- •Vocabulary notes
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Match the words with their definitions
- •II. Match the verbs on the left with their corresponding definitions on the right
- •III. Match the words in column a with their synonyms in column b and antonyms in column c
- •IV. Learn the meaning of the words structure, structural, structuralism, structured
- •V. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below using the words from exercise IV
- •VI. Find synonyms of the following word combinations
- •VII. Match each of the following verbs with all possible nouns given in the box
- •VIII Fill in the gaps in the word combinations given below with the prepositions beyond, from, into, of, on, to, up
- •IX. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below. The first letter or letters of the missing words are given, and the dashes correspond to the number of missing letters
- •I. Find Ukrainian equivalents of the words and word combinations given below and make up sentences with them
- •II. Find English equivalents of the words and word combinations given below and make up sentences with them
- •III. Match the English and Ukrainian equivalents
- •IV. Match the sentence halves
- •V. Fill in prepositions, where necessary
- •VI. Fill in articles where necessary
- •VII. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box
- •VIII. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to the translation of the italicized words
- •IX. Translate into English
V. Fill in prepositions, where necessary
1. … adding this inter-governmental cooperation … the existing "Community" system, the Maastricht Treaty created the European Union.
2. Economic and political integration … the member states … the European Union means that these countries have to take joint decisions … many matters.
3. … addition thirteen specialized agencies have been set … to handle certain essentially technical, scientific, or management tasks.
4. It took some time … the Member States to remove all the barriers to trade … them and to turn their "common market" … a genuine single market.
5. The Commission traditionally upholds the interests … the Union as a whole, while each national government is represented … the Council.
6. The ECSC was such a success that, … a few years, these same six countries decided to go further and integrate other sectors … their economies.
7. The European Union is built … an institutional system which is the only one … its kind … the world.
8. The member states set … removing trade barriers … them and forming a "common market".
9. The need … environmental protection is now taken … account … the whole range … EU policies.
10. The Treaty … Maastricht introduced new forms … cooperation … the member state governments.
VI. Fill in articles where necessary
1. Economic and political integration between … member states of … European Union means that these countries have to take joint decisions on many matters.
2. In … early days … focus was on … common commercial policy for coal and steel and … common agricultural policy.
3. … Commission traditionally upholds … interests of … Union as … whole, while each national government is represented within … Council.
4. … EU negotiates major trade and aid agreements with other countries and is developing … Common Foreign and Security Policy.
5. … European Union is built on … institutional system which is … only one of its kind in … world.
6. … European Union's relations with … rest of … world have also become important.
7. … French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman proposed integrating … coal and steel industries of … Western Europe.
8. … need for environmental protection is now taken into account across … whole range of … EU policies.
9. … treaty of Nice lays down new rules governing … size of … EU institutions and … way they work.
10. To ensure that … EU can continue … functioning efficiently with 25 or more members, its decision-making system must be streamlined.
VII. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box
accessions; Commission; common market; cooperation; Council; environmental protection; European Economic Community; European Union; institutional system; institutions; integration; member state; represent; Security Policy; set about; structure.
1. Democracy and the rule of law are the cornerstones of the … .
2. Economic and political … between the member states of the … means that these countries have to take joint decisions on many matters.
3. The … traditionally upholds the interests of the Union as a whole, while each national government is represented within the … .
4. The EU negotiates major trade and aid agreements with other countries and is developing a Common Foreign and … .
5. The … has grown in size with successive waves of … .
6. The European Union is built on an … which is the only one of its kind in the world.
7. The Member States delegate sovereignty for certain matters to independent … which … the interests of the Union as a whole, its member countries and its citizens.
8. The member states … removing trade barriers between them and forming a … .
9. The need for … is now taken into account across the whole range of EU policies.
10. The Treaty of Maastricht introduced new forms of … between the … governments.