Exercise 1 Ask your friend:

1 Where is Ukraine situated? What countries does Ukraine border on?

2 What does the word “steppe” mean?

3 What does he/she know about Ukrainian mountains?

4 How can she/he describe the climate of Ukraine?

5 Why has Ukraine been called agrarian country?

6 Is there much or little natural resources in Ukraine?

7 What was the cradle of Ukrainian and Russian people in some time immemorial?

8 The Dnieper is one of the longest rivers of Europe, isn't it?

Exercise 2 Translate the following sentences.

1. Ukraine is situated in the south-eastern part of central Europe.

2. The territory of Ukraine is mostly a level, treeless plain.

3. The Crimean Mountains in the Crimean peninsula and the Carpathians in the West are not very high.

4. The thickest woods can still be found in the northern part of the country named Volyn.

5. Dnieper is one of the longest European rivers. It and its tributary Ross was the cradle of the Ukrainian and Russian people in time immemorial.

6. In Ukraine winter is rather mild with no severe frosts, but with regular snow falls everywhere except the south.

7. The country has rich deposits of mineral resources, such as iron, ore, coal, colour metal, natural gas, etc.

8. In Ukraine fertile soils are well watered and get plenty of sunshine in spring and autumn.

Exercise 3 Fill in the blanks according to the text.

1. Ukraine is situated in the ..........and has its own territory, government, national emblem, flag and anthem.

2. There are the Crimean Mountains in the ....... and the Carpathians ...... but they are not very high.

3. Mixed forests of pine and fir-trees, beeches, limes, oaks and elms cover the mountains, but the thickest woods can still be found in......

4. .......is one of the longest European rivers and one of the republic's main sources of hydroelectric power.

5. .....lie in the midst of Ukrainian southernmost pine forest.

6 The average winter temperature varies.....Centigrade in the north to..... in the south.

7. Due to........ Ukraine is traditionally an agricultural area.

Exercise 4 Read the dialogue, make up several questions on it

-Good morning, Mr. Smith. It’s nice to see you again.

-Good morning, Sarah. How are you? Glad to see you too.

- Thank you. Could you kindly tell where you have been all this time, it seems to me I haven't seen you for ages.

-Well, you see I was away on business for a fortnight and imagine I visited an interesting country named Ukraine.

-Oh, I wonder where it is situated Ukraine?

- It's better and more correct to say “U” instead of “O”, Sarah.

- I'm sorry but what kind of country is Ukraine?

- It's one of the largest countries of Europe and being situated in its eastern part is

of great interest to many neighboring countries in economic, political, cultural, scientific respect.

- I see, it seems to me the country has great future.

- So do I, bye.

Exercise 5 Listen to the sentences and say whether they are true or false.

1. Ukraine is not situated in the south – eastern part of Europe.

2. Ukrainian anthem, national emblem and flag are the symbols of the country.

3. There are the thickest woods in the south of the country.

4. Mixed forests of pine and fir-trees, beeches, limes, oaks and elms cover the plains of the Crimea.

5. Ukrainian fertile soils are hardly watered in spring and autumn.

6. Regular snowfalls are regular for all the territory of Ukraine.

7. Ukraine has always been an industrial country.

8. Kyiv and Cherkassy lie in the midst of Ukrainian southernmost pine forest.

9. The territory of Ukraine is mostly a level, treeless plain, calls "steppe".

10. The country is rather rich in natural resources.

Exercise 6

Think about your own country and especially the part of it where you live. What do you particularly like about it? Are there important differences in Ukraine between?

• North and South?

• East and West?

• Capital city and rural areas?

Consider theses possible differences

• language, accent, dialects;

• clothing, customs;

• food;

• the temperament or reputation of the people;

• the climate;

• class, education, social status.

Exercise 7

Fill in the blanks with the words given below:

Climate, cities, population, flag, area, regions, stripes

1. The Ukrainian______________________ is blue and yellow.

2. There are two ______________________ on Ukrainian flag.

3. There are twenty-five ________________ in Ukraine.

4. The____________________ of Ukraine is temperate.

5. The ___________________ of the country is about fifty million people.

6. Ukraine occupies an __________________ of 603,700 square kilometers.

7. The biggest _________________________ are Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odessa.

Exercise 8

Finish each sentence on the left using the correct geographical words on the right.

1 Africa is… a) a city

2 Ukraine is… b) a river

3 Kharkiv is… c) a mountain

4 London is… d) a continent

5 Great Britain is… e) a capital city

6 The Dnieper is… f) a canal

7 Everest is… g) an ocean

8 The Carpathian are… h) a country

9 The Atlantic is… I) an island

10 The Black Sea is… j) a desert

11 The waterway across Panama between

the ocean is… k) a mountain range

12) The Sahara is… l) a sea

Exercise 9

Underline two words on the right which are associated with or a part of the word on the left. Number 1 has been done for you.

1 Tree cold, trunk, climb, cabbage, car

2 Ukraine far, green, Shevchenko, plain, independent

3 Climate traffic, position, moderate, old, light

4 River fly, draw, stream, flow, hill

5 Country live, do, population, break, pastime

6 Capital true, government, large, drive, desert

GRAMMAR EXERCISES:

Exercise 1

Answer the questions using the Simple Present:

1. When do you get up? (generally, usually)

2. What do you do on Sunday mornings? (often)

3. Where do you spend your summer holidays? (usually)

4. How do you get to the institute? (always)

5. What sort of books does he read? (usually)

Exercise 2

Complete the sentences by using words in brackets. Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous.

1. Shhh! The baby (sleep) is sleeping. The baby (sleep) sleeps for ten hours every night.

2. Right now I am in class. I (sit)__________at my desk. I usually (sit) ________ at the same desk in class every day.

3. Ali (speak)_________ Arabic. Arabic is his native language, but right now he (speak)____________ English.

4. Our teacher (stand up, not)____________ right now. She (sit)_____________ on the corner of the desk.

5. It is 6:00 p.m. Mary is at home. She (eat) _________ dinner. She always (eat) ____________ dinner with her family around six o’clock.

Exercise 3

Put the verb into the correct form.

Examples: 1 Water boils (boil) at 100 degrees centigrade. How many languages do you speak (you speak?)

2 The swimming bath ____________ (open) at 9:00 and _________ (close) at 18:.30 every day.

3 What time _________ (the banks/ close) in Britain?

4 I have a car but I _______________ (not/use) it very often.

5 “What_______________” (you/do)? “ I am an electrical engineer.”

6. How many cigarettes ____________ (you/smoke) a day?

7. “Where _________ (your father/come) from?”

8. I don’t understand the word “deceive’. What ________________ (“deceive” mean)?

Exercise 4

Translate into English, using the Present Indefinite and the Present Continuous.

1. “Чим вона звичайно займається ввечері?” – “Звичайно вона читає книжки або слухає радіо”.

2. Яким потягом ви вирушаєте наступної неділі до Москви?

3. Наступної неділі до нас приїздять друзі з Київа.

4. Останній потяг вирушає о 11:30.

5. Ганна зараз шиє собі сукню. Усю одежу для себе вона ш’є сама.

6. Я не можу зараз дати вам цю газету, тому що я її читаю.

7. “Що ви звичайно маєте на сніданок?” – “Звичайно я їм яйце на сніданок”.

8. Хтось стукотить у двері. Відчиніть, будь ласка.

9. Він завжди вранці п’є каву, але сьогодні п’є чай.

10 Де Том? Він грається у садочку.

Exercise 5

Put the verb into the Present Continuous and the Present indefinite.

1. Who (knock)____________ at the door?

2. It (rain)______________, take your umbrella.

3. Don’t bother me, please, I (work)_____________________ .

4. Run downstairs, your sister (wait)________________ for you.

5. What you (think) _______________ of at this moment?

6. “What Tom (do) ___________ now?” “He (play) ________ the piano”.

7. It is a lovely day. The sun (shine)_______________ brightly.

8. Keep quiet, we (listen) ______________ to the music.

UNIT 2

GRAMMAR: Past Indefinite and Past Continuous Active Voice