The Verb “ TO BE” in the Indefinite Tenses

 

	Affirmative (стверджувальна форма)	Interrogative (питальна)	Negative (заперечна)
Present	I       am he she    is it you we    are they	Am I …?    he Is she …?     it       you Are we …?       they	I am not he  she         is not (isn’t) it you we    are not (aren’t) they
Past	I            he     was she        it you we        were they	I Was he …?        she        it             you Were    we …?            they	I       he  she      was not (wasn’t) it you we      were not (weren’t) they
Future	I , we     shall be          he she        it             will be you they	Shall   I, we be …?              he              she Will     it  be … ?             you             they	I, we     shall not be  he  she  it            will not be  you         (won’t be)  they

Illustrative Examples

I am a student.

I am not a pupil.

I was a pupil last year.

Are you a pupil now? No, I am not. Were you a pupil last year? Yes, I was.

Is he a student or a worker? He is a student.

She is a student too, isn’t she? Yes she is. No, she is not.

We shall be specialists in five years.

What shall we be in five years?

We shall be specialists in five years.

Who will be specialists in five years? We shall

 

Exercise 1. Render the following sentences into the Past and the Future.

1. He is a student of our University.            

2. She is a good student.

3. You are our guests.

4. I am a member of this group.

5. Are they pupils or students?

6. What is your profession?

7. We are good friends.

8. You are Ukrainian citizen, aren’t you?

 

Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with am, is, are, was, were, will be, shall be.

1. … you a scientist?
2. Who … the eldest member of your family?
3. I … a second year student next year.
4. Scientific conference … in our University in 1996.
5. … this man a teacher or a doctor?
6. He … an American, … he?
7. … these your books?
8. … you in London last year?

 

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions.

1. Is your father an engineer?

2. Will you be an economist?

3. Who is the eldest in your family?

4. Are your parents in England?

5. Your mother was a famous dancer, wasn’t she?

6. Who are you?

7. What are you?

8. Is your best friend a student or a collective farmer?

9. Shall we be friends?

10. Where were you yesterday in the evening?

 

Exercise 3. Ask your friend all possible questions to the following sentences.

1. Victor Petrov is a student.

2. He is a famous scientist.

3. They were members of our society.

4. My friend is a famous artist.

5. She was a good research worker.

6. I am a student of KSTU.

7. We were good friends.

8. The house of his grandfather is very old.

 

Exercise 4. Say it in English.

1. Твоя мати була студенткою цього університету?
2. Він відомий науковець, чи не так?
3. Я не учень а студент.
4. Вони Українці.
5. Вoна не на роботі.
6. Мій дідусь був професором в університеті.
7. У майбутньому я буду хорошим спеціалістом.
8. Хто автор цієї статті?
9. Вони були добрими друзями.
10. Твій брат буде завтра на лекції?

II. Reading

Text

My friends

Let me introduce myself. My name is Peter Stogov. I am 19. I’m a student of Kiev National Linguistic University. I am a first year student. I am very happy.

I have many friends. My best friend is Vladimir Petrov. He is a student too. But he is not a student of KNLU. He is a student of Kharkov Pharmacy Academy. He is 20 years old and he is a second year student.

Lena Pavlova is my girl friend. She is 18, but she is not a student. She is a secretary at the court. She is very clever and pretty.

I also have a friend in England. His name is Steven King. Is he Ukrainian? No, he is not. He’s English. Is he a student? No, he isn’t. He is a lawyer in London. He is 25. He is very busy. Steven has a family. He has a father, a mother and a sister. His father is a research worker. He was in our country last year. It was a scientific conference in Kiev. Steven’s mother is a house-wife. Several years ago she was a teacher. Now she has a little daughter. Kate is Steven’s sister. She is 5 years old. She is not a school girl. She is very small.

 

III. Practice

           Exercise 1. Ask your fellow student about:

1. His/her family;

2. His/her friends.

Get the information about: names, surnames, ages, nationalities, relatives, occupations.

Grammar

Construction there + be

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