2.15. Choose the right variant and complete the following sentences.

1. My friend … the university last year.

a) had entered b) entered c) has entered

2. Yesterday at 1 p.m. I … some additional material in the library.

a) read b) had read c) was reading

3. A programmer … instructions and data to the computer.

а) give b) giving c) gives

4. They … their new project by the end of May.

a) will finish b) will have finished c) will be finishing

5. I …this question over when I … him.

a) will talk; meet b) will talk; met c) will talk; will meet

6. I … already … my report.

a) had made b) has made c) have made

7. ‘Have you done your homework yet?’ ‘No, I … it now.’

a) do b) doing c) am doing

8. Don’t come to my place at 5 o’clock. I … .

a) will work b) will be working c) will have worked

9. I … my Diploma Project now.

a) write b) wrote c) am writing

10. We … it before you … .

a) have done; come b) had done; came c) had done; come

11. As a rule he … tests well.

a) is writing b) write c) writes

12. I can’t go out because I … the experiment.

a) haven’t finished b) hadn’t finished c) didn’t finish

2.16. Put the verbs in brackets into appropriate forms.

1. I usually … the experiment results. (compare)

2. They … text two tomorrow. (translate)

3. I … this article by 5 o’clock yesterday. (read)

4. This student … well at the last lesson. (answer)

5. The teacher … the new grammar rule at the last lesson. (ask)

6. He … you a copy of his paper by next Monday. (send)

7. When I came home, my sister … her report. (prepare)

8. What … you … tomorrow at 11 o’clock? (do)

9. I … just … with your group leader. (meet)

10. Who… he … yesterday afternoon? (talk to)

11. We … a test tomorrow morning. (write)

12. I … your letter by the end of the week. (answer)

13. Where is the teacher? He … a new material. (explain)

14. I … the article yesterday at 5 o’clock. (translate)

15. I … my diploma work by last week. (finish)

16. She … her notes for the exams now. (revise)

17. We … the job candidates tomorrow morning. (interview)

18. The students … already … credit tests. (pass)

19. The scientists … the solution of a problem yesterday evening (analyze).

20. Don’t come to my place! I … . (work)

21. I … English since 2001. (study)

2.17. Read and translate the following sentences paying attention to the tenses.

1. The students of our group will meet in the labora­tory.

2. The monitor told the first-year students to come to the laboratory.

3. Where were you at six o’clock? – We were studying in the read­ing-room.

4. He doesn’t understand this grammar rule.

5. He has not made any mistakes.

6. Tomorrow our teacher will give us a new task.

7. Students watched the process with great attention.

8. What will you be doing in the laboratory tomorrow morning? – We will be watching the operation of a new device.

9. At present mankind is making considerable investments to eliminate air pollution.

10. The dean will send the students to a big plant in sum­mer.

11. She had finished her test when we came.

12. He taught us to use the lab equipment.

13. The teacher will have corrected our dictation by the end of the week.

14. Do you know the answer to this question?

15. The laboratory assistant had prepared the experiment by 2 o’clock.

16. Practice accompanies theory.

17. Did the librarian give you all the necessary books?

18. I have been studying at the University since 2010.