I. Pre-text Exercises.

1. Practice reading the following words:

Cybernetics [saibə:ˈnetiks], utilization [ju:tilai'zeiʃn], launch [lɔ:ntʃ], trajectory ['trædʒiktəri], reliable [ri'laiəbl], advance [əd'va:ns], advantage [ad'va:ntidʒ], realm [relm], vehicle ['vi:ikl].

2. State to what part of speech the following words belong:

discovery, investigation, physical, rapidly, receiver, communication, shaping, computer, sensitivity, optical.

3. Form verbs adding the suffix —en to the given adjectives, translate them:

Example: fast — òâåðäèé;

to fasten — çàòâåðä³âàòè.

Bright, dark, sharp, wide, less, broad, deep, short, weak, hard.

4. Match up the words which have an opposite meaning:

a) to cover, directly, old, much, more, rapidly, small, visible, powerful, long, before, to take, significant, effective;

b) to uncover, ineffective, to give, after, powerless, short, large, invisible, slowly, less, little, new, indirectly, insignificant.

5. Give the initial formsof the following words:

followed, developed, electrons, communication, expanding, receiver, combined, enabled, leading, senses.