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8. Complete the sentences with am, is, are, was, or were.

  1. The homework ________ very difficult yesterday.

  2. Hello, everybody! I ________ sorry I ________ late!

  3. Where __________ you born? I _________ born in India.

  4. Where _______ your sister born? She ________ born in India too.

  5. The weather _________ beautiful today. It ________ terrible yesterday.

  6. The children _______ very tired today. They _________ at a party yesterday evening.

  7. I could play chess when I ________ five.

  8. We __________ married when I ________ eighteen and Roger __________ twenty.

9. Complete the sentences with the verb to be in the proper tense-form.

1. My father ______ a teacher. 2. He ______ a pupil twenty years ago. 3. He ________ a doctor when I grow up. 4. My sister ______ not _________ at home tomorrow. 5. ________ your father at work yesterday? 6. Yesterday we _______ at the theatre. 7. When I come home tomorrow, all my family ________ at home. 8. Where ______ your books now? – They _________ in my bag. 9. _______ your little sister in bed now? – Yes, she ________.

10. Translate into English, using the proper tense-form of the verb to be.

  1. Мій брат зараз в школі.

  2. Ти будеш завтра вдома?

  3. Вона була вчора у парку?

  4. Де ви були вчора?

  5. Мої книжки були на столі. Де вони зараз?

  6. Коли твоя сестра буде вдома?

  7. Мій брат був студентом в минулому році, а зараз він лікар.

  8. Ви були вчора на роботі?

  9. Завтра о третій годині ми будемо в офісі.

  10. Де він зараз? Він у бібліотеці.

Present continuous

1. Form

We form the present continuous with be + … ing

Affirmative Negative Questions

I am

working

I am not

working

am I

working?

you are

you are not

are you

he

she is

it

he

she is not

it

he

is she

it

we

you are

they

we

you are not

they

we

are you

they

2. Use

a) We use the present continuous to talk about something which is in progress at the moment of speaking.

What are you doing at the moment?

I’m writing a letter.

We’re leaving now. Goodbye.

b) We also use the present continuous to talk about something which is in progress around the present, but not necessarily exactly at the moment of speaking.

Sue is looking for a job at the moment.

c) It also describes an activity in the near future.

I’m playing tennis this afternoon.

Jane is seeing her boyfriend tonight.

d) We use the present continuous when we talk about changing situations:

The population of the world is rising very fast.

Exercises

1. Put the verb in brackets into the present continuous tense.

  1. Oh, no! It ___________. What a pity! (rain)

  2. I ___________ a very good book at the moment. (read)

  3. We _________ champagne because it’s our wedding anniversary. (drink)

  4. I ________ hard because we have exams next week. (work)

  5. ‘What _____ Peter _______ on the floor?’ (do)

‘He _______ for his glasses’ (look)

  1. ‘Why _______ you _____?’ (run)

‘Because I __________ to a party and I’m late’ (go)

  1. I ________ any more work. I’m tired. (not do)

  2. The photocopier __________ . Phone the engineer. (not work)