Independent work I variant Reading task. Reading

EXERCISE 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which mean the same as:

COLUMN A COLUMN B

a) mean; have as a consequence; suggest that a particular result will occur ______

b) successfully get; obtain ______________

c) person who does a particular job, especially building work _____________

d) statement of the price to be charged for doing a piece of work __________

e) private short road, or piece of hard ground,

leading from the public road to a house or garage _______________

f) period of inactivity in business, when there is very little work to be done (phrase

____________

g) strong, without holes or spaces, and able to support weight _______________

h) small pieces of coal, wood, etc., after they have been burnt, but not to ash_____

i) made as level as possible by reducing the slope (of land) ___________

j) made so that water can flow away; able to become dry (after rain, etc.) _______