Глагол to be в Present Indefinite Tense

The Verb to be in the Present Indefinite Tense

EXERCISES

Exercise 1. Put in am/ is/are.

1. The sky… very blue today. 2. I … not tired. 3. This shelf... very heavy.

4. These shelves … very heavy. 5. The chills … asleep. 6. Look! This … Mabel. 7. I … cold. Can you shut the window, please? 8. The castle … one thousand years old.

9. My brother and I … good tennis players. 10. Amy …. at home but her parents … in church.

Exercise 2. Write full sentences. Use am/is/ are each time.

1. (my grandparents very old) My grandparents are very old.

2. (my desk very comfortable) ________________________

3. (your spectacles in your bag)_______________________

4. (I not very clever today)___________________________

5. (this house very expensive)__________________________

6. (the shops not open today)___________________________

7. (Mr Wren’s grandson six years old)___________________

8. (the houses in this street very big)_____________________

9. (the examination not difficult)________________________

10. (those flowers very beautiful)________________________

Exercise 3. Write positive and negative short answers.

1. Are you married? No, I’m not.

2. Is she tall?________________

3. Is it cold today? ___________

4. Are you an engineer? _______

5. Are you hungry? ___________

6. Is it light now? _____________

7. Are your hands warm? _______

8. Are you thirsty? ____________

9. Is you father tall? ___________

10. Is it sunny? ________________

Exercise 4. Translate into English.

1. Твой брат дома? 2. Сколько стоят эти открытки? 3. Эта гостиница очень дорогая. 4. Я интересуюсь искусством. 5. Все магазины сегодня открыты. 6. Музей сегодня открыт? 7. Мне жарко. 8. Моя сестра архитектор. 9. Я не устала. 10. Откуда родом её муж? 11. Они не студенты, они врачи. 12. Тебе интересны иностранные языки?

Глагол to be в Past Indefinite Tense

The Verb to be in the Past Indefinite Tense

was not = wasn’t were not = were n ’t

EXERCISES

Exercise 1. Put in was/wasn’t/ were/weren’t

1. We didn’t like that house. It was very old and it wasn’t large enough.

2. Helen got married when she ______21 years old.

3. I called you yesterday evening but you______at home. Where_____you?

4. My son______at work last week because he _____ill. He is better now.

5. The shops ____open yesterday because it _____a public holiday.

6. “_____you at home at 9.30?” “No, I ______. I ______at work”

Exercise 2. Put in am/is/are/was/ were

1. Last year their son was 26, so he is 27 now.

2. Today the weather _____nice, but yesterday it_____cold.

3. I _____cold. Can I have something hot to drink?

4. I _____hungry last night, so I had something to eat.

5. Where _____you at 10 o’clock last Sunday morning?

6. Don’t buy those shoes. They _____ too expensive.

7. Why ______ you so tired yesterday?

8. We must go now. It ______ very late.

9. This time last year I ______ in England.

10. We ______ tired when we arrived home, so we went to bed.

Exercise 3. Translate into English.

1. Где они были вчера вечером? 2. Почему ты вчера опоздал? 3. Его вчера не было в институте. 4. Меня там не было. 5. Её не было дома в пять часов.

THERE + BE CONSTRUCTION

КОНСТРУКЦИЯ THERE + BE

§ 1.Оборот there + be быть, находиться, существовать употребляется для выражения наличия (или отсутствия) в определённом месте ещё неизвестного собеседнику или читателю лица или предмета. Данный оборот стоит в начале предложения, за ним следует подлежащее, выраженное существительным, т.е. имеет место обратный порядок слов (инверсия). Глагол to be ставится в личной форме (is, are, was, were, will be) и согласуется с последующим именем существительным. Если в предложении с оборотом there + be имеется обстоятельство места, то перевод начинается с этого обстоятельства:

There are many new books В институтской библиотеке много

at the Institute library. новых книг.

При отсутствии обстоятельства перевод предложения начинается с самого оборота:

There are different methods of Существуют различные способы

learning English words. заучивания английских слов.

§ 2. В вопросительном предложении глагол в личной форме ставится на первое место перед there.

Is there a school in your street? На вашей улице есть школа?

Ответ:

Yes, there is. Да, есть.

No, there is not. Нет.

§ 3. В полном отрицательном предложении после оборота there + be ставится отрицательное местоимение no.

There will be no lecture on Завтра лекции по физике не будет.

physics tomorrow.

Перед many, much и числительными ставится not вместо no.

There were not many interesting В этом журнале много интересных

articles in this magazine. статей.

§ 4. Если в предложении с оборотом there + be имеется несколько подлежащих, то глагол to be обычно согласуется с подлежащим, которое следует непосредственно за ним:

There was a table and five chairs in the room.

§ 5.Обратите внимание на то, что предложения: There is a book on the table и The book is on the table имеют разное значение. В первом из них указывается то, что в этом месте (on the table) что-то находится (a book). Второе предложение показывает, что предмет, о котором мы знаем, говорим или ищем его (the book) находится в этом месте (on the table).

EXERCISES

Exercise 1. Supply the proper form of the verb to be.

1. There … some money in my purse.

2. There … keys in my bag but now I can’t find them.

3. There … no school here in 1920.

4. There … a purse and spectacles on the table.

5. I think there … too many people in the park tomorrow.

6. There … a chocolate here. You can take it.

7. There … a blackboard, four tables and five chairs in our classroom.

8. There … scissors on the shelf.

9. There … a lipstick and a handkerchief in every woman’s handbag

10. There … food in the fridge. It’s empty.

11. There … a lot of mistakes in your dictation.

12. I hope there… a new club in our city.

Exercise 2. Use there+be in the correct form.

1. Look! … their telephone number in the letter.

2. Chichester is a very old town. … many old buildings.

3. Excuse me, … a restaurant near here?

4. How many students … in your group?

5. I was hungry but … anything to eat.

6. … a football match on TV last night.

7. … many people at the meeting?

8. Look! … an accident. Call the ambulance!

9. … 24 hours in a day.

10. This box is empty … nothing in it.

11. … somebody at the airport to meet you when you arrive tomorrow.

12. When we arrived at the cinema … a long queue outside.

Exercise 3. Use there is (are) or it is.

1. … only seven stations on this metro line.

2. … a lot of snow in the street.

3. Come on, children. … time to get up.

4. … a few magazines and a telephone on the table.

5. His eyesight is bad. … difficult for him to recognize people.

6. … no place like home.

7. … some tasty things in my fridge.

8. … too noisy here. Let's go away.

9. … too much noise here for us to work.

10. … a pity, … no tea left.

Exercise 4. Ask the questions to the following statements and answer them according to the pattern.

There is a good programme on TV tonight.

- Is there a good programme on TV tonight?

- No, there is not.

1. There is a cat in the window. 2. There are a few changes in the text. 3. There are plenty of glasses in the cupboard. 4. There were a lot of people at the stadium. 5. There isn't anything on the plate. 6. There wasn't anybody in the room. 7. There are difficult exercises in this book. 8. There is something on the shelf. 9. There will be some interesting programmes on TV tomorrow. 10. There are several empty seats in the room. 11. There weren't any pears on the plate.

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

А.

1. В этом журнале много интересных статей.

2. В нашем городе много музеев и театров.

3. В этой комнате есть телефон?

4. В этой комнате два окна.

5. В чашке не было чая.

6. Сколько статей было в этом журнале? – Там было несколько статей.

7. Рядом с нашим домом будет парк.

8. На этой улице была школа?

9. На столе лежит несколько книг.

10. Сколько студентов в аудитории? Двадцать.

B.

1. Рядом с нашим домом есть школа. Школа находится рядом с нашим

домом.

2. Существуют несколько способов решения этой задачи. Способы

решения этой задачи приведены на странице 5.

3. В городе несколько театров. Театры находятся в центре города.

4. В вазе стояли цветы. Цветы стояли в красивой вазе.

5. В театре много детей. Дети сейчас в театре.

ГЛАГОЛ “to have”

THE VERB “to have”

Глагол to have в настоящем неопределенном времени

В разговорной речи употребляются сокращения have not got = haven’t got и has not got = hasn’t got.

В отрицательных и вопросительных предложениях возможно также употребление вспомогательных глаголов do и does:

They don’t have any children. = (They haven’t got any children.)

It’s a nice house but it doesn’t have a garden. (= it hasn’t got a garden.)

В прошедшем неопределенном времени глагол to have в утвердительных предложениях имеет форму had. В отрицательных и вопросительных предложениях употребляется вспомогательный глагол did.

The children had a good rest yesterday.

I didn’t have any time to speak to you yesterday.

Будущее время глагола to have строится при помощи вспомогательных глаголов shall/will.

Tomorrow I’ll have a very important meeting.

EXERCISES

Exercise 1. Put in have got, has got, haven’t got, hasn’t got.

1. They like flowers. They… a lot of roses in their garden. 2. Jane … a car. She goes everywhere by bicycle. 3. Everybody likes Tom. He … a lot of friends. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Eastwood … two children, a boy and a girl. 5. This insect … six legs. 6. I can’t open the door. I … a key. 7. Quick! Hurry! We … much time. 8. What’s wrong? – I … something in my eye. 9. Mother is going to the dentist. She … a toothache. 10. I’ m not going to work today. I … a bad cold.

Exercise 2. Put the verb to have in brackets into the correct form.

1. I don’t eat much during the day. I never … (to have lunch). 2. David likes to keep fit, so he …(to have a swim) every day. 3. We … (to have a party) last Saturday. It was great - we invited lots of friends. 4. Excuse me, can I … (to have a look) at your newspaper, please? 5. Where’s Jim? He … (to have a rest) in his room. He is very tired. 6. I met Ann in the supermarket yesterday. We stopped and … (to have a chat).7. I don’t usually smoke but I was feeling very nervous, so I …(to have a cigarette).

Exercise 3. Translate the sentences.