1. prepare the derivatives of: important – важный; supervise - контролировать; intervene executive maintain tend пример: finance - финансы, financial - финансовый, financier - финансист 1new zealand is an island country in the southwest pacific ocean. it lies about 1, 600 km southeast of australia and about 1, 600 km southwest of california. new zealand belongs to a large island group called polynesia. the country is situated on two main islands and several small islands. the main islands main are the north island and the south island. the capital of the country is wellington. the largest city of the country is auckland. the official language of the country is english. most aborigines speak english and their own language, maori. the country belonged to the british empire. now it is an independent country. new zealand is a member of the commonwealth of nations. new zealand is a constitutional monarchy. the british monarch, queen elizabeth ii of the united kingdom, is the monarch of new zealand. but she has no power. the real power in the country belongs to the legislation, the prime minister and the cabinet. but the nation has no written constitution. maoris were the first people who settled in new zealand. they were brown skinned. they came from polynesian islands located northeast of new zealand. the country was discovered by europeans in 1642. but they didn't start to settle in the islands until the late 1700's. today, most new zealanders are descendants of the early european settlers. about 12 per cert of the country's population are maoris. new zealand has one of the highest standards of living in the world. about 70 per cent on new zealand people have their own houses. almost every family has a car. new zealand is one of the world's developed countries. the main industries of the country are agriculture, manufacturing and service industries. 1. where does new zealand lie? 2. what island group does new zealand belong to? 3. what are the main islands of new zealand? 4. what is the capital of the country? 5. what is the official language of the country? 6. now new zealand is an independent country, isn’t it? 7. who rules the country now? 8. who does the real power in new zealand belong to? 9. what do you know about maoris? 10. new zealand is one of the word’s undeveloped countries, isn’t it? 2. write out sentences with the structure passive voice, underline subject and predicate, point out tenses 3. write out sentences with the degrees of comparison