Книга «Английский язык. Готовимся к централизованному тестированию» лишний раз убеждает в том, что успешное учебное пособие не должно быть очень большим по объёму, но концентрировать внимание своего читателя на самом главном.
Упражнение на лексику по Карневской Е.Б.
1.He has got to // have (got) to — модальная конструкция выражения долженствования finish the research today. It’s time we put our ideas into practice.
2.He is an old bachelor and eats out // eat out — питаться вне дома frequently.
3.She made // make a lot of noise — шуметь a lot of noise about the poor food at the cafe two days ago.
4.Mum, I badly need some //какой-нибудь/немного practical advice on what to do next.
5.Well done! This // this time — на этот раз time you have exceeded my wildest expectations.
6.It’s hard to keep // keep the house clean — поддерживать дом в чистоте the house clean with two little kids and a toddler.
7.You may well be // be asked — страдательный залог asked for your professional opinion.
8.What’s the weather going to be like // What is … like? — вопросительная конструкция today? — I dunno.
9.Ann is one // one of those — один из тех of those people who don’t give up easily.
10.A new family will come to live next // next door — по соседству door to us.I hope we will make friends.
11.It cost less to run the experiment than // союз сравнения «чем» I had previously expected.
12.It // It — формальное/безличное подлежащее (о погоде, времени, обстановке) was getting dark, and we still had a long way to go.
13.In Paris, tourists go // go out — ходить развлекаться out much more, to restaurants, museums, and nightclubs.
14.Are there // there are — оборот «там есть/имеется» any other suggestions you would like to make?
15.Disappointed tourists pointed the finger at unhelpful travel // travel agents — туристические агенты agents.
16.The storm did // do damage — наносить ущерб quite a lot of damage to the harbour and the visiting ships.
17.It was entirely my own // one’s own fault — собственная вина fault that I had failed the entrance exam.
18.It’s my farewell party. As // as if — как будто, будто if you didn’t know!
19.When their eyes met, hers were full // full of — полный (чегo-либо) of tears.
20.Give me a hand. I’d like some sauce, but just a bit // a bit — немного, чуть-чуть.
21.We’re looking // look forward to — с нетерпением ждать forward to meeting you in the near future.
22.Too late, she found // find out — выяснить, узнать out that the train had been delayed.
23.I’ve told you so a hundred times // a hundred times — сотню раз — do not trust strangers.
24.There are lots // lots of — много, множество of ways to raise awareness for global warming.
25.Let me know // let me know — дай мне знать if you need any kind of assistance.
26.They couldn’t survive on their own // on one’s own — самостоятельно, своими силами in the wilderness.
27.It took // it took me ages — это заняло у меня целую вечность me ages to find the way out of that tricky situation.
28.These days she is still working as // work as — работать в качестве (кем-то) a management consultant.
29.Don’t disturb him as he is in a lot // a lot of — много (в значении «много неприятностей») of trouble.
30.She had // have a look — взглянуть, бросить взгляд a quick look around the room before answering my question.
31.On the way // on the way back — на обратном пути back, he invited her to his home for a cup of coffee.
32.It’s all too much // too much — слишком много — I can’t bear it any longer.
33.They have lived in the capital as well // as well as — так же как и as in a border town.
34.She made // make a mistake — сделать ошибку a dreadful mistake when she didn’t inform the police.
35.When I got imprisoned, I really felt I had let // let down — подвести, разочаровать my parents down.
36.It’s best to wear // wear clothes — носить одежду formal clothes for a job interview.
37.Who does // do the cleaning — делать уборку the cleaning in your house while your wife is away?
38.It is a shameful fact that most married women earn less // less than — меньше, чем (сравнительная степень) than their husbands.
39.I don’t know him personally, but they // they say — говорят (безличная конструкция, как русское «говорят») say he’s really nice.
40.We looked everywhere, but the money was nowhere // нигде, никуда to be found.
Мы не планировали писать серию статей по мотивам этой книги, но не смогли не затронуть такие темы как: артикли, предлоги, типовая лексика.