TEST FOR MASTER STUDENTS
GRAMMAR
Open the brackets using the correct verb form (Simple Active or Passive).
1. I ____________ (graduate) from the university next year.
2. Yesterday, the students ____________ (give) a very difficult task.
3. We hope the work ____________ (finish) tomorrow.
4. The effects of pollution can ____________ (see) from space.
5. The bureau ____________ (design) a new speedboat in 2006.
6. The information ____________ (record) on the disk by using a laser.
7. Im afraid they may ____________ (postpone) the conference.
8. The steam engine ____________ (invent) many years ago.
9. Modern passenger liners ____________ (equip) with air-conditioning systems.
Open the brackets using the Present Simple, Continuous or Perfect Tense (Active Voice).
1. Revolution in technology can make what ____________ (seem) impossible today commonplace tomorrow. Such a revolution ____________ (happen) right now. Biotechnology, nanotechnology and information technology ____________ (converge) to give scientists control of matter on the molecular scale. New materials with striking properties ____________ (already / appear).
2. ____________ (you / see) Dr Wilsons article in the latest issue of our journal?
No, not yet, but Id like to. Have you got it?
Yes, but I cant give it to you now. I ____________ (read) it myself.
3. Over the past quarter of a century there ____________ (be) significant changes in the size, appearance and general characteristics of ships engaged in international commerce. Tankers and other bulk carriers ____________ (grow) dramatically through this period, in size and power.
Change the Active Voice into the Passive Voice.
1. They have invented this machine.
2. They must hold the conference on 17th April.
3. She will have solved the problem by April.
4. They are constructing the liner at their yard at the moment.
5. He had found the new method of cutting the material before he started this work.
6. He could have made a mistake.
7. She was studying the figures when the news arrived.
Choose the correct variant.
1. must / can / should calculate
2. have to / be able to / be allowed to carry out
3. cant / neednt / be unable to predict
4. 10 have to / may / be to begin at 10
5. should / may / need know
6. may not / neednt / shouldnt create
7. must / be allowed / may use
8. must / can / may take the book
9. neednt / wouldnt / must do
Find the participles and translate the sentences into Russian.
1. These docks are used by vessels trading with West Africa.
2. We are carried by car, planes and trains with built-in electronic devices.
3. Having stated the laws of gravity, Newton was able to explain the structure of the Universe.
4. When entering the port we met an Italian tanker.
5. Having been built long ago, the ship required repair.
6. The construction of ships is a very complicated process, many enterprises taking part in it.
