I. Give four forms of the following irregular verbs. Consult the table of irregular verbs if necessary

to blow; to buy; to come; to cost; to drive; to eat; to fall; to fight; to flow; to forget; to go; to hear; to hurt; to lead; to learn; to meet; to melt; to read; to ring; to rise; to see; to send; to show; to sleep; to speak; to spend; to tell.

II. Put the following sentences in the Passive Voice

1. All our staff receive training on effective ways to polish every surface and clean every corner.

2. He also underlines one of the main reasons why community education did not become a radical movement for social change.

3. John Kerry described the governor as an enemy of higher education.

4. Many parents cannot afford private education for their children.

5. The federal government controls six percent of the education budget.

6. The “Fellows” teach the college students either one-to-one or in very small groups.

7. The region's community education department received a very big sum of money last summer.

8. They also proposed bilingual education in schools.

9. They sponsor ambitious programs in adult education.

10. They usually select students on the ba­sis of A-level results and an interview.

III. Add question tags to the following statements and give short answers

1. A nursery unit was built twenty years ago.

2. Children are taught foreign languages at school.

3. Higher education in the U.S. is also called postsecondary education.

4. Jobs in education are not usually highly paid.

5. Nearly all U.S. postsecondary institutions are licensed.

6. Research Doctorates are awarded in the academic disciplines.

7. The higher education system is characterized by accessibility and autonomy.

8. The Open University was founded in 1971.

9. The university courses are taught through television, radio and coursebooks.

10. This class will not be run by community education.

IV. Put the verbs in the correct tense form

1. Even in the field of education support (to skew) in favor of foreign students.

2. He said that Democrats (to want) to spend the money on education, training and other programs.

3. In some areas new modules (to write) to meet the needs of students seeking entry to higher education.

4. In the school, children (to expect) to receive the education of the book.

5. More aid (to propose) for bilingual education, special education and school construction and repairs.

6. Pre-school attendance and university education (to distribute) as unequally today, as they were in the 1940s.

7. Solicitors (to require) to undertake continuing education as long as they practise.

8. Some of the schools (to convert) to new uses.

9. That (to accomplish) by putting the jobless at the front of the line for the new education and training program.

10. The new policies (to welcome) by people working in education.

V. Rewrite the following sentences in indirect speech. Make the necessary changes in verbs and pronouns

Model: I’m coming tomorrow. (say)

He said that he was coming the next day.

1. I am going away tomorrow. (say)

2. I got my degree ten years ago. (tell)

3. I have a German lesson this afternoon and I haven’t done my homework yet. (say)

4. I just heard about a job at a scientific research company. (say)

5. I majored in science at Florida State. (say)

6. I work as a programmer for Data Systems. (tell)

7. It isn’t so foggy today as it was yesterday. (remark)

8. It sounds like the right job for you. (say)

9. They don’t want a recent college graduate. (say)

10. They want someone with some experience as a programmer. (tell)