Стр.24 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 8 класс

VOCABULARY

20. Complete with the words from the Word List.

    Thing	Person
    agronomy	Astronomer
    impression	Impressionist
    education	Educator
    history	Historian
    law	lawyer
    invent	inventor
    maths	Mathematician
    painting	Painter

21. Look at the pairs of words above and circle suffixes denoting persons.
22. Complete the sentences with the words from Exercise 20.
    1. Einstein was a __________.
    2. Copernicus studied __________.
    3. I never listened in history lessons, so I know nothing about Europe in the 19th century.
    4. Murder is a crime in all cultures.
    5. George Stephenson was the __________ of the steam engine.
    6. The __________ Dr David Starkey presented The Six Wives of Henry VIII on British TV.
    7. The __________ of Venice by J. M. Turner is very famous.
23. Match the nouns (1–10) to make compound nouns. Remember, some are one word and some are two.

    1 school	2 record	3 pocket	4 university	5 play
    6 crime	7 cloak	8 text	9 school	10 class
    novel	room	book	days	course
    money	mate	ground	uniform	player

24. Complete the dictionary definitions with the compound nouns from Exercise 23.
    1. __________: a place in a public building where you leave your coat
    2. __________: a fiction book about criminals and illegal acts
    3. __________: a person who is in the same class as you at school
    4. __________: special clothes worn by school students
    5. __________: a book used by students to study a subject
25. Complete the sentences with adjectives ending with -ed or -ing.
    1. I was very __________ when I failed my driving test.
    2. I hope my aunt doesn’t bring her __________ children with her. I really don’t like them!
    3. We haven’t got any homework tonight. I’m __________!
    4. It’s __________ that the whole class passed the exam.
    5. He listened carefully because he was __________ in what she said.
    6. My brother’s buying an __________ new computer game next weekend.
    7. Our hotel was __________ — it was next to a busy road and a long way from the beach.
    8. The children are __________ about the party.
    9. We were all __________ when we won the competition.
    10. I couldn’t stop reading this book — it’s very __________.

Extend your vocabulary

26. When you learn a new noun, learn the verb(s) that is usually used with it. A good dictionary will give an example of the correct verb to use. Tick the correct verb, make or do, for each noun.

    Make	Do
    1 a course of lessons
    2 a decision
    3 a journey
    4 a mistake
    5 a phone call
    6 a reservation
    7 dinner
    8 homework
    9 new friends
    10 karate

27. Write 5 sentences about yourself using the word-combinations from Exercise 26.