word:
- •Match English words with their equivalents in Ukrainian.
- •Choose the correct Modal Verb: can, could, to be able to, may, might, to be allowed to, must, have to, to be to, needn’t or should.
- •Comment on the following proverbs. Find the Ukrainian equivalents to them. Make up a situation based on one of them.
- •Text 10.
- •Answer these questions:
- •Are the following statements true or false?
- •Match words with their equivalents in Ukrainian:
- •Translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Find and underline Participle I, state its function:
- •Translate these sentences into Ukrainian. Find and underline Participle II, state its function:
- •Here are some facts about cars and their past. Read them and be ready to discuss.
- •Text 11.
- •Answer these questions:
- •Make sure that you know how to pronounce and translate these terms:
- •Match the words with their definitions:
- •Give two forms of the following verbs make up sentences of your own with them. Try to use different tense forms.
- •Write an essay called “The car: dream machine or nightmare”. It should have the following structure:
- •Text 12.
- •Make up questions with the following cues and answer them.
- •Match the abstract nouns with their meanings:
- •Complete the table with the information needed:
- •Match English word combinations with their equivalents in Ukrainian
- •Translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the Infinitive used.
- •Are the following statements true (t) or false (f)?
- •Choose the correct modal verb and translate these sentences:
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Read the story and discuss it:
- •Write a letter accepting the invitation to The Show of Old Cars and ask for details regarding the location, time and weather you can bring any guests with you. Text 14.
- •Complete these sentences with the information from the text:
- •Make sure that you know how to pronounce and translate these terms:
- •Match English word combinations with their equivalents in Ukrainian:
- •Translate these sentences. Find the Gerund in them.
- •Text 15.
- •Answer these questions:
- •Make sure that you know how to pronounce and translate these terms:
- •Match the words with their definitions:
- •Complete the multiple choice test:
- •Translate these sentences. Find the Gerund in them.
- •Read and discuss the following famous words:
- •Text 16.
- •Answer these questions:
- •Make sure that you know how to pronounce and translate these word combinations:
- •Match English phrases with their equivalents in Ukrainian:
- •Find in these sentences the forms of the verb with the ending -ing. State whether this form is Gerund or Participle. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •Complete these sentences with the information from the text:
- •Translate the following words and combinations and learn them:
- •Match English word combinations with their equivalents in Ukrainian:
- •Match the word with its definition:
- •Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the Imperative Mood.
- •Are the following statements true (t) or false (f):
- •Make sure that you know how to pronounce and translate these word combinations:
- •Match English words and combinations with their equivalents in Ukrainian:
- •Translate these sentences. Find the Infinitive in them.
- •Text 19.
- •Complete these sentences with the information from the text:
- •Make sure that you know how to pronounce and translate these words and word combinations:
- •Match the words with their definitions:
- •Text 20.
- •Answer these questions:
- •The following adjectives are often used to describe designs. Work with your partner to check that you understand them all.
- •Complete the word families in the table below. Check your answers with your partner.
- •Make up 5 questions of different types using the words from the table. Ask your partner.
- •Match English word combinations with their equivalents in Ukrainian:
- •Discuss the following famous words:
- •Text 21.
- •Answer these questions:
- •Match English words and phrases with their equivalents in Ukrainian:
- •Translate this extract in written form:
- •Can you compare the following body styles?
- •Work with your partner. Choose one of the problems below or your own problem. Solve it using the five steps. Make notes.
- •Text 22.
- •Complete the text (a tour of a car factory) with the following words:
- •Complete the table:
- •Now complete the sentences with the correct form of word from the table:
- •Read and translate this extract:
- •Study the following information:
- •Text 23.
- •Complete the sentences with the information from the text above.
- •Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •Match the words from these two boxes to make expressions:
- •Match the expressions above with the following definitions:
- •Answer these questions:
- •Complete the sentences about materials and their properties with words from the box:
- •Match each column of the English words with its Ukrainian equivalent.
- •What car parts are made of what materials? Pay attention to glass, leather, plastic, rubber, steel, textile, wood and others.
- •Answer these questions:
- •Complete the table:
- •Read “The Mini Story”. Which three paragraphs are from the same article and which one is from a fashion magazine? Put the paragraphs from the article in the correct order.
- •Answer these questions:
- •Read and discuss the following passage. What do you know about traffic rules of our country? Do you obey them?
I think the …… is a big plus point. I can see problems with ……
One point in favour of the …… is ……
Translate and study the following information:
Styles in current use
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4x4 or 4WD (‘four-by-four’ or ‘four-wheel drive’). A four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously. The terms are usually used in Europe to describe what is referred to in North America as a sport utility vehicle or SUV.
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Cabrio coach or Semi-convertible. A form of car roof, where a retractable textile cover amounts to a large sunroof. It is fundamental to various older designs, sometimes an option on modern cars.
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Cabriolet. A term for a convertible car. A body style with a flexible textile folding roof or rigid retracting roof – of highly variable design detail – to allow driving in open or enclosed models.
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Coupe. A 2-door, 2- or 4-seat car with a fixed roof. Its doors are often longer than those of an equivalent sedan and the rear passenger area smaller; the roof may also be low. In cases where the rear seats are very small and not intended for regular use it is called a 2+2. Originally, a coupe was required to have only one side window per side, but this consideration has not been used for many years.
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Coupe utility (Ute). It is a passenger car derived light truck with coupe passenger cabin lines and an integral cargo bed.
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Fastback. A design where the roof slopes at a smooth angle to the tail of the car, but the rear window does not open as a separate ‘door’.
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Estate car (station wagon).
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Hardtop. A style of car roof. Originally referred to a removable solid roof on a convertible; later, also a fixed-roof car whose doors have no fixed window frames, which is designed to resemble such a convertible.
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Hatchback. Identified by a rear door including the back window that opens vertically to access a storage area not separated from the rest of the passenger compartment. May be 3- or 5-door and 2 to 5 seats, but generally in the USA the tailgate isn’t counted making it a 2-door and 4-door.
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Hearse. A converted luxury car usually used to transport the dead. Often longer and heavier than the vehicle on which they are usually based.
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Leisure activity vehicle. A small van, generally related to a supermini, with a second or even third seat row and a large, tall boot.
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Liftback. A style of coupe with a hatchback; this name is generally used when the opening area is very sloped and is lifted up to open.
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Limousine. A chauffeur-driven car with a normally glass-windowed division between the front and rear seats.
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Minibus. Designed to carry fewer people than a full-size bus, generally up to 16 people in multiple rows for seats. Passenger access in normally via a sliding door on one side of the vehicle.
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Minivan (people carrier or people mover). A boxy wagon-type of a car usually containing 3 or 4 rows of seats, with a capacity of 6 or more passengers. Often with extra luggage space also. It was primarily developed as a passenger vehicle.
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Muscle car. These are sports and race cars.
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MPV. Multi-purpose vehicle, a large car or small bus designed to be used on or off-road and easily convertible to facilitate loading of goods from facilitating carrying people.
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Notchback. A cross between the smooth fastback and angled sedan look. It is a sedan type with a separate trunk compartment.
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Pickup truck. A small, medium or large-sized truck, though smaller than a Semi tractor truck. The passenger cabin is wholly separated from the cargo bed.
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Pillarless. Completely open at the sides when the windows are down, without a central pillar.
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Ragtop. Originally an open car, but with a soft top (cloth top) that can be raised or lowered. Unlike a convertible, it has no roll-up side windows.
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Retractable Hardtop (Coupe Cabriolet). A type of convertible forgoing a foldable textile roof in favor of a multy-segment rigid roof retracts into the lower bodywork.
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Roadster. Originally a 2-seat open car with minimal weather protection – without top or side glass – though possibly with optional hard or soft top and side curtains and without roll-up glass windows. In modern usage, the term means simply a 2-seat sports car convertible, a variation of spider.
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Sedan or Saloon. A car seating 4 or more with a fixed roof that is full-height up to the rear window. It can have 2 or 4 doors, fixed window frames, as opposed to the hardtop style. This is the most common body style.
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Sport utility vehicle (SUV). Derivative of a pickup truck or 4-wheel-drive vehicle, but with fully-enclosed passenger cabin interior and carlike levels of interior equipment.
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Spider. Similar to a roadster but with less weather protection. With its black cloth top and exposed sides for air circulation, the top resembled a spider.
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Station wagon. A car with a full-height body all the way to the rear. The load-carrying space created is accessed via a rear door or doors.
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T-top. Its fixed-roof design has two removable panels and retains a central narrow roof section along the front to back axis of the car.
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Van. A truck-based commercial vehicle of the wagon style, whether used for passenger or commercial use. It usually has no windows at the side rear (panel van), although for passenger use, side windows are included.