1.4 Fill in the correct pronoun.

Dear Jane,

thank you for … last letter. I really enjoyed reading … . Have … sisters started … new school yet? I’m sure … will enjoy … very much if they settle in and make new friends. Mary asked me for … new address, so I gave … to … . I hope … don’t mind. Also I saw Anne last week. She said … would phone you this week to invite you to … birthday party. Please write to … soon.

Love, Rachel

Grammar: Verb to be – быть, являться, находиться, существовать

	Present Simple	Past Simple	Future Simple
I	am	was	will ‘ll	be
He, She, It	is	was
We, You, They	are	were

Hello, Mary! Hello, Pat. How are you? Fine, thanks. And you? I’m fine. Let’s go the movie today. Yes, all right. And what about your brother Tom? I’m sorry, he is busy. So, see you soon. Bye. Bye, Mary.

Are you British or American? I’m British. But your wife isn’t British. She is Canadian I think. No, she is neither British, nor Canadian. But her English is so good. Yes, her English isn’t bad, but she’s Swiss.

1.5 Fill in the correct form of the verb.

a) 1. We (is/are) a family of four. 2. He (is/be) at University now. 3. I (were/was) at school last year. 4. My parents (were/was) engineers some year ago but now they (is/are) retired. 5. I (am/will be) an engineer in future. 6. Next summer they (will/will be) in Spain on holidays.

b) 1. What … your name? – My name … Max. 2. Where … you from? – I … from Nakhodka. 3. … your mother a doctor? – No, she … a teacher. 4. … they at home? – No, they … not at home, they … at the University. 5. My favourite subject … maths. – What … your favourite subjects? 6. I … always busy, but I … happy. 7. Whose book … this? – It … Olga’s book. 8. … you a sportsman? – Yes, I … . 9. What … your favourite sport? – Tennis … .

c) Mr. Brown … a managing director of the East Bank. He … always on a business trip. Yesterday he … in Geneva. Tomorrow he … in Chicago. At the end of the trip he … always tired but happy. He … at home now. Everybody in the family … very glad to see him at home again. His daughters … also happy to get new computer games from their father.

Grammar: Plurals

student / students, office / offices

country / countries, study / studies

watch / watches, class / classes, box / boxes

man / men, woman / women, child / children, tooth / teeth, mouse /

mice

1.6 Give plurals to the following nouns.

magazine, dictionary, fax, woman, city, address, day, baby, match,

play, page, fish, eye, desk, bus, fridge, ship, hobby, house, name