The Russian language is rich in polysemantic words. One of these is the noun "automaton". To make a sentence with the word "machine", you should correctly determine its meaning.
Meaning of the word “machine”
What meanings come to the mind of the person who was asked to make a sentence with the word "machine"?
- A hand-held quick-fire weapon designed by Kalashnikov.
- Assessment without 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 assault rifles (weapons).
- The young man had to urgently call, but there was no automatic machine nearby (phone).
- The freshman did not miss a single lecture and received the top five automatic (without an exam) .
II. Make a sentence with the word "machine" and ask him some special questions.
Technological progress steps by leaps and bounds, so people at the factory are gradually being replaced by machines.
- Why are people replaced by machines?
- Where are people replaced by machines?
- What replaces people in the workplace?
- How fast is progress?
- Who are the machines replacing in production?
III. Replace the selected phrases with synonyms.
- At the exhibition, weapons were popularly called "Kalash" (Kalashnikov assault rifle was presented at the exhibition).
- At a machine-building plant, human labor was replaced by machines (At a machine-building plant, human labor was replaced by machines).
- Street phones have almost disappeared (Vending machines have almost disappeared).
- Despite the fact that Petrov skipped a lot of classes, he did not have to pass exams (Despite the fact that Petrov skipped a lot of classes, they put him to the exams automatically).