Make a plan and a summary of the text.

 

Choose the right meaning of the words in bold in the text “Earth-fill Dams”.

1. allowance a) содержание b) допуск c) разрешение

2. toe a) носок b) основание c) зуб плотины

3. subject a) подвергаться b) предмет c) подчинять

4. facing a) лицевой b) облицовка c) покрытие

5. free a) бесплатный b) освобождать c) свободный

6. sound a) здоровый b) звук c) прочный

Using the dictionary add as many words as possible into the table.

Verbs	Nouns	Adjectives
1.	compaction
2. to save
3.	completion
4.		erosive
5. to protect
6.	failure
7. to deposit
8.		desirable
9.		additional
10.	allowance
11.		wide
12. to check

Choose the words with similar meaning from the two groups and arrange them in pairs.

A.

Retain, skill, homogeneous, edge, embankment, assure, save, failure, core, truck, procedure, equipment, indicate, cause, sound, shell, crack, position.

B.

Fracture, guarantee, heart, result in, side, uniform, action, place, lorry, hold back, apparatus, perfect, frame, depict, catastrophe, economize, fill, experience.