Put all possible questions to the following statements

For example: Alex was working in the lab from 5 till 7 yesterday.

· Was Alex working in the lab from 5 till 7 yesterday?

· What was Alex doing in the lab from 5 till 7 yesterday?

· Where was Alex working from 5 till 7 yesterday?

· Who was working in the lab from 5 till 7 yesterday?

1. I was measuring the value of the resistor from 2 till 3 yesterday.

2. Peter was connecting the leads to the resistor at that moment.

3. The students were investigating superconductors at 10.30.

4. We were carrying out the experiment in the lab during several hours.

5. The professor was checking our tests all day long.

6. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Continuous.

1. Paul (to test) a new device from 11 till 12 yesterday.

2. The students of the Technical University (to carry out) an experiment with a multimeter in the lab last week.

3. I (to measure) the voltage during our class.

4. Alex (to write) a report on the latest achievements in electricity at 7 o’clock yesterday.

5. Last year we (to solve) the problem of how to dispose of radiated waste.

6. The American physicist Robert A. Millikan (to observe) one drop after another, varying the voltage and noting the effect.

7. When Ernest Rutherford (to experiment) with radioactivity at the University of Manchester in 1911, atoms were generally believed to consist of large mushy blobs of positive electrical charge.

8. Physicists in Japan (to convert) an electrical current into a spin signal and then back again.

7. Form nouns from the following verbs using the suffix -ment and translate them:

For example: to develop - развивать; development - развитие

employ – использовать;

to equip – оборудовать;

to improve – улучшать;

to move – двигаться;

to place – помещать;

to require – требовать;

to treat – обрабатывать;

8. Choose the appropriate English equivalents.

Они заряжали – 1. They are charging; 2. They were charging; 3. They will be charging.

Это происходило – 1. This is taking place; 2. This was taking place; 3. This will be taking place.

Вода текла – 1. The water was flowing; 2. The water will be flowing; 3.The water is flowing.

Ток проходил – 1. The current will be passing; 2. The current is passing; 3. The current was passing.

9. Translate the text. Use a dictionary if necessary. To each sentence put different type of question in Past Continuous.

The students of the Technical University were carrying out an experiment with a multimeter in the lab last week. They were checking a mains socket in the wall and they were following all the safety instructions. Paul was using two probes that time. While he was inserting them into two terminals of the socket, his groupmate Alex was turning the function selector switch to the VAC (voltage alternating current) range. The needle was indicating the pressure of electricity, i.e. the voltage in the mains. It was 220 volts. Next time they are planning to measure the current in a table lamp.

10. Read and translate word-combinations starting from the first component:

1. electronic construction mathematical equipment production testing	4. alternating periodic physical quantity (величина) pulsating vector
2. integratedquantity (количество) large	5. mathematical table periodical
3. crystal lattice point (точечная)	6. valence electrons free

11. Match the following word-combinations with their translation.

a) special equipment b) a solid piece of pure silicon c) crystal lattice d) covalent bonds e) outer shell f) inner shell

1) внешняя оболочка 2) ковалентные связи 3) кристаллическая решётка 4) твёрдый кусок чистого кремния 5) внутренняя оболочка 6) специальное оборудование