1.When didthe Almaty State University (ASU) named after Abai celebrate its 75th 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.
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| Ihad worked | Ihad not worked | HadIworked ? |
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 IndefiniteHe 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.