SYNONYMS. ANTONYMS. GRAMMAR REVISION

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SYNONYMS

Group the following words into eight synonymous groups:

amount low-priced occupation swamp

cheap machinery profession various

equipment marsh pursuit vast

extensive miscellaneous quantity

inexpensive need requirement

ANTONYMS

Group the words that follow into six antonymous groups:

cheap high poor rich

employment long private short

expensive low public unemployment

GRAMMAR REVISION

The most important information in a sentence usually comes first. We use the passive voice to change the order of the information in a sentence. A verb is in the passive voice when the subject receives the action: Our flag is admired by many people. John was given a book by the teacher. A passive construction is a combination of a form of the verb be with the past participle of another verb.

Make the verbs in the following sentences passive.

1. Industry employs 42 percent of the working force of Belarus.

2. Forests cover about one-third of the republic.

3. Agriculture uses peat as a mulching material.

4. Belarus generates only about 12 percent of its own energy needs.

5. Thermal power stations generate nearly all electricity.

6. Belarus also manufactures computers, engineering equipment, metal-cutting tools.

7. Machine-building industry makes various types of tractors, heavy-duty trucks, other heavy machinery and electrical equipment.

8. Minsk's satellite town, Zhodzino, produces large-capacity dump trucks.

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