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III Grammar skills.

  1. Choose the correct form:

  1. Full-time students ... all their time for learning.

a) spends b) spend.

  1. They ... all their time for writing course-papers these days.

a) spend b) are spending.

  1. I ... school two years ago.

a) finished b) was finishing.

  1. She ... her final session successfully.

a) did b) has done.

  1. We ... our entrance exams at that time last year.

a) did b) were doing.

  1. We ... our exams a month ago.

a) did b) had done.

  1. Extra-mural students (1) ... before full-time students (2) ... their exams.

(1) a) arrive b) had arrived;

(2) a) had passed b) passed.

  1. How long .... it take to prepare for exams?

a) is b) will

  1. We ... our conference reports at this time on Sunday.

a) will be preparing b) will prepare.

  1. I hope I ... my course by next July.

a) will complete b) will have completed.

  1. Complete the sentences with proper verb forms using the verbs in brackets:

  1. with Present Simple or Present Continuous.

  1. About 100,000 school-leavers ... (become) university students every year.

  2. The number of institutions of higher education ... (increase) very fast.

  3. What ... this word ... (mean)?

  4. I ... (prepare) for my home-reading at the moment.

  5. Be careful! The lecturer ... (dictate) something important.

  6. Now I ... (understand) the rule.

  1. with Past Simple or Past Continuous.

  1. We ... (go) down in the lift when suddenly it ... (stop).

  2. When the bell ... (ring), all students ... (stand up) and ... (rush) to the door.

  3. I ... (work) in the reading hall when suddenly you ... (phone).

  4. My pen ... (break) down when I ... (write) my composition.

  5. ‘What ... you ... (do) in the evening?’ – ‘I ... (stay) at home and ... (watch) television.

  6. While Sam ... (work) on the computer, Tina ... (revise) for exams.

  1. with Past Simple or Present Perfect.

  1. They ... just (graduate) from the university.

  2. I ... (graduate) from my institute eight years ago.

  3. I ... (fail) my first exam but now it’s Ok.

  4. She ... (fail) her exam.

  5. ‘... you ever ... (be) to any foreign university?’ – ‘Yes, I ... (be). I ... (be) there in 2004.

  6. (It’s 10 o’clock in the morning.) ‘... you ... (see) our Dean this morning?’ – ‘Yes, I ... (see) him when I ... (arrive) to university, but he ... (go) out soon afterwards.

  1. with Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect.

  1. Fleming ... (study) influenza when he ... (discover) penicillin.

  2. Before Columbus ... (discover) America, people ... (believe) that the Earth was flat.

  3. Franklin ... (fly) a kite when he ... (discover) the principle of lightning conductor.

  4. Scott ... (reach) the South Pole in 1912 but Amundsen ... (beat) him by a month.

  5. After they ... (eat), they ... (clear) the table.

  6. When I arrived at the library, Mary wasn’t there – she ... (leave), Pete ... just ... (leave), and Nick ... (leave) soon.

e) with suitable forms to express future actions.

  1. ‘Dad ... you ... (lend) me the car next week? Annette and Andy ... (have) a party and they have invited me.’

  2. I ... (ring) you later tonight.

  3. The next train ... (arrive) at 11.30.

  4. Look at those clouds. It ... (to be going) to rain.

  5. My next birthday ... (be) on Friday.

  6. How many English lessons ... you ... (have) next week?

  1. Put the words into the correct word-order:

  1. freedom / control / central / substantial / from / have / Universities.

  2. Odesa / appeared / Kyiv / The / Kharkiv / in / and / universities / first / Lviv.

  3. 120,000 / 130 / countries / specialists / from / than / from / More / of / institutions/ higher / have / since / II / Ukrainian / War / graduated / the / World / education.

  4. fees / Loans / be / not / will / for / tuition / available.

  5. 20 / Our / trains / in / university / specialists / specialities.

  6. last / I / night / was / nine / at / for / revising / exam / my / o’clock.

  7. When / finished / the / the / at / exam / university / had / arrived / we.

  8. tonight / going / at / to / What / are / work / you?

  9. 2010 / By / will / year / their / they / of / completed / the / have / education.

  10. 5 / microelectronics / years / for / They / studying / been / have.

  1. Ask questions to which the following sentences are the answers:

  1. Open University is a kind of University that provides part-time higher education opportunities through open and distance learning.

  2. Yes, we do. We need to pass examinations before we can go to university.

  3. No, I didn’t take any notes in the lecture yesterday.

  4. Usually when you are 18, but sometimes there are entrants who are older.

  5. For five years and I am going to look for a decent job afterwards.

  6. Those students who successfully passed exams can get scholarship.

  7. About 200 UAH. I am not really sure.

  8. There are about 10,000 full-time students at our university.

  9. It’s neither old nor young. It was founded about 80 years ago.

  1. Translate into English:

  1. Ми щойно склали семестрові іспити.

  2. Вищу освіту здобувають в академіях, консерваторіях, інститутах та університетах.

  3. Минула сесія була дуже важкою.

  4. Скільки іспитів ми будемо складати влітку?

  5. Система освіти в Україні включає в себе дошкільне, загальноосвітнє та навчання у вищих навчальних закладах.

  6. Крім того, дехто продовжує навчатися і після отримання диплому про вищу освіту. Йдеться про аспірантуру.

  7. Згідно з конституцією, середня освіта є обов’язковою.

  8. Мені поталанило, і я буду отримувати стипендію наступного року.

  9. Студенти складатимуть свою першу сесію у першій половині січня.

  10. Мій брат закінчив післядипломне навчання до того, як я вступив до університету.