Спряжение глагола “to be” (быть, находиться)

Настоящее время	Прошедшее время	Будущее время
I am He isa teacher She is It is   We You are teachers They	I He was a teacher She It   We You wereteachers They	I a teacher shall be We teachers   He She a teacher It will be You teachers They

Вопросы формируются обычным образом (подлежащее there меняется

местами cо сказуемым be):
Is there anybody at home?

Отрицательная форма образуется при помощи отрицательной частицы not, которая ставится после вспомогательного глагола:

There isn’t a book in my bag. – В моей сумке нет ни одной книги.

Сокращенные формы: isn’t, aren’t, wasn’t, won’t …. Am not сокращенной формы не имеет.

Grammar Exercises:

I. Заполните пропуски соответствующей формой глагола “to be” в Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple:

Ronald Frank … a managing director of the First Bank of Kingsville on Main Street. He … always on a business trip. Yesterday he … in Geneva. Tomorrow he … in London. Last week he … in Chicago. Next week he … in New Orleans. At the moment he … in Amsterdam. In two hours he … in Hague. Three days ago he … in Paris. At the end of his trip he … usually very tired but happy. He … with his family now. His sons … so much excited. They have got new toys from their father. Everybody in the family … very glad to see him again at home.

II. Поставьте следующие предложения в вопросительную форму и дайте отрицательные ответы к общим вопросам:

Образец. Granny is in the village now - Is Granny in the village? No, she isn’t.

My grandparents are rather old.

The library is in the room 703.

Peter and Andrew are in group 7.

It is ten by my watch.

Mr. Black is on business.

I am fond of traveling.

The secretary is very busy at the moment.

These engineers are Russian.

III. Прочитайте диалог и заполните пропуски глаголом “to be” в соответствующей форме:

A: My name … John Brown. I … from a British firm. Here … my card. I … here last week, but you … away.
B: Yes, I … on business abroad. What can I do for you, Mr. Brown?
A: Please, show me the contract. I … very glad to see it.

IV. Раскройте скобки, выбрав нужную форму глагола “to be”:

There (is, are) a large table in my room.

There (is, are) three windows in my classroom.

There (is, are) a table and four chairs in my sister's room.

There (is, are) a blackboard, four tables and five chairs in our classroom.

There (is, are) a text-book and two exercise-books on my table.

There (wasn't, weren't) a school here in 2000.

There (was, were) many children in the park yesterday.

V. Ответьте вопросы, обращая внимание на перевод оборота “there is (there are)”. Содержание ответа произвольное:

1. What is there on the table?

2. Are there many chairs in the room?

3. What is there in this room?

3. How many students are there in this room?

4. Were there many students on the lecture yesterday?

5. How many pages are there in this book?

VI. Используя конструкцию “there +be”, спросите своих сокурсников о том, что есть и чего нет:

1. in his or in her flat

2. in his or her native town

3. in the hostel

4. in the street

5. in the forest

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