Verb to Be

Глагол to be – особый глагол в английском языке. Он может выступать, как и вспомогательный глагол (при образовании времен группы Continuous, форм пассивного залога), так и смысловой (быть). Этот глагол не требует вспомогательного глагола при образовании вопросительной и отрицательной форм. Ann is a student. Is Ann a student? Ann is not a teacher. Глагол to be неправильный, имеет особые временные формы, изменяется по числам и лицам. В настоящем времени глагол имеет следующие формы: I – am He, she, it – is We, you, they – are I am happy. He is my cousin. My mother isn’t a doctor. Is the table brown? We are not busy. You are pretty. Are they firefighters? В прошедшем времени у этого глагола две формы: I, he, she, it – was We, you, they– were I was in the UK two years ago. Sam wasn’t at school yesterday. We were at the concert last week. Were you happy those days? В будущем времени у глагола одна форма – will be. Sue will be here tomorrow. They won’t be in Moscow next week. Will you be happy if I buy this ring?

Exercise№1. Fill the gaps using to be in Present, Past or Future Simple according to the meaning.

1. Now I …eighteen years old. Last year I …seventeen.

2. Peter …a freshman now.

3. We …never late for classes.

4. Yesterday several students …absent from the lecture. Today all…present.

5. The first class next Monday…Maths.

6. There…an interesting programme on TV tonight.

7. Our teacher of English…ill last week.

8. It…time to have a break. We…tired.

9. Sue…at the concert tomorrow.

10. You’ve got a five. You…lucky!

Exercise№2. Open the brackets.

1. (to be) students usually on holidays in February?

2. The Browns (not/to be) present at the party next week. They (to be) abroad.

3. Where (to be) you yesterday? – I (to be) at the cinema.

4. My sister (not/to be) at home now. She (to be) at work.

5. I (not/to be) tired. I (to be) ready to continue working.

Exercise№3. Fill the gaps using to be in Present, Past or Future Simple according to the meaning.

Ronald Wood … a managing director of the First Bank of Kingsville. He … always on a business trip. Yesterday he … in Geneva. Tomorrow he … in London. Last week he … in Chicago. Next week he … in New Orleans. At the moment he … in Amsterdam. In two hours he … in the Hague. Three days ago he … in Paris. At the end of his trip he … usually very tired but happy. He … with his family now. His sons … so much excited. Everybody in the family … very glad to see him at home again.

Exercise№4. Make 5 questions of different types to the text from ex. 3.