Task 4. Choose one of the following words from the table to fill the gap in each sentence. Use each word only once

obsolete, differently, ingenious, define, entail, evolve, precise, dedicate, evaluate, overlap

1. It was _________of her to solve the problem so quickly.

2. __________fashions are very laughable.

3. He is very _________ about dates and facts.

4. Some people still do not believe that man _________ from monkeys.

5. The two theories obviously ___________.

6. Any decision will __________ inconvenience for one group or another.

7. He was _________ as unfit for military service.

8. The book was ___________ to her mother.

9. The duties and responsibilities of the governing board are clearly __________ in an official document.

10. Now he thinks quite ____________ about it.

Task 5. Try to explain the meaning of the following verbs in English:

to invent, to be fascinated, to identify, to be dedicated, to design, to divide, to advance

 

Task 6. Here you have definitions of instruments, devices and their parts. Name them, using information from the text:

1. __________ - a wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes. It acts to change the direction of a force applied to the cord and is chiefly used (typically in combination) to raise heavy weights.

2. __________ - a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground.

3. __________ - a projecting arm or handle that is moved to operate a mechanism.

4. __________ - a thing that is the agent or instrument of a particular process.

5. __________ - the equipment needed for a particular activity or purpose.

 

GRAMMAR

Past Simple Tense

Task 7. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the Past Simple tense. After that make these sentences negative.

1. People have been using engineering to solve the problems of their daily lives since the first caveman (to pick up) a rock and (to chip) away it.

2. Man evolving further in the world (to invented) devices such as the pulley, the wheel and levers.

3. The word engineer (to have) its root in the word engine, which (to come) from the Latin word ingenium.

4. Engineers (to become) multi-disciplined working in a variety of different fields.

5. An engineer (to be) described as someone who (to have) acquired and (to be) applying their scientific and technical knowledge in different fields.

6. Engineering jobs usually (to entail) applying physics and mathematics to problems in order to discover viable solutions or to make improvements.