1.Correct false sentences using the information in brackets
Model: Mining University was founded in 1770. (in 1773)
Mining University wasn’t founded in 1770. It was founded in 1775.
1.Moscow State University was formed in 1655. (in 1755)
2.The blackboard was invented by James Pillans in 1800s in Wales.
(in Scotland)
3.Metals, plastics, and other chemicals were used for the first ball-
point pens. (ordinary steel balls)
4.The first textbook was published in 1547 by Ivan Fedorov. (1574)
5.The main laws of physics were discovered at the beginning of the
20th century. (in the 19th century)
6.Mendeleyev’s Periodic Table was published in 1864. (in 1869)
7.The first electronic computer was developed at the University of
Iowa by Ed Roberts in 1938. (by John Atanasoff and Clifford
Berry)
8.The first official World Student Games were organized in 1924 in
Russia. (in Poland)
9.The word "bachelor" was adopted from old English where it was
the term for a young man training to become a knight (old French).
10.A diploma was developed as a document to confirm the years of
study (to confirm a qualification, successes in examinations and
completion of a course of study).
Our neighbour told us this story. It was many years ago. He had left school and tried to go to medical univercity, but he failed. He was really sad, but then he got a job the paramedic. Because his sister worked there. One day the call arrived on the night duty. Someone got hupertensive crisis. We went on the dark road. It was extremely rainy. Strange muddy figure stand near the cemetry. Pale young woman was waving hand in the light of headlights. It seemed strange to us and we went out of the car. Shivering woman came closer and started begging us to save little child in the village nearby. She was unusial cold. Not like a normal human. We were very scared and we wanted to run away. Nevertheless we regretted her and went to that willage. She left at the cemetry, at her home as she said. At this place he meeted a man with ill girl. He said that he did not calling them. We brought girl to hospital. She had pneumonia. He asked, who had called them. And then we saw portrait with black ribbon of that strange woman.We felt sick. Man said us that this woman died seven days ago. There was no woman on the road when we went home. But I looked back. She was standing and watching us.