The gymnast was of average height, stocky and broad-shouldered. Original ways of presenting gifts

The answers to tasks 1–24 are a word, a phrase, a number or a sequence of words, numbers. Write your answer to the right of the task number without spaces, commas or other additional characters.

Read the text and do tasks 1-3.

(1) Historical changes in the hereditary traits of organisms I are called evolution. (2) This process has three very important consequences: firstly, in the course of evolution, new species arise, the diversity of forms of organisms increases, secondly, organisms adapt, adapt to changes in environmental conditions; therefore, evolution is said to be adaptive. (3) ____ as a result of evolution, the general level of organization of living beings gradually increases.

1

Which of the following sentences correctly conveys the MAIN information contained in the text?

1. The consequences of evolution are an increase in the diversity of living organisms, adaptation to the environment and an increase in the general level of organization of living beings.

2. In the course of evolution - historical changes in the hereditary characteristics of organisms - the diversity of forms of living beings increases.

3. In the course of evolution, organisms adapt to changes in environmental conditions.

4. In the course of evolution, the diversity of living organisms increases, they adapt to changes in the environment, and the overall level of organization of living beings rises.

5. The most important consequence of evolution is that organisms adapt, adapt to changes in environmental conditions.

2

Which of the following words or combinations of words should be in place of the gap in the third (3) sentence of the text? Write out this word.

1. Despite this,

3. In other words,

4. Finally

3

Read the fragment of the dictionary entry, which gives the meaning of the word CONDITION. Determine in what sense this word is used in the second (2) sentence of the text. Write down the number corresponding to this value in the given fragment of the dictionary entry.

CONDITION, -i, cf.

1. A circumstance on which something depends. Self-discipline is a condition for success.

2. A claim made by one of the contracting parties. Armistice terms.

3. Rules established in some area of ​​life, activity. Conditions of residence in the hostel.

4. Mn. The setting in which something happens. natural conditions.

4

In one of the words below, a mistake was made in setting the stress: the letter denoting the stressed vowel is highlighted INCORRECTLY. Write out this word.

move to hide

Christian

posted

most beautiful

5

In one of the sentences below, the underlined word is WRONGLY used. Correct the mistake and write the word correctly.

1. After the New Year's greetings, the DISTRIBUTION of gifts began.

2. Volodya is a very TRUSTING person, and sometimes it bothers him a lot.

3. An obscure light, ominous and cold, then subsided, then flared up.

4. The director was a very strict person, intolerant of delays and violations.

5. The gymnast was of medium height, stocky and broad-shouldered.

6

In one of the words highlighted below, a mistake was made in the formation of the word form. Correct the mistake and write the word correctly.

summer HOLIDAYS

ten GRAM

washing TOWELS

RINSE MOUTH

more than FIVE hundred meters

7

Establish a correspondence between the sentences and the grammatical errors made in them: for each position of the first column, select the corresponding position from the second column.

Write your answer in numbers without spaces or other characters.

8

Determine the word in which the unstressed alternating vowel of the root is missing. Write out this word by inserting the missing letter.

k..mpose

k...nditer

decorator

bl... become

def ... go

9

Determine the row in which the same letter is missing in both words in the prefix. Write these words out with the missing letter.

d ... gullible, s ... to say

ra...spread, and...spoil

pr...acquire, pr...create into life

pr ... reconcile, pr ... stop

p...edit, r...decommission

10

shot ... who

unshakable ... my

unimaginable ... my

11

Write down the word in which the letter E is written in place of the gap.

deceptive ...

arid..out

fool ... vy

eclipsing

smiling ... vy

12

Indicate all the numbers in the place of which the letter I is written.

Wherever we n (1) met with Irina, I n (2) when n (3) saw her n (4) upset, n (5) gloomy.

13

Determine the sentence in which both underlined words are spelled ONE. Open the brackets and write out these two words.

1. Sergey (MORE) ONCE helped me out in difficult situations, (FOR) THAT I know that you can rely on him.

2. Indoor flowers had to be looked after (IN) DIFFERENTLY - depending on the time of year, as well as (SAME) the condition of the plant.

3. (AT) THE BEGINNING it seemed that the wind was weakening, but (IN) SOON a real hurricane began.

4. (BY) BECAUSE of how a person behaves in a dispute, you can say a lot about him, (SO) HOW exactly in acute situations many character traits are manifested.

5. TO (WOULD) get acquainted with the schools of Europe, L. N. Tolstoy leaves (FOR) BORDER.

14

Indicate all the numbers in the place of which HN is written.

We were saddened (1) by seeing the silver (2) trickles of rain on the glass and the sea, excited by the (3) hurricane (4) wind.

15

Set up punctuation marks. Indicate the numbers of sentences in which you need to put ONE comma.

2. Two or three years have passed and significant changes have become noticeable in the character of the sister.

3. The clouds floated majestically in the clear and high sky and cast unusual shadows on the ground.

4. The restless Petka either turned around at his window or ran across to the other side of the car.

5. There was neither dusty and brown green grass nor yellowness and dryness of hay around.

16

Approaching Sochi (1) we admired the sea and (2) overgrown with wild grapes (3) hills (4) approaching the beaches.

17

Place punctuation marks: indicate all the numbers in the place of which commas should be in the sentences.

Soon (1) however (2) the sun reappeared from behind the clouds, now (3) apparently (4) for a long time.

18

Place punctuation marks: indicate all the numbers in the place of which commas should be in the sentence.

In the evening (1) when the heat subsided (2) and (3) the city lit up with the light of illumination (4) we went for a walk along the embankment.

19

Place punctuation marks: indicate all the numbers in the place of which commas should be in the sentence.

September came (1) and (2) although the sun was still hot (3) and (4) the swimming season continued (5) in some places yellow leaves appeared on the trees.

20

Edit the sentence: correct the lexical error by excluding the extra word. Write out this word.

Among our modern fish, sturgeons turn out to be a kind of living fossil - the surviving remnant of a very ancient order of bone-cartilaginous fish - a group that existed back in the Devonian period of time simultaneously with the ancient cartilaginous fish - sharks.

Read the text and complete tasks 21-26.

(1) It so happened that for Russia literature is a starting point, a symbol of faith, an ideological and moral foundation, and writers and poets are the rulers of thoughts, ideological leaders, bearers of absolute truth, idols and idols. (2) “A poet in Russia is more than a poet” - these words of Yevtushenko determine the place of literature in the life of Russian society. (3) “Sick questions”, “damned questions”, “great questions” - this is how they were characterized throughout the 19th century. those social, philosophical, moral problems that were raised in the works of Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov. (4) These questions were raised in "Eugene Onegin" and "Hero of Our Time", in "Oblomov" and "Thunderstorm", in "Crime and Punishment" and "Who is living well in Rus'?"

(5) No matter what aspects of life the master of the word touched, from the pages of their creations one always heard: “who is to blame?”, “What to do?”. (6) These questions were raised in prose, drama, and poetry. (7) Writers interpreted history, politics, religion, national character in different ways, but passed through the living soul of a living creator who was a mirror of life, these phenomena became close and understandable to the citizens of their country.

(8) Russian literature of the golden 19th century has become an inseparable unity, a kind of typological community, before which the differences between individual writers recede. (9) They tried to understand how to live, so that “it would not be excruciatingly painful for the aimlessly lived years”? (10) What is the meaning and purpose of life? (11) Is a person free to choose a life path? (12) Is a person responsible for what is happening in the world around him? (13) All these questions are extremely complex, and writers painfully searched for an answer to them, since Russian literature was the literature of love, doing and service.

(14) In my opinion, all the most painful questions that disturbed the literature of the 19th century were reflected in Leo Tolstoy's epic novel War and Peace. (15) A huge gift and artistic originality allowed Tolstoy to show the life of an entire people, an entire nation, an entire country, whose name is Russia. (16) “In order to live honestly, one must tear, get confused, fight, make mistakes, start and quit, and start again and quit again, and always fight and lose.

(17) And calmness is spiritual meanness, ”such is his life credo.

(18) It is no coincidence that the writer repeated the same prayer all his life:

(19) "Lord! (20) Teach me how to live! (21) It is no coincidence that his works have become the Bible for a whole generation. (22) It is no coincidence that critic P. V. Anennkov noted that “rare writers ... are so strongly convinced of the unity of thought and action as Count L. N. Tolstoy.”

(23) The main theme of the novel "War and Peace" is the heroic struggle of the Russian people against the French invaders. (24) But along with the main theme, Lev Nikolayevich posed many global philosophical and moral problems. (25) One of these problems is the search for the meaning of life and its purpose. (26) And the thought of Tolstoy the philosopher largely determined the thought of Tolstoy the artist. (27) “People are like rivers ...” - he said, emphasizing with this comparison the immensity, complexity of the human soul, variability and continuous development of inner life, since the writer is primarily interested in the path of spiritual development of man, the path leading to the moral ideal. (28) The spiritual beauty of Lev Nikolayevich's favorite heroes is manifested in the continuous internal struggle of thoughts and feelings, in the tireless search for the meaning of life, in dreams of activities for the benefit of the people.

Subscription - subscriber

concert season.

artistic - artistic

Poor - poor

Irresponsible - irresponsible

Grishakov left, and now all questions concerning his life are becoming UNANSWERED. Only a heartless person can offend an UNRESPONSIBLE animal. Many people suffer from UNREQUIRED love.
- IRRESPONSIBLE attitude to business is a sign of moral limitation. The foreman had to deal with IRRESPONSIBLE, lazy builders.

swampy - swampy

The valley gave way to a quagmire, where crooked and stunted SWAMP birch trees grew. SWAMP silt is an excellent fertilizer. In the people, the bittern is called the SWAMP cow: it roars, “mooing” like a bull.

Forestry officers and firefighters jointly put out the fire

in the SWAMP area a large natural fire.

grateful - grateful

The grateful audience applauded their favorite artist for a long time.

Together with the certificates, the graduates received letters of thanks.

He treated the peasants for all diseases with soda and castor oil, and on the day of his name day he served a GRATITUDE prayer service among the village.

charitable - charitable

Biologically active substances contained in celery have
BENEFICIAL influence on a metabolism in an organism.

Thanks to the efforts of children and teachers, a CHARITY concert was organized.

Inhale - inhale

I learned gymnastics, in which a sharp INhale is performed when the entire body moves forward.

I involuntarily let out a SIGH of relief.

Age-old - eternal

And before that, CENTURY-OLD forests grew here, pheasants, wild boars and deer were found. Desolation and gloom reigned all around, the wooden furniture was covered with a CENTURY layer of dust, and only the old clock was slowly keeping its measured count.

Nature shines with ETERNAL beauty and surprises us with its grandeur. The documents were prepared for submission to the archive for ETERNAL storage.

Great - majestic

There were a GREAT crowd of people, as if the whole city wished to see the poet and hear his amazing voice. Man never ceases to be amazed at the GREAT variety of flora and fauna.

In the obscure, diffused light of the night, the MAJESTIC and beautiful vistas of St. Petersburg opened before us. Tall, slender, graceful and MAJESTIC, Elena held herself unusually upright, and this gave her a regal air.

fill up - fill up - fill up - fill up - fill up - fill up

To successfully pass the exam, you need to FILL in the knowledge gaps
- This couple seems to be created in order to COMPLETE each other.

When applying for a job, it was required to FILL in a questionnaire.

A weak coastal wind FILLED the raised sails, and the transport slowly moved along the calm waters of the Avacha Bay.

With your antics, you have OVERFLOWED the cup of my patience.

It was urgent to REPLENISH drinking water.

hostile - hostile

The ENEMY defense was broken, and the troops entered the city.
- Nature seemed HOSTILE, ready at any moment to bring death or suffering to man. As a sign of the absence of HOSTILE intentions, the greeter held out his unarmed palm with outstretched fingers of his right hand.

choosing - choosing

CHOOSING the material for the dress, Evdokia was guided only by her own taste.

The committee members hoped for Petrukhin's loyalty by electing him chairman.

Benefit - Profitability

There is no BENEFITS to buy cheap clothes.

PROFITABILITY of the deal was obvious to everyone. Only by assuming the presence of Darwinian selection, one can be convinced of the FAVORABILITY of some of the characteristics acquired by man.

Issuance - return - transfer - distribution

The issuance of skates is carried out if the visitor of the ice rink has a passport or
any other document that may be left as a pledge.

Turns at low altitude, strict adherence to the combat course, frequent work with throttle levers - all this requires the DELIVERY of all forces.

The main route of TRANSMISSION of the infection is alimentary, that is, through food, most often vegetables.

After the New Year's greetings, the DISTRIBUTION of gifts began.

payout - pay - pay - pay

As for a bank account with a regular PAYMENT of interest accrued on it, this is the most affordable annuity option.

The professor received a document confirming that he had paid for the business trip.

You can negotiate and set a single rent.

An agreement was concluded with the contractor, according to which he is obliged to build a line, accepting a part of the shares as PAYMENT.

pay - pay - pay - pay - pay

At the end of the work, the foreman immediately PAYED the due amount.

Tsybukin PAID the dressmakers not with money, but with goods from his shop.

The insurance companies refused to PAY the losses.

There were enough reasons for the war against Napoleon, even besides the desire to PAY back for the Austerlitz rout and disgrace.

The principal is obliged to PAY to the attorney remuneration in proportion to the work performed by him.

grow - grow - grow

He knew that this woman nursed and GROWED Ivan Andrianovich.

The beginning of positive trends in the Russian economy made it possible to create and GROW gold and foreign exchange reserves.

Danneel GROWED a lush mustache, the tips of which curled down, and a beard.

Growing - growing - growing

The Sea of ​​Tranquility was ideal for GROWING the anaerobic bacteria so essential to medicine and industry.

Success depended on whether the landed troops would be able to create a sufficient foothold for the BUILD-UP of forces in order to break through the enemy defenses.

Karlin compiled statistics on national differences in beard Growth.

high-altitude

Lena stood for a long time on the HIGH bank, watching the steamer disappear behind a bend in the river. Animals with a HIGH degree of activity live at the bottom of the ocean.

High-rise buildings have been built in this area of ​​the city.

Warranty - guaranteed

The popularity of the singer has always provided him with a GUARANTEED success. The position in society gave Andrey Petrovich some GUARANTEED rights.

We took the broken TV to the WARRANTY workshop.

harmonic - harmonious

No one possessed such inner completeness, such HARMONIC spirituality.

Despite the obvious mixture of styles, the interior of the house seemed very HARMONIOUS. The HARMONIOUS proportions of the building are based on classical models.

Clay - clay

Areas with dense CLAY soil must be treated with special methods. The red CLAY shore gently sloped down to the sea.

I remembered the city of my childhood and those very famous CLAY whistles that were traded in the bazaars.

annual - annual - annual

According to the observations of ancient astronomers, the solar disk for 360 days fit into the ANNUAL path of the star.

In the crib, a swarthy ONE-YEAR-OLD boy slept sweetly.

The staff of the enterprise successfully managed to implement the ANNUAL plan.

Pride - pride

National PRIDE manifests itself: in the desire to promote the comprehensive development of national traditions, language, material and spiritual culture.

The joy of success imperceptibly grew into arrogance, glory turned his head.

Humanism - humanity

In modern world history, HUMANISM has become the most important line in the development of culture, one of its dominants.

Working with animals for many years, I was convinced that only HUMANITY and gustatory training give positive results.

Dictation - dictation

All students wrote the control dictation for the first quarter well.

Maltsev established a real dictatorship in his family, suppressing the independence and self-esteem of his wife and children.

long - long

A stray loon screamed in the silence on the LONG island ahead.

Mastery comes from LONG-TERM observation of a professional at work. Prolonged exposure to air has a beneficial effect on a person.

kind - kind

On the field one could see a GOOD house with an attic, to the left - two poor huts, behind them the forest ominously blackened. It is always a pleasure to relax on a beautiful, comfortable, GOOD bench.

Small, gray-haired, with colorless GOOD eyes, he lived all summer in the apiary.

trusting - trusting

Between father and son, over the course of a number of years, TRUST was formed.
relationship. A CONFIDENT conversation makes family relationships deeper and stronger, and the family members themselves happier.

The child turned out to be too TRUSTING in relationships with peers. Among TRUSTING people, there are often those who paid for their gullibility.

rainy - rainy

Moving age-old stones, RAIN streams fell down. The sun was still shining brightly, and the RAIN cloud seemed far away and not at all scary.

Artamonov Sr. changed his mind a lot on this RAINY night. The day promised to be RAINY and windy.

dramatic - dramatic

The plot of the play was DRAMATIC.

The guests visited the assembly hall of the new building of the Lyceum, which is not inferior to a small DRAMA THEATER in scale and decoration.

Single - the only one

This case turned out to be far from a single one, and almost every year it is repeated.

His main, ONLY passion was the love of science.

desired - desired

Kindness makes a woman charming and DESIRED. Everything about Grandma now gave Paul a DESIRED peace.

After consulting, we decided to follow in the footsteps, especially since they were going in the direction we WANTED.

cruel - tough

Tokyo has strict water restrictions. Sergei got up at six in the morning, because in the army he was used to HARD discipline.
- Punishers staged a BRUTAL massacre of the inhabitants of Khatyn.

life - worldly

The operation is necessary for the patient according to vital indications. Paustovsky is kind to the people he met on his LIFE path and populated his book.

He was always rescued by some unknown force, he had a kind of worldly wisdom even in his youth. To leave the city, from the struggle, from the noise of life, to leave and hide in one's estate - this is not life.

Housing - residential

Changes in the layout of the apartment must be approved by the HOUSING Commission. The city authorities conduct a thorough check of the HOUSING conditions of citizens.

In the spring, tightly boarded-up dachas began to take on a RESIDENTIAL look. The LIVING area of ​​the room was about forty square meters.

pay - pay

As a result, for all this pleasure, I had to PAY much more.

Soon the new tenant PAYED all the bills. You can PAY for the services of any mobile operator using a bank card.

initiator - instigator

Caravaggio is rightfully considered the INITIATOR of the realistic direction
in European painting.

I will only note that I am in no way going to defend fans of duels or quarrel instigators.

animal - brutal

The vegetation became poorer, more often came across reeds and bare sandy clearings with ANIMAL footprints. Gradually, I developed an almost ANIMAL instinct, I smelled the danger.

After the illness, I had a HUGE appetite.

sound - sonorous

Animals do not have articulate SOUND speech. The intensity of any SOUND wave decreases as it propagates due to sound absorption.

The new company was registered under a beautiful, SOUNDING name. The singer's LOUD voice resounded throughout the vast hall.

visual - spectator

The ordinary audience of the Alexandrinsky Theater sat in the AUDITORIUM

The understatement of the finale of the film gives free rein to the spectator's imagination, keeps interest and tension.

ironic - ironic

Skillful - artificial

Pechersky was a SKILLED lawyer and enjoyed the well-deserved respect of his colleagues. The listeners were struck by the SKILLED performance of the romance by the novice singer.

Before creating an ARTIFICIAL reservoir on your garden plot, it is necessary to assess the possibilities of the territory.

Outgoing - outgoing

The argument ended with the fact that in the end we returned to the ORIGINAL position.

According to the instructions, each shipment must have an OUTGOING number.

stony - stone

The soil here is STONE, so no crops are grown. In summer, the river goes underground, leaving only a STONE channel.
- In the Kemerovo region there are large deposits of hard coal. A timid smile flickered across the STONE expression on his face for a second.

equestrian - horse

The famous stud farm soon fell into disrepair. Despite the dawn hour, there were a lot of people: some kind of cavalry unit was moving towards the outpost.

All that was heard was the horse's clatter, and the dust rose in a cloud from the road.

bone - bone

There is a class of fish with BONE tissue in the skeleton and scales. Bone marrow is a tissue that fills the cavities of the bones of vertebrates and humans.

In his teeth he has a BONE mouthpiece with a carved dog's head. At the exhibition of rarities, an old BONE casket with carvings over the entire surface was presented.

Lacquered - lacquered

In Sakhanov's hands was a Japanese LACQUERED ashtray. In the sunspots, the LACQUERED lingonberry shone and shone with thousands of small reflections.

On the top shelf were bottles of lacquer solution.

Ice - ice

The ICE route across Lake Ladoga brought life to the people of Leningrad. The battle on the ice on Lake Peipus showed the outstanding ingenuity of Russian soldiers.

The travelers huddled forlornly under the ICE wind. Leonid Ivanovich abruptly stood up and looked at his interlocutor with an icy arrogance look.

wooded - wooded

THE WOODED mount attracted the attention of tourists.

FOREST odors came in waves; they mixed the breath of juniper, heather, cranberries. We went to the FOREST lake.

personal - personal

Materials for the preparation of psychological characteristics contained information about the PERSONAL qualities of the applicant.

I must express my PERSONAL opinion on this issue.

put on - put on

At first, he was very afraid to put on glasses in front of the guys, because he expected only mockery from them. The young footballers put on their sports uniforms and ran out onto the field to the cheers of the fans.

Andrei sheltered his nephew, dressed and shod him, helped him find a job. The fluffy snow has dressed the age-old pines in silvery outfits, their peaks reaching into the sky.

Availability - cash

Given the presence of a significant human resources potential, it is quite possible to set new tasks. Information about the AVAILABILITY of tickets for children's performances that will take place during the winter holidays can be obtained at the box office of the Drama Theater.

CASH and other valuables are packed in bags and sealed under the control of the head of the cash desk.

Reminder - mention

The piano turned out to be a REMINDER of the brilliant past of our hospital. Women and men applauded without REMINDERS.

The first MENTION of Smolensk in written sources dates back to 863.

Ignorant - ignorant

He disregarded the rules of etiquette and was a total IGNORANT. The owner, not wanting to appear INCREDIBLE, hurried out of the living room and was the first to extend his hand to the unusual guest for a firm handshake.

He didn't want to study, that's why he grew up as an ignoramus. His brother was a complete ignoramus in matters of ancient Russian art.

Unsuccessful - unsuccessful

According to newspaper reports, the launch of a communications satellite took place, but was UNSUCCESSFUL. Welt read the second half of the poem very quietly, concealing UNSUCCESSFUL rhymes.

According to rescuers, the UNSUCCESSFUL climber loosely fastened the safety cable and only miraculously survived.

Accused - accused

Khramkov, who was accused of lying, had to prove his innocence.

The final conclusions of the investigator, formulated in the INCURED RECEPTION, together with the materials of the case form the basis of the trial.

snippet - snippet

Prokofiev, with a group of sailors, kept pace everywhere, replacing torn sails, SHATCHES of rigging, repairing damage to the spars on the go.

At the evening I recited by heart an EXTRACT from Pushkin's poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila".

Embrace - embrace

And suddenly my father CLOSED my head, pressed it to his chest, began to gently stroke me.

It is impossible to LOOK into the expanse of fields spreading in the distance. A real teacher should strive to ENGAGE all his students.

Call - response

I turned to HALL, trying to figure out who was calling me.

His initiative found a wide response in the readership.

Organic - organic

ORGANIC substances include urea, creatinine, uric acid, proteins, urobilin, carbohydrates.

The winning team demonstrated an ORGANIC combination of dance and music.

Donizetti's art, which represented a decorative singing style, was ORGANIC and natural.

Selective - qualifying

His gun was a matchlock, for which he paid thirty SELECTED sables. SELECTED trees were used to build ships of the first Russian fleet.

The first SELECT match of the tournament will take place on Saturday. The ROROCHNY commission paid special attention to the plasticity of the future dancers.

Deviation - evasion

The navigator began to do some complicated calculations on paper in order to determine the amount of our DEVELOPMENT from the course.

The Criminal Code provides for an article on tax evasion.

evade - evade

The launch vehicle is off course by eight degrees.

Easygoers often SHUN honest working life.

Difference - difference

The novel has many DIFFERENCES from the story. Here is another DIFFERENCE of English-language poetry: the poem in English is predominantly with masculine endings.

There was a DIFFERENCE between the kids: one was a little lighter and a little blue-eyed. Class differences proved to be more persistent in England than in other Western European countries.

memorable - memorable

As a MEMORY person, Ivan Fedorovich checked in his mind whether he had missed something.
- MEMORABLE days are established in honor of significant events in world history or the history of Russia.

endure - endure

On the way to victory, the soldiers were ready to endure all disasters, overcome all obstacles.

The plan has undergone major changes in the course of its development.

venerable - respectful

The streaks had three hens and a HONORABLE rooster who gave everything to the hens that he could find.

Before starting his diatribe, Vitaly prudently moved away from the enemy at a RESPECTABLE distance. The adjutant saluted with a RESPECTIVE and impassive air.

practical - practical

The system of PRACTICAL studies is widespread in higher education. PRACTICAL skills acquired in early childhood are important for later life. Unfortunately, the theory had no practical value.
- She always listened to the advice of her PRACTICAL friend.

Submit - present

The employer is obliged to PROVIDE paid study leave to the employee,
who is studying part-time. At the book festival, those who wish will HAVE the opportunity to meet with their favorite contemporary writers and ask them questions.

Manufacturers of various industries are trying to PRESENT their new products in an original way. The participants of the song contest PRESENTED their performances to the fans of the festival.

Recognized - acclaimed

Russian classical literature is an RECOGNIZED property of world culture. He was the acclaimed master of traditional blues.

The young teacher excitedly caught the ACCESSIVE glances of the children and continued to speak heartfeltly about everything that had accumulated in his soul.

Productive - grocery

Every year, conditions are improving that contribute to an increase in the PRODUCTIVE productivity of soils. Through his PRODUCTIVE work, he was establishing a new business industry.

Filippova studied in detail the window of a small grocery store.

Frightened - frightened

The roe deer is a very SMIGHT animal, and it is very rare to meet him.
- A SCARY crow is afraid of a bush. From spring and throughout the summer, little bustards in places of the steppe, far from habitation, not Frightened and not shot, are rather mild.

rhythmic - rhythmic

Rhythmic, monotonous work is the opposite of writing, if it is understood as creativity. Rhythmic and incendiary music played in the hall, but there were few dancers.

He often stopped to comment on various changes in the RHYTHMIC pattern, assonance rhymes and modal melodies.

romantic - romantic

All his statements, all his speeches, wherever they were, were always imbued with ROMANTIC ideas. The connection with the Baroque style was most fully manifested in Shakespeare's late ROMANTIC tragicomedies.

In South Wales, literally at every turn, there are mysterious and surprisingly ROMANTIC places that the British Celts considered the abode of the gods.

hidden - hidden

Pechorin did not wave his arms, which speaks of his SECRET character. The leopard is a very cautious and SECRET animal. This disease is HIDDEN in nature, often its symptoms are invisible.
- Always in the words of Polina Vikentievna I felt a HIDDEN smile of indulgence towards people. It was decided to conduct HIDDEN surveillance near Udovsky's house.

vocabulary - verbal

A rich VOCABULARY is an indicator of a person's intellectual development. VOCABULARY material is divided into languages, according to lexical and grammatical features, with a distinction between simple words and phraseological units.

A VERBAL portrait should be drawn up in such a way that anyone can easily recognize the person to whom it belongs. To win in VERBAL battles, you need to be fluent in your native language and have a sharp mind.

Neighbor - neighbor

NEIGHBORING villages were famous for their delicious cherries. Roads were paved on NEIGHBOR streets.

The NEIGHBOR's eight-year-old Mishka spun and squealed piercingly: "Rain, rain, let it go, we'll go into the bushes ...".

comparable - comparative

In terms of the depth of emotions, flight is an incomparable feeling. The incomparable smell of wild strawberries hovered over the clearing.

After the storm, a COMPARATIVE calm settled on the sea. Drawings, drawings, COMPARATIVE tables of samples were piled on the table.

stage - stage

The professor of the Department of STAGE PASTICS of the University of Theater Arts takes part in the work of the jury of the festival of amateur theaters. We all thought then that Gogol would enter the stage, because he had an enormous STAGE talent.

A long, not very STAGE play requires significant cuts.

technical - technical

The collection of initial data and the assessment of the TECHNICAL condition of pipes for the design of new heating networks will allow for a high-quality repair. The TECHNICAL director of the enterprise is in charge of production technology, and not general administrative affairs.

Correct, TECHNICAL work gives the athlete the opportunity to set new records in single exercises once or twice a year.

Lucky - Lucky

My grandfather is a SUCCESSFUL hunter, he always came back from the hunt with a lot of prey. Everyone considered him the SUCCESSFUL athlete who managed to win in the most difficult competitions.

For Russian tennis players, the outcome of the match was SUCCESSFUL. It is very important for a designer to make a SUCCESSFUL color choice for interior decoration.

humiliated - humiliating

At these words, Belshazzar made some secret sign to the lackey, noticing which Margarita felt humiliated.

There was so much cheerful good nature in their cries and noise that Gavrik realized that there would be nothing humiliating if he took bread from them. The new director returned many to their former positions, made the punishments less humiliating, and softened the penalties.

actual - actual

The study is based on FACTICAL material. The hero of the congress was its organizer - Academician II Artobolevsky, the ACTUAL creator of this science.

The analysis of such important historical events must be absolutely FACTUAL and must be based only on facts.

predatory - predatory

The PREDATORY forestry system will soon completely destroy the big trees.

Marsupial lions and their other PREDATORY relatives still live in the depths of Cleveland's inaccessible forests.

whole - whole - whole

Parents have collected an ENTIRE library about hang gliding. The workers had to stand in the water for ALL days and get wet in the rain.

The leader must be a charming, bright, WHOLE personality. I liked the town for its cleanliness, for its pavements of SOLID stone slabs.

Aesthetic - aesthetic

Of course, Pavel Ivanovich was a gifted person in an AESTHETIC sense.

Ethical - ethical

Gushchin was not one of those people for whom ETHICAL standards mean something.

It suddenly seemed to him completely controversial from an ETHICAL point of view, the idea that arose in him against the backdrop of recent events.

The most ETHICAL action is to find out from the client what he wants to do and help him achieve it.

Efficient - effective

EFFICIENT engineering solution gave its results. It's time to take EFFECTIVE measures to eliminate potholes on the roads.

The architect developed EFFICIENT illustrative materials, thanks to which the presentation of the new project was a success. Ilya Repin created EFFECTIVE multi-figure portraits "Slavic Composers".

Efficiency - effectiveness

The international meeting that took place once again confirmed the EFFICIENCY of the work of Russian diplomats. Each invention of the young scientist surprised with its simplicity and EFFICIENCY.

Satirists do not chase after a beautiful phrase and the external EFFECTIVENESS of the material.

Dictionary of paronyms USE - 2016

Subscription - subscriber

Hurry up to buy Moscow Philharmonic SUBSCRIPTIONS for a new
concert season.

The information service of the city telephone network has published the results of SUBSCRIBERS' transition to new tariff plans.

artistic - artistic

The winners of the ARTISTIC skill contest were awarded valuable prizes. F. Chaliapin possessed remarkable ARTISTIC abilities.

The performance of our gymnast was extremely ARTISTIC.

Poor - poor

The natural POVERTY of this region is due to harsh climatic conditions. In many countries there are hospitals for the POOR that provide free care.

We were amazed at the Plight of our new neighbors.

It's nice to give gifts. It's doubly nice to receive them. Triple - to receive in such a way that then excitedly tell how unusually the gift fell into the hands. Not only children dream of surprises and miracles! In a non-children's world, where the New Year's miracle is a sale of gifts with a 70% discount and a table in a cafe free from corporate parties, we dream of adventure. Well, or at least about intrigues, scandals, investigations.

So how to organize a ceremony for presenting New Year's gifts for adult family members and guests, not only solemnly, but also fun? We offer several ways.

Find me if you can (new year quest)

In advance, collect all the gifts in one place, but such that it is not easy to find this place. Block the path to gifts with messages for guests: let each one tell the seekers where the next is hidden. Announce that Santa Claus came, brought gifts, but didn’t just give it away, but hid it, and only the most daring-smart-beautiful will be able to find them. It’s better to make a reservation right away that you don’t need to turn the apartment upside down, but just use the tips. By the way, about tips: they can be very different - riddles, crossword puzzles, puzzle pictures, rebuses, words with letters rearranged, tasks like “connect by dots”, etc.

Hints:

1. first outline the places where you will hide the clues, then think about how to beat these places;
2. it turns out especially interesting when the recipients of gifts guess the place, but they don’t know how to get a hint from there;
3. try to "link" tasks with stories known only to your loved ones, and the New Year's quest will become sincere and truly family-friendly.

To promise is not to marry (New Year's resolutions)

Your guests like to start life from scratch, and therefore every year with three boxes? Come up with joke promises and put them in a hat or Christmas-style box, and then announce to guests that they will receive their gifts only after they randomly draw “promises” and solemnly swear to keep them all year.

Clue: avoid too serious promises! They must be either really funny, or completely unrealistic, or very easy to perform.

For example:

• “I promise to feed the cat every day at 3 am all year (even if she is against it)”
• “I promise to kiss my wife / husband on the nose before leaving for work”
• “I solemnly swear to take out the garbage from the house after only 5 requests”
• “I promise to wake up the whole family (and neighbors) in the morning with a cheerful coo-ka-re-ku”

Guess the Gift

Write the names of the gifts on the cards. Attach these cards on the foreheads of the guests for whom the gifts are intended, so that the guests see other people's “gifts”, but not their own. Announce that everyone will receive gifts when and only when they are guessed. To avoid pointing the finger at the sky every time, allow guests to ask yes/no questions. Questions about your gift can be asked as long as the answer is “yes”, but as soon as others answer “no”, the right to become an “interrogator” passes to the next guest.

Clue: the game will be more fun if the gifts are unusual (and certainly not ordered in advance!)

Cut once (New Year's lottery)

If the gifts are not targeted, universal, then pack them in opaque wrapping paper and hang them on long ropes / ribbons from one common (and strong) rope. Blindfold guests with a scarf or put on a bandage for sleep and send them with scissors in your hands to get yourself a gift.

Clue: it will be more fun if you play a little trick on the recipients - for example, you will pack small gifts as if they were big.

Roll, ball (New Year's walker)

Take colored ribbons or shoelaces, tie them to gifts, and then carry them around the apartment and confuse them with each other. Give the second ends of the ribbons to the happy recipients of gifts.

Hints:

1. such a presentation will succeed if the guests are not in the apartment for some time - so either give them guiding threads as soon as they cross the threshold, or send them to the yard at the height of the holiday - to dance around the Christmas tree;
2. give the ends of the ribbons either addressically (“the red one is for mom, there is a cosmetic set at the end, the blue one is for dad, he is waiting for a subscription to a football magazine”), or randomly, for example, invite guests to choose the colors of the ribbons themselves (this is how the presentation of gifts “overgrown” intrigue).

Guess the quote - get a gift (New Year's quiz)

Lay out all the gifts (preferably packaged) in a spectacular slide, take out one at a time and offer to compete for it: the gift will be received by the one who is the first to be smart. Find famous ones on the Internet - let the contenders for gifts guess which movie this or that quote is from.

Hints:

1. in case the quotes go “tight”, stock up - they will somehow guess them;
2. delivery can be made more targeted: the guest guesses the source of the quote and receives a gift intended specifically for him;
3. the lucky ones who have already named the correct answers are eliminated from the gift race.

Santa Claus has come! (New Year's performance)

Get a Santa Claus costume, dress up a male guest in it and invite the rest of the guests to “deserve” gifts - tell New Year's poems or fairy tales, sing New Year's songs or even dance New Year's dances (whatever they are).

Clue: the newly-made Santa Claus receives a gift automatically - for his bright acting skills.

Adult children of Captain Grant (treasure search on the map)

Draw a map (accurate or very conditional), mark the hidden treasure on it (read: gifts) and invite guests to find it.

Clue: you can complicate the task - give guests not a map, but a compass and a search algorithm (“from the front door 5 steps to the north, then 3 steps to the west”, etc.)

FANTômas is back (forfeits with prizes-gifts)

Come up with fun tasks and invite guests to draw forfeits: a well-deserved New Year's gift is issued for a completed task.

Hints:

1. tasks can be different, but by no means serious - for example, in any way to recreate the chiming clock; climb onto a chair and officially announce to everyone present that Santa Claus will arrive soon; depict a freshly opened bottle of champagne; eat without wincing a couple of slices of lemon; in five seconds, name all the ingredients of Olivier salad, etc .;
2. drawing forfeits can be “ennobled” - put notes-forfeits into balloons in advance, inflate them, and at the holiday invite guests to choose “your” balloon and get a forfeit out of it without the help of hands.

What grows on the Christmas tree (New Year's lottery)

Attach cards with numbers to the tree, and put gifts under the tree. Invite guests to choose a card, then find among the gifts the one that is marked with the same number.

Hints:

1. it is better if the gifts are “anonymous”, i.e. packed the same way
2. cards can be attached (attached, glued) to the same Christmas balls. So the guests will not only stay with gifts, but also keep the memory in the form of a Christmas ball about an unusual holiday.

Whom I love - to that I give (New Year's lottery)

When inviting guests to a holiday, instruct them to prepare one gift, and then play out who will receive whose gift: for this, you can write two sets of cards with names and pull them out of two hats at the same time (one - “from whom”, the second - “to whom”) .

Hints:

1. it will be funny if someone gets their own gift;
2. it is better to specify the maximum value of gifts in advance;
3. it is not forbidden to exchange gifts to everyone's pleasure after the distribution.

What? Where? To whom? (New Year's quiz)

Prepare riddles about gifts in advance - and hand them to the recipients only after they guess what they will receive.

Clue: it will be better if the gifts are not from the series “how to call it simpler”, but even if it is a depilator or an iPhone - do not give up, compose a riddle yourself.

And the Oscar goes to… (New Year awards)

Describe each guest jokingly without giving their name. Read the “summary” of the applicant for the gift to the guests and hand it over when the name is guessed correctly.

Come up with a few “stations” and assign those responsible. Among the stations may be “Tanzulkino”, “Golosyatovo-Pevcheskaya”, “UmZaRazumovo”, “Zozhinskaya” and others. At each, guests will have to “earn” points (tickets, snowflakes), which they can then exchange for gifts at the fair.

Clue: collective creativity counts! If each of the ten guests at each station will sing, dance, squat solo, then the holiday and the presentation of gifts will be greatly delayed.

"Safety"

Not every guest of yours will be happy to sing, dance and compose poetry for a gift that he has not even seen. There is always a risk of getting into a mess - spoiling the mood for yourself and your guests. How to recognize people for whom New Year's games are contraindicated (and just give them a gift)?

Give one point for each statement that characterizes your guest or guest N:

• you have never, under any circumstances, seen N sing, dance in company, or even tell a joke
• N rarely and sparingly smiles and does not like to laugh at all, does not watch comedies, comedy shows and KVN competitions
• N never once tried to prank you on April 1st
• N always gives only practical gifts, carefully figured out in advance what kind of gift you want, or generally takes the choice and delivery of gifts very seriously
• N hates corporate events and team building
• N is sensitive to criticism
• N does not have children (and does not plan to have any at all)
• N does not like to play - cards, board games, tanks
• N painfully shy
• N uncomfortable (mini, heels, tight, etc.) or very expensively dressed
• N pathological clean
• N is very hungry and in a hurry to start eating

If 3 or more statements accurately describe your guest, they should only be involved in the presentation of gifts as an objective observer. If among your guests there are those who fit 1-2 descriptions, then postpone the "gift games" for a later time - when your guests eat, raise a couple of toasts, get to know each other and relax.

Damir Sadrtdinov, showman, presenter and organizer of events, founder of the event-company Artefact:“In a world where time is valuable, I think it would be a miracle to bring the whole family and loved ones together. Naturally, you want to please them, but it’s not enough just to choose gifts and please them (it’s also a task!), You also need to turn the presentation of gifts into a game, and the holiday itself into a New Year’s miracle. I still remember the New Year, when my uncles organized the arrival of Santa Claus with a real troika of horses and in a sleigh, and it was a miracle that Grandfather Frost, having presented gifts to everyone, having played with both children and adults, said that he New Year will meet with us. It turned out that it was our uncle from Kaliningrad, whom we had not seen for more than 5 years!

How to present gifts in an original way? There are many ways, most importantly, fantasize! You can hide gifts in the room and play the well-known game "Hot-Cold" in everything. In my circle of friends, I used to give prizes-gifts through the auction system for strange dances. This year my colleagues and I want to try a new way of giving gifts to each other: on the eve of a corporate evening, everyone will draw out a card with a name and prepare gifts without warning the recipients. At the holiday, we will sign all the gifts and put them under the Christmas tree, and each recipient will have to guess from the gift who prepared it.

Photo - photobank Lori