Look at the list of tasks in the first list. in particular, look at the words in bold, which are telling the writer/speaker what he/she must do. match these words with a suitable definition of the task command in the second list. two of these definitions can be used more than once.
1. account for the increased use of technology in modern society.
2. analyse the effects of climactic change around the world.
3. assess the improvements you have made in your english since you started using this book.
4. compare the lifestyles of young people in britain and young people in your country.
5. define the word ‘hope’.
6. demonstrate the different features of this computer.
7. discuss the advantages and disadvantages of growing up in a single-parent family.
8. elaborate on your feelings about capital punishment.
9. estimate the costs of setting up a website for the company.
10. evaluate how useful our class visit to the bank of england was.
11. examine the causes of global warming.
12. explain the sudden interest in old-fashioned toys such as yo-yos.
13. identify the person who attacked you.
14. illustrate the problems the national health service is currently facing.
15. justify your reasons for refusing to help me.
16. outline the history of the motor car in the last fifty years.
17. predict the changes that we are going to see in information technology in the next ten years.
18. suggest ways in which you can become a more efficient student.
19. summarise your feelings towards a united europe.
20. trace the development of nuclear technology from its earliest days.
a. describe what you think can be done in order to achieve something.
b. tell in advance what you think will happen.
c. explain, with real examples, why something has happened or is happening.
d. give a brief history of something, in the order in which it happened.
e. give the meaning of something.
f. talk about something with someone else, or write about it from different viewpoints.
g. calculate (but not exactly) the value or cost of something.
h. give a broad description of something without giving too much detail.
i. explain something closely and scientifically.
j. write or talk about the different aspects (e.g., causes, results) of something.
k. explain something in more detail than you did previously.
l. look at two things side by side to see how they are similar or different.
m. explain something in a few main points, without giving too much detail.
n. say why something has happened.
o. show or prove that something is right or good.
p. show how something works, usually by physically operating it so that the other person knows what
it does and how it works.
q. give a physical description of somebody.
r. calculate the value of something
1) Would you attack the hijackers if you were on hijacked plane?
2) If they were on a hijacked plane, they would stay calm and would probably survive.
3) If my friend had been trying harder, he would have succeeded.
4) If I had lived in 1703, I shouldn`t (wouldn`t) have had a computer.
5) If she smelt smoke in the middle of the night, she would telephone the fire brigade and run into the street and shout, "Fire!"
6) If he had been invited, he would have come to the party last Sunday.
7) If the driver in front hadn't stopped suddenly, the accident wouldn't have happened.
8) If you don't know how to play, my sister will explain the rules to you.
9) If she had told them it was her birthday, they would have given her a bithday present.
I live in a wonderful, beautiful town. I love it very much. The name of my town is Kotovo. It is situated not far from Volgograd.
I have arrived to live in this town recently. I have lived in St.-Petersburg before. Kotovo differs from big cities greatly. It is small and quiet. Life is measured, calm and kind. Everyone knows each other. People are kind, beautiful, native, close in my town. You don`t feel lonely here, as a rule it happens in big cities.
There are a library, a cinema, a palace of culture, a museum, a big sports hall and five schools in my town. Also there is a swimming pool in the sports hall. Children of my city like to visit it. There is a very beautiful central park. It is very beautiful in spring and summer. I like to have a rest, to sit on the bench and to read a book in the park. I like to walk on foot around the city, because I like to dream about my future. Kotovo is a magic place, especially in the evening. There are many old houses, monuments, small and narrow streets in the town. All these things create fantastic, mysterious atmosphere. I have met my love, my husband in this town.
Kotovo is the best town in the earth. And when I leave from it I always miss it very much. You can`t fall in love with my town.
Я живу в прекрасном, красивом городе. Я очень люблю его. Название моего города Котово. Он распложен не далеко от Волгограда.
Я приехала жить в этот город недавно. До этого я жила в Санкт-Петербурге. Котово очень отличается от больших городов. Он маленький и тихий. Жизнь размеренная, спокойная и добрая. Каждый знает друг друга. В моем Городе люди добрые, красивые, родные, близкие. Ты не чувствуешь себя одиноким здесь, как правило это случается в больших городах.
В моем городе есть библиотека, кинотеатр, дом культуры, музей, большой спортивный зал и пять школ. Также есть бассейн в спортивном зале. Дети моего города любят посещать его. Есть очень красивый центральный парк. Он очень красивый весной и летом. Я люблю отдохнуть, посидеть на скамейке и почитать книгу в этом парке. Я люблю гулять пешком по городу, потому что я люблю мечтать о будущем. Котово сказочное место, особенно вечером. Есть много старых домов, памятников, маленьких узких улиц в городе. Все эти вещи создают сказочную, таинственную атмосферу. Я встретила свою любовь, своего мужа в этом городе.
Котово самый лучший город на земле. И когда я уезжаю из него я всегда очень скучаю по нему. Вы не сможете не полюбить мой город.