II. Language

Exercise 1. Study the vocabulary

to be founded – бути заснованим

competition – конкурс

to enter – поступати

to do one’s best – робити все можливе

to be enrolled – бути зарахованим

faculty – факультет

full-time form of education – денна форма навчання

correspondent form of education – заочна форма навчання

Faculty of Retraining and Advanced Training – факультет перепідготовки та підвищення кваліфікації

as well as – так же як

common - спільні

specialized academic Council for defending theses – спеціалізована вчена Рада з захисту дисертацій

rigional division – регіональний підрозділ

teaching staff – педагогічний склад

student’s body – кількість студентів

assistant professor – доцент

under supervision – під керівництвом

to carry on reseach work – вести наукову роботу

practical application – практичне застосування

scientific society – наукове товариство

to have at one’s disposal – мати в распорядженні

shop – майстерня

equipment – обладнення

machine-tool - верстак

up-to-date devices – сучасні прилади

department – кафедра

hostel – гуртожиток

to provide - забеспечувати

term – семестр

credit – залік

grant – стипендія

to attend – відвідувати

yearly project – курсова робота

Bachelor degree – ступінь бакалавра

Master degree – ступінь магістра

post-graduate course – аспірантура

out-of-class activity – позакласна діяльність

amateur group – самодіяльність

III. Grammar

Exercise 1. Render the following sentences into the Past.

Model:

There is one student hostel at the University.

There was one student hostel at the University.

1. There is no library at the University.

2. There is an amateur group at the University.

3. There are many computerized class-rooms at the University.

4. There are lectures every day.

5. There is a stadium at the University.

6. There are regional divisions in the towns of Feodosia and Genichesk.

7. There are not many laboratories with modern equipment at the University.

8. There is a Textile college and Preparatory Department at the University.

Exercise 2. Express your agreement with the following statements. Use the phrases: Certainly. It is really so. You are right. I agree with you.

Model:

There are four educational buildings at the University. Certainly, there are four educational buildings at the University.

1. There are many departments at the University.

2. There are full-time, correspondent and external forms of education at the University.

3. Among teaching staff there are professors, assistant-professors, doctors of science.

4. There are computerized class-rooms at the University.

5. There are three student hostels.

6. There were many sport facilities at the University.

7. There is a students’ scientific society at the University.

8. There was a post-graduate course at the University.

Exercise 3. Object to the sentences. Use the phrases: No, it is not so. I’m afraid you are wrong. I can’t agree with you.

Model:

There is a designing bureau at the University.

No, it is not so, there is no designing bureau at the University.

There was a museum at the University. No, it was not so, there was no museum at the University.

1. There were ten student hostel at the University.

2. There is a language laboratory at the University.

3. There is a forest near the University.

4. There are 365 days in a year.

5. There was a library at the University.

6. There are many departments at the University.

7. There are frosty days in summer.

8. There is students’ theatre at the University.

Exercise 4. Express your surprise as in the model. Give short affirmative (negative) answers as in the model.

Model :

There are many sport facilities at the University.

Are there, really, many sport facilities at the University?

Yes, there are. No, there are not.

1. There is a newspaper on the table.

2. There were many parks in the town.

3. There is a Cybernetics faculty on the second floor.

4. There are regional divisions in many towns of Ukraine.

5. There are two terms in an academic year.

6. There are 366 days in a leap year.

7. There are reading halls at the University.

8. There is a post-graduate course at the University.

9. There was only one period yesterday.

Exercise 5. React to the questions making a choice as in the model:

Model:

Is there a students’ theatre or professional theatre at the University?

There is a students' theatre at the University.

1. Is there a park or a forest near the University.

2. Were there hot or cold days last summer?

3. Are there 20 academicians or assistant professors at the University?

4. Are there seven or eight days in a week?

5. Is there a stadium or a swimming pool at the University?

6. Are there two or three terms in an academic year?

7. Is there a Textile College or a Medical College at the university?

8. Was there a library or a computer center at the University?