Variant I

1. Electrolyte solutions readily electricity.

A) are conducting B) conduct C) are being conducted
2. The laboratory engineer students to carry out their experiments every day.
A) help B) helps C) is helping
3. D. Mendeleev the periodic table of elements in 1869.
A) was publishing B) was published C) published
4. The lecture of prof. Matthews at 11 a.m.
A) starts B) is starting C) will start
5. Michael and Sue their papers in physics right now.
A) is writing B) writing C) are writing
6. They mixing the liquids in the flask.
A) already finish B) are already finishing C) have already finished
7. The students stopped , when the lecturer came in.
A) to talk B) talk C) talking
8. The analytical balance in our laboratory needs .
A) adjusting B) adjust C) to adjust
9. Graduate students would like more time to their own research projects.
A) devoting B) devote C) to devote
10. Students were taught an analytical balance at the tutorial.
A) calibrate B) calibrating C) to calibrate
Variant II
1. It is common knowledge that water at 100 degrees Celsius.
A) boils B) is boiling C) will boil
2. Every Monday the postgraduate students of our department their experiments in the lab.
A) are carrying out B) is carrying out C) carry out
3. Sir Humphrey Davy light bulb, also known as the Davy lamp, in the XIX century.
A) had invented B) has invented C) invented
4. Laboratory practice in the organic chemistry at 9 a.m.
A) starts B) is starting C) will start
5. Prof. Johnson the lecture at the moment.
A) delivers B) is delivering C) are delivering
6. The laboratory assistant pouring distillate water in the bottle.
A) just starts B) has just started C) is just starting
7. We decided the research together, because both of us were interested in water treatment
technologies.
A) carrying out B) carry out C) to carry out
8. These test tubes were used in our experiment, and now they need .
A) to clean B) clean C) cleaning
9. Some students would like in the international exchange programme.
A) to participate B) participating C) participate
10. Alex finished laboratory glassware and went home.
A) being washed B) washing C) to wash
Variant III
1. It is well-known that acids with bases to produce salt and water.
A) is reacting B) are reacting C) react
2. Every week we interesting lectures delivered by the eminent scientists.
A) attend B) are attending C) are going to attend
3. In 1668 Sir Isaac Newton his first reflecting telescope, also known as the Newtonian
telescope.
A) completed B) had completed C) has completed
4. The introductory lecture in philosophy at 3 p.m.
A) is finishing B) finishes C) will finish
5. Catherine the liquid into the bottle right now.
A) is pouring B) pours C) pour
6. The students writing their module test.
A) are already finishing B) already finish C) have already finished
7. The engineer stopped the specimen, because it started to decompose.
A) heat B) to heat C) heating
8. Have you finished your lecture notes?
A) to read B) reading C) read
9. Michael considers for a postgrad programme in Cambridge University.
A) to apply B) applying C) apply
10. The tutor taught us calculations using modern software.
A) perform B) to perform C) performing
Variant IV
1. It is common knowledge that non-metals with oxygen in the air to produce non-metal
oxides.
A) react B) are reacting C) will react
2. Mike often to the library to borrow some books on chemistry.
A) is going B) go C) goes
3. Robert Boyle his masterpiece of scientific literature The Sceptical Chymist in 1661.
A) had published B) published C) was published
4. The graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. in the lecture theatre.
A) is starting B) starts C) will start
5. Mary powder in the mortar at the moment.
A) mixes B) mix C) is mixing
6. Malcolm a seminar conducted by the eminent professor.
A) has never attended B) did never attend C) was never attending
7. I cant imagine a first-year student this experiment. It is very difficult!
A) conducting B) to conduct C) being conducted
8. The batteries in the device need .
A) recharge B) recharging C) to recharge
9. Have you ever considered to study abroad?
A) going B) to go C) go
10. The eminent scientist decided lecture in Oxford University.
A) to deliver B) delivering C) deliver
Variant V
1. It is a well-known fact that aluminium with oxygen to form aluminium oxide.
A) combines B) is combining C) will combine
2. Mary usually her laboratory practice on her own, but today her peers helped her.
A) is performing B) performs C) is to perform
3. In 1922 Niels Bohr the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to understanding
atomic structure and quantum mechanics.
A) had received B) received C) was receiving
4. Our classes at 8.30 a.m., that is why we have to get up early in the morning.
A) start B) are starting C) will start
5. Max the test tubes with the brush at the moment.
A) cleans B) is cleaning C) was cleaning
6. These first-year students their experiments yet.
A) didnt finish B) finished C) have not finished
7. Margaret finished water and salt; the homogeneous solution was obtained.
A) mixing B) mix C) to mix
8. Would you like part in this project?
A) taking B) take C) to take
9. Prof. Johnson taught us volumetric analysis.
A) to conduct B) conduct C) conducting
10. The research advisor expected his student all the necessary data.
A) collect B) to collect C) collecting