Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps with the correct prefix from the following list
auto de dec inter maxi mega micro mini mono multi semi sub
1. Most people prefer a colour screen to a ______ chrome screen. 2. _____script is a character or symbol written below and to the right of a number or letter, often used in science. 3. A ____byte equals approximately one million bytes. 4. Once you finish your program, you will have to test it and ______bug it to remove all 114 the mistakes. 5. The introduction of _____conductor technology revolutionized the computer industry. 6. If a computer system has two or more central processors which are under common control, it is called a ________processor system. 7. The _____imal system is a number system with a base of 10. 8. When the user and the computer are in active communication on a graphics system, we refer to this as ______active graphics.
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences with the word given and one of the prefixes listed above.
1 This meat is...............................and it’s still raw. I don’t like it. (cook)
2 This morning I .......................and I was late for work (sleep)
3 This composition is badly done. You’ll have to ................. it. (write)
4 The.....................in the film was Angelina Jolie .(star)
5 They .................................me in that restaurant. It was really very expensive. (charge)
6 After demolishing the old school, they are now .............................a new one. (build)
7 What do you .................................for my future? (see)
8 The room was ........................................It was very hot indeed. (heated)
9 I saw a film about a famous Western ........................... (law)
10 That supermarket is .............................its products. Let’s go shopping there. (sell)
11 During the war they built ............................shelters. (ground)
12 Don’t .....................................Take it easy. (do)
13 They have .........................the cinema they had closed down . (open).
Exercise 4. Translate the following words paying attention to the use of negative prefixes
Dis-, in-, ип-, поп-, ir-
dis-: disadvantage; disconnect; disappear; disclose; discomfort; discontinue; discount; discredit; discriminate; disintegrate.
in-:invisible; inaccurate; inactive; incapable; incompact; insignificant; inhuman; informal; ineffective; indifferent; indecisive; inconsumable; incorrect.
un-:uncontrollable; unbelievable; unable; unchanged; uncomfortable; uncommunicative; undisciplined; unexpected; unfavourable; unforgettable; unkind.
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поп -: non-effective; non-aggressive; noncomparable; non-computable; non-constant; non-controllable; non-digital; non-dimensional; non-programmable; non-usable.
ir-:irregular; irrelative; irresponsive; irrational; irreplaceable; irrecognizable.
GRAMMAR REVISION
Exercise 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.
1) They _____________________________________ your lessons. (not like)
2) While we _____________________________ to the station it _________________to snow, (drive) (begin)
3) Watch this runner. He _______________________________ (win).
4) After the centre forward ______________________________ the first goal the fans __________________ mad (score) (go)
5) I _____________________________ a shooting star ( never see)
6) We ______________________________ the results tomorrow. (know)
7) Diana _______________________________ Beethoven's moonlight sonata last night. (play)
8) She _____________________________ you are an old fool. (think)
9) Bob __________________________ three letters since breakfast. (write)
10) Kate _______________________________________ in London (not live)
11) She _____________________________ me an answer when I asked her. (not give)
12) After Jane _________________________________ a fashion magazine she ____________ the piano, (read) (practise)
13) Our landlady ___________________________ us a cup of tea last night. (give)
14) Mr Brightwell ______________________________(phone) his secretary all day long .
15) I _________________________ any dressmaking since I left school, (not do)
16) Mr Bellows _____________________ from the USA. (just arrive)
17) Mr Brown __________________________________ a letter every day. (write)
18) Mrs Mauldling __________________________ the letter immediately after she ___________________________it (post) (finish)
19) The Smiths ________________________________ yet. (not come)
20) I __________________________________ two exercises, would you like to do the third? (correct)
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Exercise 6. Choose the right tenses.
The Little Girl and the Wolf
One afternoon a big wolf … (to wait) in a dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother. He (to wait) for an hour and a half and was about to loose his patience. Finally a little girl did come along and she … (to carry) a basket of food. ‘(to carry) that basket to your grandmother?’ asked the wolf. The little girl said yes, she was. So the wolf … (ask) her where her mother (to live) and the little girl … (to tell) him and he ... (disappear) into the wood.
When the little girl ... (to open) the door of her grandmother’s house she … (to understand) that something (to happen). There (to be) somebody in bed with a nightcap and nightgown on. She … (to approach) no nearer than twenty-five feet from the bed when she ... (to see) that it was not her grandmother but the wolf, for even in a nightcap a wolf (not to look) in the least like anybody’s grandmother. So the little girl ... (to lake) an automatic pistol out of her basket and … (to shoot) the wolf dead.
Moral: It is not so easy to fool little girls nowadays as it used to be.
Exercise 7.
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