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| I am He/ she/ it is We/ you/ they are | Am I ? Is he/ she/ it ? Are we / you/ they ? | I am not He/ she/ it is not We/ you/ they are not |
| (+) : Im, youre, shes, hes, its, were, theyre () : Im not; you/we/they arent; he/she/it isnt |
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Activity 1 to be :
a) am b) is c) are
1. My brother a schoolboy.
2. He not a student.
3. I a student of the University.
4. We relatives.
5. Kate and Ann my sisters.
6. They students too.
7. Kate a chemist and Ann an economist.
8. I their brother.
9. Our native town Saint-Petersburg.
10. New streets in Saint-Petersburg wide.
Activity2 :
a) am b) is c) are d) have e) has
1. This room very light and clean.
2. I like chess and Ia chess player.
3. They well-trained specialists.
4. The Pavlovs in the country now.
5. M. Lomonosov a great Russian scientist.
6. I at the library of our University.
7. My brother no lectures at all.
8. She a good engineer.
9. Our teacher a son and a daughter.
10. We three lectures every day.
Activity3 :
a) do b) does
1. Vadim play for our team?
2. What they take part in?
3. When your competition take place?
4. Why you like this kind of games?
5. Whom... he invite to watch our game?
6. Where she train herself?
7. Ann know this sport-team well?
8. How you get to the stadium?
9. you write to your parent very often?
10. they work hard at the university?
Activity4 dont doesnt :
a) dont, b) doesnt
1.My friends come to see me very often.
2.Their trainer... take part in this competition, he is on leave.
3.They study biology as they are law students.
4.His father know his plans for summer.
5. Our friends go to the South. They usually rest in the country.
6. I use a dictionary when translating special texts.
7. She teach German as she is an English teacher.
8. We open the windows at night.
9. He swim every morning.
10. Our relatives visit us very often.
Activity5 :
1. Vadim with his family in Kiev.
a) live, b) lives
2. We usually in the country with our parents.
A) rest, b) rests
3. Their children English at school.
a) study, b) studies
4. He foreign texts easily.
a) translate, b) translates
5. Everybody knows that these students in the Far East every summer.
a) work b) works
6. He doesnt early on Sundays.
a) get up b) gets up
7. Our professor many foreign friends.
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a) have b) has
8. Oleg trains hard as he wants a good sportsman.
a) to be b) is
9. They move to a new flat which on the second floor.
a) are b) is
10. she live with her parents?
a) does b) do
Activity 6 , :
a) he b) they c) I d) it
1. am a first-year student.
2. is our best trainer.
3. are my relatives.
4. is necessary to read much.
5. works at an office.
6. takes me five minutes to do this.
7. has a sister and a brother.
8. lives in London
9. often play tennis in the garden.
10. speak French and a little Spanish.
Activity7 he she :
Example: We study English. - He studi es English.
1. They take books in the library.
2. We know this professor very well.
3. I read much in summer.
4. They have two lectures today.
5. My friends study French.
6. I get up at 7.
7. I work in a bank.
8. I am very tired today.
9. They are not very friendly to my sister.
10. We have enough money to go to the south.
Activity8 :
1. His children live in the country. (Where?)
2. They study German. (What?)
3. Mr.Borisov goes on business to London. (Where?)
4. These students get books on Mondays. (When?)
5. Vadim usually comes to us in the evening. (When?)
6. He always reads newspapers. (What?)
7. Her daughter goes to school. (Where?)
8. My aunt lives in a small flat near the market. (Where?)
9. The train leaves at 5 oclock in the afternoon. (When?)
10. She often plays tennis and works in the garden. (What?)
11. It takes me an hour to get to the office. (How long?)
12. For breakfast she has a sandwich and a cup of tea. (What?)
13. My working day begins at seven oclock. (When?)
14. We study hard to pass our exams well.(Why?)
15. Twice a week we go to see our grandmother. (How often?)
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