Ex.5. Study the following typical endings of nouns. Using one of them, change each of the following words into a noun.

B. Word formation

Ex.4. Practice reading the following words.

Ex.3. Read the words in the groups bellow. Pay attention to the word stress.

Ex.1. Read the words with the following letter combinations.

A. Reading drills

PRE-TEXT EXERCISES

LEAD-IN

1. Do you feel free? What freedoms do you enjoy? What freedoms are guaranteed in a democratic society? How do you understand economic freedom?

2. If you are free, it means that it is no one but you who makes decisions. What motivates you in decision-making? What motivates people in making economic decisions?

3. While the pure market economy does not imply government’s interference at all, the free enterprise economy does. In what spheres do you think government can perform better than private companies?

 

ou [au]output, account, household

[ʌ]country, double, nourish

ea [i:]each, deal, feature, increase, mean, means

[e]health, wealth, measure, instead

[ei]great, break

ow [au]how, now, power

[ou]low, own, slow

au [ɔ:]because, automatic, automobile

ch [t∫]search, purchase, choose, exchange, channel

[k]mechanism, chemical, character

[∫] machine, chef, brochure

 

Ex.2. Read the following words with the letter c in different positions.

[k]economy, Cuba, occur, considerable, sector, country, occupation

[s]produce, service, difference, resource, society, decide, incentive, necessary, receive

[k]-[s]scarce, consequence, success, coercive

[]socialist, efficiency, beneficial, financial, artificial

[t]which, China, purchase, choose, exchange, channel

[k]mechanism, school, chemistry, chronicle

 

a) words with the stress on the first syllable:

mechanism, utilize, private, enterprise, difference, social, value, motivate, consequence, innovator, satisfy, borrow, voluntary, contract, surplus, shortage, rationing, indicate;

b) words with the stress on the second syllable:

identical, produce (v), unique, involve, considerable, occur, component, economy, resource, society, objective, creative, productive, pursue, decision, determine, incentive, employer, consumer, possess, potential, competitive, maintain, abundant;

c) polysyllabic words with the main and secondary stress:

economic, manufacturing, beneficial, occupation, employee, inability, artificial, interference.

 

Identical, mechanism, utilize, occur, private, creative, highly, efficiency, pursue, beneficial, artificial, determine, extremely, reward, consequence, scarce, purchase, sovereignty, entrepreneur, necessarily, interference, coercive, guide.

 

Membership; socialism; sadness; information; government; beauty; marriage; excellence.

 

Kind, real, move, human, elect, intelligent, permanent, confuse, leader, improve, equal.