Make up a dialoge.

People: A student of VNTU and his/her younger friend.

Place: Poryka Street, near ‘Ice Avenue’.

Time: A pleasant summer day.

Situation: The friend can enter three universities. But he/she hasn’t made up his mind yet which one to choose. The student recommends him to enter VNTU. The friend hesitates but the student keeps perceiving him/her.

EXERCISE 8

Retell the text VNTU using Exercises 3 and 5.

EXERCISE 9

Visit website www.busuu.com. Log in and join the community learning English. Practice your English with native speakers and other people. Tell them about your University. Ask them about their educational institutions.

IT‘S OUR COUNTRY

EXERCISE 1

Match the following English words and word combinations with their Ukrainian equivalents:

1. sovereign state

2. mountains

3. government

4. to border on

5. population

6. deposit

7. iron ore

8. autonomous republic

9. coat of arms

10. legislative branch

11. executive branch

12. judicial branch

13. consumer goods

14. anthem

15. to make laws

16. independence

17. trident

18. citizens

a) родовище, поклад

b) законодавча гілка

c) межувати

d) герб

e) виконавча гілка

f) незалежність

g) громадяни

h) залізна руда

i) створювати закони

j) споживчі товари

k) судова гілка

l) уряд

m) тризуб

n) автономна республіка

o) населення

p) гімн

q) гори

r) суверенна держава

EXERCISE 2

Find the odd word in each group and explain why.

1. south north sea west

2. coal iron ore wheat oil

3. legislative democratic judicial executive

4. sugar beet sunflowers potatoes nickel

5. plane chemical metallurgical machine-building

6. anthem flag state coat of arms

EXERCISE 3

Read the statements below and say if they are true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. Ukraine is situated in the north of Europe.

2. There are the Crimean Mountains in the west and the Carpathians in the south.

3. Ukraine has deposits of coal, iron ore, natural gas, oil, salt.

4. Ukraine produces planes, turbines, different kinds of machines and equipment, and various consumer goods.

5. The territory of Ukraine is divided into 28 regions.

6. Ukraine is a monarchy.

7. Ukraine has three separate branches of power: legislative, executive and judicial.

8. The executive power is headed by the Supreme Court

9. The Verkhovna Rada’s main function is to make laws.

10. The Speaker is the head of the state and the head of the executive branch.

11. The independence of Ukraine was proclaimed on the 28^th of June.

12. The Ukrainian flag consists of two vertical stripes of blue and yellow colours.

13. The national coat of arms of Ukraine is a trident.

14. The anthem of Ukraine was written by Taras Shevchenko and was set to music by Mykola Lysenko.

EXERCISE 4