Grammar Practice Negative Forms Types of Questions
Exercise 1 Make up Negative Forms
Students in the United Kingdom take entrance exams to universities and polytechnics.
Our academic year lasts five terms.
Sandwich courses consist of periods of work alternating with periods of practical training.
My fellow-student will be the head of this University.
Our students are engaged in research work.
This professor has been working in our Institute for 3 years.
I will take exams in June.
They have entered the Novotroitsk branch of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys.
Her daughter will have graduated from the Institute by 2007.
Now I am preparing for my entrance exams.
They were working hard at 8 p.m. yesterday.
I am fond of classical music.
In 2008 my son will get a diploma of higher education.
On Monday I was working at the library for 2 hours.
His friend has already translated two English books from English into Russian.
Some students took an active part in the research work.
Our laboratories are well-equipped with up-to-date devices.
This year I have become a student.
We have already passed our exam in mechanical drawing.
By next year our students will have got a degree.
Exercise 2 Make up different special questions:
This teacher asks many questions at the exam.
My friend often got excellent marks at the University.
My tutor has helped me with my diploma paper.
We are reading an interesting book now.
The students will defend their diploma papers tomorrow.
The Educational Secretary heads the Department of Education and Science.
The students were writing a test at 12 a.m. yesterday.
Her husband had graduated from the University before entering the post-graduate courses.
These students will by taking their exam in Physics at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
First degree courses at English universities usually last three years.
She is a sandwich student.
The majority of engineers were content with the first degree.
Peter will have entered the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys by the 1-st of August.
They will return the books to the library on Saturday.
The research assistants have been making this experiments for 3 hours.
Exercise 3 Make disjunctive questions out the following statements:
There are seven faculties at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys.
There were some unknown words in the article.
You finished school last year.
Students usually spend most of the time in the library.
Last term he often missed his English classes.
The grads have been defending their diploma papers since 9 a.m.
It has taken me half an hour to translate this article from Russian into English.
He will never miss his classes next term.
The registration does not take the form of an oral exam.
My friend has been studying English for 2 years.
Her boy-friend had not coped with this task.
We are writing a report in Philosophy now.
There will be all the necessary data in this programme.
Chartered engineer is not the highest qualification in Russia.
They did not attempt to get a Master’s degree.
Exercise 4 Put questions to the subject:
The word “university” meant a society of people with a common employment.
Higher education in England has several branches.
Colleges of education prepare students to be teachers.
Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest university towns in England.
Some of colleges were founded hundreds of years ago.
The University arranges lectures for all the students of the colleges.
Our teachers have held many exams today.
I shall take exams in summer.
Oxford and Cambridge differ from all other English Universities.
All the students have tutors.
The tutors are helping the students to work out their diploma papers.
The tutors give advice and help in time of need.
This week some students have come to see their tutor.
They are good students.
We were listening to the lectures in the spacious class-rooms.
We have done this work in time.
I shall have diffended my diploma paper by next year.
Proctors are responsible for discipline.
My parents have been working at the plant for 5 years.
Moscow Institutes train highly-qualified specialists every year.
Exercise 5 Make up alternative questions:
British universities usually keep to the customs of the past.
At Oxford all the students wore long black gowns.
They are having dinner in the college dining hall now.
All the student will attend lectures and seminars next term.
It is very interesting to read about English traditions.
It the 14-th century there were a great number of quarrels between townsmen and students.
The University of Oxford was anxious to be independent of the town in the 14-th century.
The story of this custom goes back to the early years of the 16-th century.
The students have passed their “finals” successfully.
Some University Customs are curious and funny.
Exercise 6 Make all types of questions out of the following statements (general, special, disjunctive, alterative, a question to the subject):
The academic year in England usually runs from the beginning of October to the end of June.
The students took their terminal exams at the end of the autumn, spring and summer terms.
The students will take their “finals” at the end of the course of studies.
Some students have failed in exams this year.
An undergraduate is a person studying for a degree.
A graduate is a person who has taken a degree.
My friend is taking post-graduate courses at the Moscow State University now.
They had made a lot of work before I came to see them yesterday.
My fellow-students were full of energy though a student’s life was no picnic.
At 6 p.m. yesterday we were speaking to our tutor in the lecture-hall.
Exercise 7 Translate into English:
МИСиС является высшим учебным заведением.
Как называется полностью глава министерства просвещения и науки в Великобритании?
Абитуриенты в Англии не сдают вступительные экзамены в университеты.
В 1998 году он получил аттестат о среднем образовании.
Почему Технический колледж не является высшим учебным заведением?
Мой сокурсник только что успешно сдал экзамен по металловедению.
Как долго продлится курс обучения в этом университете?
Бакалавр или Магистр является первой учёной степенью в Великобритании.
Саша – студент-пятикурсник. Он защищает свою дипломную работу в мае.
Какие предметы были обязательными на 1-ом курсе?
Ты хочешь поступить в аспирантуру?
Твоя подруга часто ходит в библиотеку после занятий?
Сколько английских книг ты прочёл в этом месяце?
Мы изучаем английский язык второй год.
Он окончил институт до моего приезда в прошлом году.
У нас сегодня три пары.
Когда я открыл дверь, мой друг стоял у двери.
Когда ты будешь сдавать экзамены?
В следующем году наши студенты не получают учёную степень.
В институте мы изучали ряд спецпредметов.
Вчера, в 7 часов он готовился к экзамену.
В прошлом году Саша поступил в МИСиС.
Студенты сейчас пишут контрольную работу.
В 2010 году мой сын получит диплом о высшем образовании.
Студенты много работают, не так ли?
Сейчас я готовлюсь к вступительным экзаменам.
Через 5 лет мы станем высококвалифицированными специалистами.
Он будет ректором нашего института.
Наши студенты занимаются научной работой.
В следующем году у нас будет практика на заводе, да?
Когда вы получили дипломы?
Учебный год в институте состоит из 2-х семестров, не так ли?
Этот профессор работал в вашем институте в прошлом году?
– Где Ваша зачётка? – Я забыл её дома.
Вы студенты-первокурсники или второкурсники?
Он только что сдал экзамены в аспирантуру.
Она получила учёную степень Магистра или Доктора философии?
С 2-х до 5-ти Анна будет учить английские слова.
Как зовут вашего заведующего кафедрой?
Регистрация обычно проходит в форме письменного экзамена и собеседования.