Ex.4. Make a conversation based on the text, using these questions

1.When didthe Almaty State University (ASU) named after Abai celebrate its 75^th anniversary?

2.How many departments are there in the Almaty State University?

3.How many instructors work in this university?

4.How did the president of the country, N.A.Nazarbayev name the oldest higher education

institution?

5.Name honorary professors of the Almaty State University.

6.There are 3 ultramodern language laboratories for 90 seats. It is a gift of the Japanese

Embassy, isn’t it?

7.What did embassies of foreign countries provide?

8.How does the university maintain contact with institutions of other countries?

9.Who is a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Higher School?

Grammar: The Past Perfect Tense.

I’d worked I hadn’t worked

· The Past Perfect Tense denotes an action completed before a certain moment in the past.

· Past Perfect + Past Indefinite He had finished his work when I called him.

He had finished his work by 5 o’clock yesterday.

The Past Perfect Tense is used with the conjunctions: hardly..., scarcely..., nearly..,barely... + Past Perfect... when + Past Indefinite. No sooner + Past Perfect... than + Past Indefinite. He had hardly done it when they came.

Ex.5.Use the Past Perfect Tense.

Examples: Why didn’t you listen to that play on the radio? – Because I had heard it before.

1. Why didn’t you see Fred when you came to Astana?(leave) 2. Why didn’t Kate want to go to the cinema?(see the film) 3.Why didn’t you tell him my new adress?(forget) 4. Why didn’t Jeff hear about Kate’s examination?(pass) 5. Why did Fred come home so soon from his holiday? (spend all the money) 6. Why couldn’t you get into your flat at once?(lose the key)7. What did you learn about Bob?(get married).