2. Give the synonyms and antonyms to the following words:

Emergence, precede, gradual, significant, institution, importance, numerous, achievement, possible, increase, efficient, start, eminent, enrichment, different.

3. Put all the possible questions to the following sentences:

1. Numerous important researches have been conducted in Ukraine.

2. Ukrainian scientists have made significant contribution to the development of aerodynamics.

3. The electro-slag remelting method has been devised in Ukraine under the direction of B. Paton.

4. The Institute of electric welding was organized in 1934.

4. Look through the text, find dates and read them aloud. Reconstruct the chronology:

Date/Period of time	Event
Old Rus’ age –	Monasteries were the first seats of sciences.
… –	The institution of the Kyiv-Mohyla College.
1701 –
… –	The universities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, and Lviv became noted research centers.
… –	Research in special alloy and powder metallurgy was started in Ukraine.
… –	The creation of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
1934 –
1994 –

5. Make up sentences using the following words:

1. Have, numerous, Ukraine, in, researchers, important, been, conducted.

2. Among, are, development, the, the, of, the, such, computers, results, researches, first, of.

3. In, led, to, deposits, the, discovery, have, of, geological, achievements, sciences, gas.

4. Achievements, all, the, Ukrainian, appreciated, school, are, world, great, of, over, highly, of, science, the.

6. Give the three forms of the verbs:

To be, to have, to become, to take, to convert, to create, to lead, to discover, to make, to lay, to raise, to start, to carry, to know.

7. Put the verb to be in the correct form:

1. The biggest research centre in our country (to be) the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

2. Every student (to be) interested in this problem last year.

3. They (to be) at the plant tomorrow.

4. We (to be) in the laboratory now.

5. You (to be) in the chemical laboratory a week ago? – No, we (not to be). We (to be) there only the day after tomorrow.

8. Finish the sentences using the words below.

1. Electric cars will help to provide traffic safety…

2. The laboratory supplied the new calculations for designing the engine…

3. The plant produces a great number of machines…

4. She will become an engineer…

5. They finished school…

6. We worked at this plant…

7. My friend works at the research institute…

8. Several scientists work at this problem…

in the past, in the near future, last year, next year, now, last month, in five years, every year