А. М. Maslova Z. I. Winestein L. S. Plebeyskaya Essential English for Medical Students Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

Put in the proper form of the verb ‘to be’. Define the type of eaclh sentence. Translate the sentences:

1. 
   It... Wednesday today. 2. It... Tuesday yesterday.
   

3. 
   It... Thursday tomorrow. 4.... it cold or warm today?
   

26. 
    Answer the following questions:
    

1. Is it hard or easy to study at the Medical Institute? 2. Was it warm or cold yesterday? 3. Will it be possible for you to perform operations next year or in five years? 4. Is it time to finish or to begin our English lesson?

27. 
    Change the tense according to the adverbs given in brackets:
    

1. We have several lectures today, (yesterday, tomorrow) 2. Our doctors perform numerous experiments (last month, next week) 3. Medical students take several credit tests at the end of the term. (at the end of the last term, at the end of the next term)

28. 
    Read Text В and say: a) what educational institutions are described in it; b) in what country they are; c) what difference there is between the academic year in our country and in that country:
    

Text В
The academic year in Britain’s universities has three terms which are from the beginning of October to the middle of December, from the middle of January to the end of March and from the middle of April to the end of June or the beginning of July, that is there are 10 weeks in each term.
In a Teacher’s Training College students have examinations at the end of each term, i. e. (that is) at the end of the autumn, spring and summer terms. Final examinations are at the end of a course of studies.

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