Exercise 1. Fill in the gaps with one of the synonyms. Check yourself with the keys. The airline has *** travellers there will be no further delays. The doctors are doing everything they can to *** the child will be born healthy. Think carefully before you *** against accident, sickness and redundancy… Her doctor has *** us that she’ll be fine.
Study the definitions and do the exercise. A mountain is a very high area of land with steep sides. A hill is an area of land that is higher than the land that surrounds it. A cliff is a high area of land with a very steep side, especially one next to the sea. A cave is
Study the definitions and do the exercise. Wood — countable or uncountable a hard substance which forms the branches and trunks of trees and which can be used as a building material, for making things, or as a fuel (древесина; дерево ( материал ); лесоматериал) A forest is a large area where trees grow close together. A rainforest is a thick forest
Study the definitions and do the exercise. A stream is a small narrow river. A river is a large natural flow of water that crosses an area of land and goes into an ocean, a lake, etc. A canal is a long, narrow stretch of water that has been made for boats to travel along or to bring
I. Study the difference between expect / wait for / hope / look forward to expect 1 to think that something will happen (in the future) 2 to think that it is right or reasonable that something should happen 3 [often progressive] to be waiting for someone or something to arrive I’m expecting him to
to cure, to treat, to heal cure to make someone with an illness healthy again: 1) вылечивать, излечивать, исцелять 2) вылечиться, излечиться, исцелиться treat to use drugs, exercises, etc. to cure a person of a disease or heal an injury (лечить) heal to make or become well again, especially after a cut or other injury
to look for, to seek, to search to look for something or someone that you want or need or that is lost 1) искать что-л., кого-л. he is looking for his son — он разыскивает своего сына she is looking for her keys [her bag] — она ищет ключи [сумочку] 2) подыскивать, присматривать to look
Study the synonyms and do the exercise that follows. voyage is a long journey on a ship or in a spacecraft. 1. путешествие (морское или воздушное); плавание, морской переход; полёт, перелёт; рейс (судна, самолёта) 2. странствования; жизненный путь 3. книга или рассказ о путевых впечатлениях journey is the act of travelling from one place to
Study the difference and do the exercise that follows. hang – hanged – hanged 1) вешать, казнить to hang oneself – повеситься beef, sir, is hung, men are hanged – говядину, сэр, подвешивают, а людей вешают to hang smb. for murder – повесить кого-л. за убийство to hang by the neck – юр. предать казни
The aim of this sheet is to provide English teachers with some practical material on such verbs as rise/raise, remember/remind, say/tell, worry/bother/excite, etc. which are often confused by pupils. The mentioned above confusing verbs are met not only in everyday school activities but in testing as well. We hope that the set of exercises will
