B. Underline all the nouns in the text and explain the use of articles with them

с Write out pairs of synonyms from the following list. Make a few short sentences, e.g. It is a typical trait of the British. — / don't like this feature of his character.

trait	habit
custom	feature
concept example frontier	youth line border
queue present background	gift context idea
young man	instance

5. April Fools' Day in Britain

d. Complete the following sentences in your own way:

1 There is an opinion that________________________________

2 They say the British are________________________________

3 As far as I know they are_______________________________

4 I have once read that_________________________________

e. Translate into English:

1 Такой перевод этого слова не совсем точно раскрывает его смысл.

2 Все примеры даются в учебнике шрифтом, который называется курсив.

3 Это характерная черта англичан.

4 Иностранный юмор не всегда понятен.

5 Я очень ценю ваше чувство юмора.

f. Translate the following words into Russian, write down the words
from which they are formed and make a few short sentences:

e.g. underrated = недооцененный — under, to rate

understatement _________ underpaid ____________

underbred _________ _ underpopulated ____________

underdeveloped _________ _ underprivileged ____________

underfed _________ _ underestimated ____________

g. Read the following definition of the word understatement from a dictionary:

Understatement — statement that expresses an idea too weakly.