Упражнения по английскому языку Dealing with unfamiliar words (drunk, overseas, panic, scandal, stagger, stir, unity, donation, fur, merry, payment, proceed, scarcely, steer, vanish, whatsoever) (10 класс)

Dealing with unfamiliar words

Exercise 1.

Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box. You may need to make other changes.

drunk overseas panic scandal stagger stir unity

1. I’ve been living abroad for so long that I’d forgotten what Christmas in the UK is like.

2. There was a sudden strong feeling of fear in the crowded shop when the fire alarm went off.

3. What we need in this class is a greater sense of agreement and working together.

4. The prices they charge are shocking and disgraceful.

5. I move around the cake mixture with a spoon.

6. He had drunk so much alcohol that he could only walk very unsteadily back to his hotel room.

Exercise 2.

Complete the text with the correct form of the words in the box.

donation fur merry payment proceed scarcely steer vanish whatsoever

It’s Christmas time in the department store – and dozens of parents are (1) __________ their children across the store to meet Father Christmas, also known as Santa Claus, especially in America, who is usually sitting in a small decorated room that is supposed to look like his home. They queue up patiently to make the (2) __________ to go inside – or these days maybe it’s a (3) __________ to a charity – and watch their child (4) __________ inside. But this symbol of the British festive season is not really very old. The familiar image of Father Christmas is an old man with a long red coat that has white (5) __________ round the edges. He pats every child on the head, wishes them a (6) __________ Christmas and then (7) __________ to give them a little present. The image was first made popular in the 19th century. So Father Christmas can (8) __________ be described as an old British tradition; and there is no connection (9) __________ between the jolly old man and the religious celebration of the birth of Jesus.