Exercises

Exercise 1. Translate into Russian.

1. There is a big parade today.

2. There were many new words in the lesson.

3. There are many green areas in the new districts of our capital.

4. There was a table and 5 chairs in the room.

5. There are more than ten sentences in each exercise.

6. There was thick ice on the river last winter.

7. There will be classes in art, music and gymnastics in the new school.

8. There are twelve months in a year.

9. There is no garden behind her cottage.

10. There will be much noise in the classroom.

Exercise 2. Put the verb “to be” into the correct Tense form.

1. There …much snow in Moscow last winter. 2. There …a storm yesterday. 3. There … a pen and two pencils on the desk. 4. There … two pencils and a pen on the desk. 5. There … a lot of snow in the streets next year. 6. There … twelve chairs and a table in the room. 7. There … a table and twelve chairs in the room. 8. There … many photos in this album. 9. There … no people in the hall last Monday. 10. There … many students in the lab.

Exercise 3. Choose the right variant.

1. Look! … a photograph of your brother in the newspaper.

a) there is; b) there are.

2. Excuse me, … a bank near here?

a) are there? B) Is there?

3. … a bus from the city centre to the airport?

a) Is there? B) are there?

4. … anything on television tonight?

a) will there be? B) shall there be?

5. … another programme at 9.30.

a) there were; b) there was.

6. … a bank near here?

a) was there; b) were there?

7. … any letters for me yesterday?

a) was there? B) were there?

8. … a football match on TV last night.

a) there was; b) there were.

9. … many people at the meeting?

a) Are there? B) Is there?

10. We didn’t visit the museum … (not, no) enough time.

a) there was no; b) there was not.

Глагол to have (иметь)

Спряжение глагола to have:

Present Indefinite		Past Indefinite	Future Indefinite
Утвердительная форма	singular
	I have You have He has She has It has	I had You had He had She had	I shall have You will have He will have She will have It will have
	plural
	We have You have They have	We had You had They had	We shall have You will have They will have
Вопросительная форма	singular
	Have I? Have you? Has he? Has she? Has it?	Had I? Had you? Had he? Had she? Had it?	Shall I have? Will you have? Will he have? Will she have? Will it have?
	plural
	Have we? Have you? Have they?	Had we? Had you? Had they?	Shall we have? Will you have? Will they have?
Отрицательная форма	singular
	I have no (not any)… You have no (not any)… He has no (not any)… She has no (not any)… It has no (not any)…	I had no (not any)… You had no (not any)… He had no (not any)… She had no (not any)… It had no (not any)…	I shan’t have … You won’t have… He won’t have… She won’t have… It won’t have…
	plural
	We have no (not any)… You have no (not any)… They have no (not any)…	We had no (not any)… You had no (not any)… They had no (not any)…	We shan’t have… You won’t have… They won’t have…

Функции глагола to have:

Глагол to have может быть:

а) смысловым глаголом со значением «иметь», «обладать»:

He has many books in his own library.

У него (он имеет) в библиотеке много книг.

Have и have got означает одно и то же – владеть чем-либо, обладать.

Но have got – более неформальное, поэтому в разговорной речи оно употребляется чаще, чем have. Have употребляется в официальной обстановке и на письме.

I have got a book.

У меня есть книга.

б) вспомогательным глаголом для образования перфектных времен (Perfect Tenses) с Participle II (т.е. третьей формой глагола).

They have already written the test.

Они уже написали текст.

в) модальным глаголом, после которого инфинитив употребляется с частицей to.

My friend is ill and I have to visit her every day.

Моя подруга больна, и мне приходится навещать ее каждый день.