Happy ABC in Use

Галина Викторовна Ботерашвили

«Happy ABC in Use» сделает вас обладателями 500 английских слов различной тематики за короткое время. Упражнения построены по принципу от простого к сложному.Пособие подойдет для желающих изучать английский язык в возрасте 12+. Happy ABC in Use поможет вам значительно пополнить свой лексический запас при подготовке не только к ОГЭ и ЕГЭ, но и даже к международным экзаменам.В приложении вам предлагаются тексты песен популярных музыкальных групп, в которых вы встретите уже знакомые вам слова.

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Exercise 1. Study the vocabulary

1. acid (adj) ['эйсид] — кислый

2. acorn (n) ['эйко: н] — желудь

3. Africa (n) ['эфрика] — Африка

4. age (n) ['эйдж] — возраст

5. aircraft (n) ['eəкрафт] — самолет

6. air (n) [эа] — воздух

7. Aladdin (n) [ə'лэдин] — Аладдин

8. alarm clock (n) [ə'ла: м клок] — будильник

9. ambulance (n) ['эмбьюлэнс] — машина скорой

помощи

10. amusing (adj) [эмь'юзинг] — забавный, веселый

11. Ankara (n) ['энкэра] — Анкара

12. annoy (v) [э'нной] — надоедать, раздражать

13. ant (n) [энт] — муравей

14. ape (n) [эйп] — человекообразная обезьяна

15. apologize (v) [э'полоджайз] — извиняться

16. apron (n) ['эйпрəн] — фартук

17. armpit (n) ['а: мпит] — подмышка

18. attractive (adj) [э'трэктив] — привлекательный

19. awake (v) [ə'wэйк] — будить, просыпаться

20. axe (n) [экс] — топор

Exercise 2. Match the columns

Exercise 3. Complete the gaps and translate these sentences

1. Great oaks grow from little………………….………..

……………………………………………………………………….

2. I like to read some……………………… book before

going to bed.

……………………………………………………………………….

3. This zoo has the largest collection of………………

in Europe.

……………………………………………………………………….

4. The anthill is the home of an………………. colony.

……………………………………………………………………….

5. These flies are……………………………….. me.

I cannot fall asleep.

………………………………………………………………………..

6. My grandma always wore this………………….while

she was cooking.

……………………………………………………………………….

7. There was a smell of burning leaves in the………

……………...

……………………………………………………………………….

8. Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia are well known

states in………………………...

……………………………………………………………………….

9.………………………………………… rain is a great

problem in our world.

……………………………………………………………………….

10. Next year we will go to Turkey, to its

capital city…………………………..

……………………………………………………………………….

11. They slept so sweet, but were……………………

…………………. at 6 a.m.

………………………………………………………………………..

12. The airline has ordered 17 new…………………...

………………………………………………………………………..

13. I…………………………….. for stepping on her foot.

………………………………………………………………………..

14. When………………………………. found the lamp

and rubbed it, a genie appeared and said to him,

«Your wish is my command.»

………………………………………………………………………..

15. You are so………………………………. in this dress!

………………………………………………………………………..

16. I bought an………………………………………………..

at the ironmonger’s.

………………………………………………………………………..

17. She entered Parliament at the……………… of 26.

………………………………………………………………………..

18. What time shall I set the………………………… for?

………………………………………………………………………..

19. It was so cold and we kept our hands under our

……………………… in the huddle.

………………………………………………………………………..

20.…………………………………… were first used for

emergency transport in 1487.

………………………………………………………………………..

Exercise 4. Word Search Puzzle.

Find the words…

… and translate these sentences.

1. The period of time a person has lived or a thing

has existed……………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

2. A tool with a heavy metal blade on the end of a

long handle, used to cut down trees or split logs

……………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………..

3. The nut of the oak tree, which grows in a cuplike

holder.…………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………..

4. A small insect living on the ground in large

groups and known for hard work………………………

………………………………………………………………………..

5. Stop sleeping……………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………..

6. A clock that can be set to make a noise at any

particular time to wake up someone who is asleep

……………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………

7. A large monkey without a tail or with a very

short tail, such as a gorilla or chimpanzee……….

……………………………………………………………………….

8. It is usually worn by women in the home, and

by people such as chefs at work………………………

………………………………………………………………………

9. The mixture of gases which surrounds the Earth

and which we breathe…………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

10. The hollow place under the arm at the shoulder

…………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………….

Exercise 5. Make up sentences using

SO + adjective/adverb SUCH + adjective + noun. Translate these sentences

Exercise 6. Insert the words in the boxes