Model: | English is not easy to learn but ( ) students in our group who know it well. English is not easy to learn but there are a few students in our group who know it well. |
1. ( ) countries where people speak English as their mother
tongue.
2. Our library is very good, ( ) books on economics in it.
3. I want to study marketing, ( ) information on this subject
4. English words are not easy to remember, if () practice in using
them in speech.
5. Many students know how to handle tape-recorders, but ( ) students who know how to operate computers.
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to be to have (Present Simple Tense)
| to be | ||
| I am | Am I ? | I am not |
| He/she/it is | Is he/she/it ? | He/she/it is not |
| We/you/they are | Are we/you/they ? | We/you/they are not |
| to have | ||
| I/you have | Have I/you ? | I/you have not |
| He/she/it has | Has he/she/it ? | He/she/it has not |
| We/you/they have | Have we/you/they ? | We/you/they have not |
1) be am/ is/ are Present Simple Tense
I am a first-year student.
English is difficult to learn.
These books are interesting.
Those books are written in English.
Is he a first-year student?
Are these books interesting?
Are they written in English?
What is important?
Why is it important to learn English?
He is not a student/ He isnt a student.
These books are not interesting/ These books
arent interesting.
2) have has/ has got/ have/ have got Present Simple Tense
I have (got) many English books/ Ive got
many English books.
He has (got) some money/ Hes got some money.
They have (got) some interesting information on the
subject/ Theyve got some interesting information
on the subject.
The room has (got) five windows. (= There are five
windows in this room).
Have you got any English books?
How many English books have you got?
How many windows has your room got?
Do you have any English books? (American
English)
How many English books do you have? (AmE)
Have you (got) any English books in the house? (=
= Are there any English books in your house?)
I have not got many English books/ I havent got many English books.
She has not got a dictionary/She hasnt got
a dictionary.
Note: have got ( ) .
Exercise 4. Working in pairs completes the questions and answer them. Remember: the verbs is, are, has, have act as OPERATORS. (The operators are the auxiliaries which make the verbal group finite, that is having limits of number, person and tense).
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1 ____ English grammar difficult to learn?
2 ____ it important to know the meaning of some words in
context?
3 ____ you interested in studying banking?
4 Does English ____ many financial and economic terms?
5 ____ there many tense forms in English?
6 ____ English got many endings?
7 ____ you got any information about the use of English in
countries other than Great Britain?
8 ____ this town got many banks?
Exercise 5. Make structural changes according to the model:
This book is easy to read To read this book is easy This book is easy for me to read Reading this book is easy for me.
1. It is important to learn a foreign language.
2. This sentence is not difficult to understand.
3. These sounds are easy to pronounce.
4. This article is difficult to translate.
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( ) ( Adj , -er -est ):
1. Adj + er (than).
