Exercises

1. Pronounce the following words and word-combinations.

1. political, constitution, republic, nationality, legislative, executive, judicial, government, region, resources, production, population, aluminium., mountain, financial, honour, individual, climate, responsibility, official, continental, Congress, Chambers, the Constitution.

2. official language, Federal Republic, mineral natural resources, highest peak, continental region, industrial cities, mild winters, scientific institutions, highly developed, separate branches, national courts, the legislative branch, the Supreme Court, Bill of Rights, the Democratic Party, the Republican Party .

3. The United States of America, the North American Continent, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, George Washington, the Great Lakes, the Cordilliers, the Mississippi, the Colorado, the Columbia, Canada, New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, Hollywood, Academy of Sciences.

2. Write the plural of the following nouns.

state, capital, law, branch, chamber, mountain, ocean, country, city, lake, river, industry, court, party, region.

3. Form degrees of comparison of the following adjectives.

great, main, large, changeable, high, famous, big, different, dry, rich, many, low.

4. Give the four forms of the following verbs.

to live, to name, to have, to be, to elect, to develop, to make.

5. a) Form the nouns with the suffix -tion, -ion and translate them into Russian.

to elect, to separate, to legislate, to protect, to organize, to divide, to populate.

b) Form the adverbs with the suffix –ly and translate them into Russian.

great, main, complete, high, different, separate.

4. Form the adjectives with the suffix –al and translate them into Russian.

continent, government, centre, nation, area, culture, industry, nature, politics, region.

6. Unjumble the letters to find the names of three large cities in the USA.

1. Sntobo*

2. Igachoc.

3. Torited.

7. Give autonyms to the following adjectives.

Dry, difficult, warm, large, rich, mountainous, high, different

8. Give English' equivalents of the following Russian words and word- combinations and learn them by heart

Различные регионы, дождливый климат, научные учреждения, сельское хозяйство, медь, высоко развитый, правительство, верховный суд, законодательный, исполнительный, судебный, политическая независимость, личные права, свобода.

9. Match the words in the left-hand column with their definitions in the right-hand column.

Population	the state of being poor.
To situate	source of supply for what is needed.
Poverty	official group of people with the same political ideas.
Bill	process of choosing by voting.
Chamber	to place
Resource	agreement made and signed between nations.
Party	group of legislators.
Elections	number of people who live in a place.