Vocabulary exercises

I. Give the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations

• стародавнє місто

• гори Карпати

• з часів

• Прикарпаття

• важливий освітній центр

• видатний вчений

• навпроти

• оточений

• бути пов’язаним з

• борці за свободу

• кожен з них

• театрал

• без жодного цвяха

• квіткова клумба

• гостювати

II. Answer the following questions

1. Where is Drohobych situated?

2. What do you know about the history of the name “Drohobych”?

3. Which of our countrymen are the most outstanding?

4. What monuments can be found in Drohobych?

5. What branches of industry are developed in Drohobych?

6. Why Drohobych is called an important cultural and educational centre of Ukraine?

7. What can visitors of Drohobych admire?

8. What places of interest in Drohobych are worth seeing? What would you recommend to see first of all?

III. Complete the following sentences

1. There are a few legends about … .

2. Drohobych is an ancient Ukrainian town situated … .

3. There are nine cones of salt on the coat-of-arms of Drohobych because ... .

4. The largest plants of our native town are … .

5. Many places in Drohobych remind us about … .

6. Theatre-goers can visit … .

7. St. Yura’s Church is a masterpiece … .

8. The guests of Drohobych admire … .

IV. True or false. Correct wrong statements

1. According to the most wide-spread version about the origin of the name Drohobych there was a settlement, Bych by name. It was burnt down by the people. Polovtsi built a new town and called it Second Bych.

2. Drohobych is an important cultural and educational centre of our country.

3. Today Drohobych is one of the major industrial centres of Precarpattia.

4. Our well-known country-men Yuri Kotermak and Ivan Franko were born in Drohobych.

5. All people who visit Drohobych admire hospitable inhabitants of our town.

6. Since the times of Kyiv Rus Drohobych was known as a centre of sand-mining.

7. Many places in our town are connected with the name of Ivan Franko.

8. Drohobych is famous for its St. Yura’s Church which is a masterpiece of marble art.

V. Arrange the words in the sentences using the correct word order

1. in, the, square, stands, a, of, each, beautiful, monuments.

2. architecture, of, Church, a, St., masterpiece, Yura’s, wooden, is.

3. a, name, Bych, was, the, settlement, down, by, by, Polovtsi, burnt.

4. are, country-men, native, their, monuments, our, there, to, in, well-known, town, beautiful.

5. the, Ivan, are, with, our, places, of, of, lot, connected, in, a, name, town, Franko.

6. is, the, the, of, Ukrainian, foothills, town, ancient, at, Drohobych, an, Carpathians, situated.

7. of, many, salt-mining, a, was, ago, known, centre, years, known, as, Drohobych.

8. an, and, Precarpattia, educational, important, of, Drohobych, centre, industrial, is, cultural.

VI. Match each term in Column A with its definition in Column B

Column A Column B

1. foothill a. a work of art that is an excellent, or the best,

example of the artist’s work

2. origin b. existing or happening over a large area or

among many people

3. masterpiece c. connected with the place where you were

born and lived for the first years of your life

4. prominent d. a person born in or living in the same country

as somebody else

5. wide-spread e. a person who goes regularly to the theatre

6. to remind f. a hill at the base of a higher mountain or

range of mountains

7. country-man g. pleased to welcome guests, friendly to visitors

8. theatre-goer h. well-known

9. hospitable i. to help somebody to remember something

10. native j. the point from which something starts