The flowery Spring leads sunny Summer,
And yellow Autumn presses near,
Then in his turn cmes gloomy Winter,
Fill smiling Spring again appear.
XIII. Practice
Exercise 1. Read, learn and act out the following dialogues:
1) - What is the weather like today?
- Very cold, the temperature is well below zero, a very chilly wind is vlowing.
- I am not going out that case. I hate cold.
- You are right. It was so frosty yesterday that we stayed indoors the whole day.
2) - How do you find the climate in Kyiv?
- Oh, I like it very much. Its rather warm, dry and sunnyhave such weather here?
- Unfortunately not. Last summer was awful.
- And whats the weather like in Kyiv in winter?
- Its not usually very cold, though sometimes the temperature in Kyiv is minus 10 - minus 12.
Exercise 2. Role-play the following situations:
Situation 1. Your friend lives in Kharkiv. Ask him questions about the climate in his native town.
Situation 2. Your friend has just come from Italy. Ask him about the climate of this country. Discuss the climatic differences of Ukraine and Italy.
Situation 3. You are going to visit your relatives. You ring them up about your arrival. Spaek about weather forecast for tomorrow.
Exercise 3. 1. Describe your favourite season.
2. Describe the climate of your native town.
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I. Language
Sentence Patterns
Key examples to be memorized
Illustrative Examples
Ukraine is washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Is Ukraine washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov?
Yes, it is. No, it isnt
Ukraine is not washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
What is Ukraine washed by?
Ukraine is washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Vocabulary to be learnt
to adopt - | foreign policy [ ] |
agriculture - | grain |
agreement - | judicial power [ ] |
anthem - | landscape - |
to bound | latitude |
to carry out - | legislative power [ ] |
to criss-cross - | the liberation war |
court - | to locate - |
to divide - , | to occupy |
division | official - |
deposit | to pass , |
deputy | to proclaim - |
to destroy - | to praise |
domestic policy | pollution - |
environment [ ] - | to rule - |
election - | rectangular cloth [ ] |
to elect - | range |
execution | sovereign [ ]- |
executive power [ ] | sugar beet |
to ensure , | sunflower |
to establish - | supreme - |
to head - | shield - |
highways - | to strech |
favourable | trident - |
flax | treaty - , |
fertile black soil - | to vest , |
foundation - | watershed |
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Grammar
Passive Voice
Active Voice | Passive Voice | |
Present Indefinite Tense | The Black Sea and the Sea of Azov wash Ukraine. . | Ukraine is washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. . |
Past Indefinite Tense | The Ukrainian Parliament proclaimed the Independence of Ukraine on August 24, 1991. 24 1991 . | The Independence of Ukraine was proclaimed by the Ukrainian Parliament on August 24, 1991. - 24 1991 . |
䳺 Passive Voice
1. Ukraine is situated in the south-eastern Europe. 2. The Independence of Ukraine was proclaimed by the Ukrainian Parliament on August 24, 1991. 3. The new law was much spoken about. | 1. - . 2.1. 24 1991 . 2.2. 24 1991 . 3. . | 1.ij, , . 2.1 䳺 䳺. 2.2. ij 3. , 䳺 Passive Voice , |