Grammar exercises

1. Present Simple

1.1. Open the brackets. Translate the sentences.

Models: I am (be) a student.

She is (be) a doctor.

They are (be) guides.

He has (have) his own office.

1. Our students (be) at school.

2. Mr. Smith (have) a lot of work to do.

3. They usually (have) many guests at the parties.

4. Your house (be) large and comfortable.

5. My wife (be) very pretty.

6. I (be) a manager.

1.2. Make up negative and interrogative sentences.

Models: 1. We have much work to do.

(–) We do not (don’t) have much work to do.

(?) Do we have much work to do?

2. He is a tourism manager.

(–) He is not a tourism manager.

(?) Is he a tourism manager?

1. This man is a tour operator.

2. The manager speaks English.

3. They have their own office.

4. Your office is very old.

5. The manager has duties.

6. I am an animator.

7. They are knowledgeable guides.

1.3. Put the subject of the sentence in the third person singular.

Model: We are happy. – She is happy.

1. The travel agents work in a travel company.

2. The travel agents sell goods to customers.

3. The goods are tour operator’s packages.

4. They have their own business.

5. The services are expensive.

1.4. Make up special questions.

Models:

1. She is a good tour guide. (Who, What, What kind of…)

Who is a good tour guide?

What is she?

What kind of guide is she?

2. She handles tour groups. (Who, What, What)

Who handles tour groups?

What does she do?

What does she handle?

1. He is an experienced tour operator. (Who, What kind of…).

2. They are our new suppliers. (Who, What ).

3. Tour operators usually market the tours. (Who, What, How often).

4. He advertises tours in mass media or in brochures. (Who, What, Where).

5. The manager speaks English and German fluently. (Who, What, How well)

6. The tourism manager plans tourist business. (Who, What, What kind of…

7. He decides on prices and discounts because he is a tourism manager. (Who, Why, What).

8. They arrange entertainment programmes because they are animators. (Who, Why, What).

9. You advertise your tour packages in mass media every month. (Where, When, What).

10. The animator entertains passengers on a cruise ship. (Whom, Where, Who, What).

1.5. Open the brackets.

1. The tour guide (speak) a few foreign languages.

2. The chief animator (supervise) the staff of animators?

3. There (be) some timetables, a travelogue and a folder on the table.

4. When and where the conference on international travel and tourism usually (take) place? – It usually (take) place in August in Italy.

5. Our customers often (not attend) the exhibition.

6. Your travelling companions (take) the same kind of tour every year? – No,

they don’t.

7. Old steamships (not cover) long distances.

8. Why (be) there so many discounts?

2. Present Continuous

2.1. Make up negative and interrogative sentences.

Model: The students are having dinner at the cafe.

The students aren’t having dinner at the cafe.

Are the students having dinner at the cafe? – Yes, they are.

No, they aren’t.

1. It is raining now.

2. They are waiting for a tour guide.

3. A tourist is packing a suitcase at the moment.

4. We are discussing some problems with the teacher.

5. I am preparing for the departure.

6. Look, he is smoking.