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b) Put questions to the different part of the speech (using what/where/when).
Petroleum products consumption in Ukraine continued its positive dynamics in 2011 and
reached 10 m tons.

Task V. Fill in the gaps with proper word combination and translate.
perspective fields, oil and gas mining, refineries, to increase production, pipelines, transit
capacity, network of GSF, transportation, unprofitability of, legislative basis

1. Ukraine has … of shale gas with estimated reserves of 1 billion m3. 2.The input capacity of
the … is about 114m tons of oil annually and output capacity is 56.3 m tons. 3. Newly
established companies, successors of Naftogaz of Ukraine, will be working in separate
spheres: …, transportation and trading. 4. Ukraine has significant oil and gas resource base
that makes it possible … volumes of hydrocarbons in the future.5. Ukraine’s main pipelines
provide oil supplies from Russia and Kazakhstan to … in Ukraine and transport oil to the
countries of Central and Western Europe. 6. Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS)
belongs to the world’s most powerful systems in terms of its …. 7…. of gas in Ukraine
performs State Company Ukrtransgaz. 8.The … includes four parts: Western Ukrainian, Kyiv,
Donetsk and Southern Ukrainian. 9. Odesa and Kherson oil refineries stopped working due to
… operating activity and reconstruction process respectively. 10. At the moment Ukraine
actively forms … for the future GTS modernization.
Make up sentences of your own using the word combinations given above.

Grammar focus
The Preposition

Exercises
I. Complete the sentences with prepositions.
1. This boy always takes the toys ... his sister. 2. It is too much to expect ... him.3.Did you
hear ... your friend? 4. The boy fell ... his bicycle. 5. Please, get ... the carpet while I am
sweeping the floor. 6. Poor Nick! He is suffering ... the cold in the head.7. This jacket is made
... wool. 8. I live not far ... the center of the city.9. This ring is made ... gold and that one ...
silver. 10. We can expect much ... this child.

II. Complete the sentences with the prepositions at, among, between, for, from, in, of, out,
with.
1. He says that he'll be back ... a few minutes. 2. She will stay ... London ... a few days.3. She
arrived ... school twenty minutes late. 4. We arrived ... Paris in the evening. 5. They live ...
Washington Avenue. 6. I'll call you back ... twenty minutes. 7. He lives far ... here. 8. He
waited ... you ... an hour. 9. She wasn't ... the hotel yesterday.... ourselves, I can't stand this
sort of music. 10. The bus doesn't stop ... this corner. 11. Do you see a man ... a white shirt?
12. I saw a woman ... about thirty-five.13. She was proud ... her son.

III. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.
1. … that time Tom had adopted quite a friendly tone.
a) at b) off c) in d) by
2. Our nephew is very good … Math.
a) in b) beyond c) at d) above
3. Do you consider the character true … life or is it exaggerated?

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