The Russian language is rich in polysemantic words. One of these is the noun "machine". To make a sentence with the word "machine", you must correctly determine its meaning.
Meanings of the word "automatic"
What meanings come to mind when someone is asked to write a sentence with the word "machine"?
- Hand-held rapid-fire weapon designed by Kalashnikov.
- Grade given without taking an exam.
- Street phone.
- A machine or mechanism that works without human intervention.
Make sentences with the word "machine": exercises
In order to learn how to correctly use this noun in different meanings, it is useful to perform several exercises.
I. Make three sentences with the word "machine", indicating its meaning in brackets.
- The platoon commander gave the soldiers machine guns (weapons).
- The young man needed to call urgently, but there was no machine nearby (phone).
- The freshman didn't miss a singleone lecture and got an automatic five (no exam).
II. Make up a sentence with the word "machine" and ask some specific questions about it.
Technological progress is advancing by leaps and bounds, so people in production are gradually being replaced by machines.
- Why are people being replaced by machine guns?
- Where are people being replaced by machine guns?
- What replaces people in production?
- How fast is progress?
- Who do machines replace in production?
III. Replace the highlighted phrases with synonyms.
- A weapon, popularly called "Kalash" was presented at the exhibition (A Kalashnikov assault rifle was presented at the exhibition).
- A machine-building plant replaced human labor with machines (A machine-building plant replaced human labor with machines).
- Street phones are almost gone (Automatic machines are almost gone).
- Despite the fact that Petrov skipped a lot of classes, he did not have to take exams (Despite the fact that Petrov skipped a lot of classes, his exams were set automatically).
