IV. Make the sentences negative and interrogative

1. He is interested in research work.

2. She is interested in taking an active part in the Institute social life.

3. This senior student is married.

4. His wife is a nurse.

5. They are ready for the lesson.

6. They are late for classes.

7. They are sorry about it.

V. Ask alternative questions

1. I am eager to be a doctor. (an economist)

2. Our education is free of charge. (expensive)

3. He is interested in medicine. (Physics)

4. This is a certificate of education. (an application for admission to the medical University)

5. My friend is a first-year student of the Gomel Medical Institute. (the University)

6. They were at the library after classes yesterday. (at the canteen)

7. They will be happy about it. (sorry)

VI. Ask the necessary questions. (Read the answers to the questions)

(his name?) (single or married?) (British?) (where / from?) (how old?) (a student?) (your mother / a teacher?) (where / from?) (her name?) (how old?)

Robert. I’m single. No, I am not. From Australia. I’m 18. No, I am a secretary. No, she is a lawyer. She’s Italian. Rachel. She is 40.

VII. Write questions with these words

1. What color / your house last year?

2. Where / my key?

3. Where / my trousers?

4. How old / your grandmother next year?

5. What color / his hair many years ago?

6. How much / these shoes?

7. Who / your favourite actor?

8. Why / you always late?

VIII. Ask as many questions as possible

1. My friend is interested in Anatomy.

2. Jack was ill with the grippe five days ago.

3. The students will be at home at 7 o’clock in the evening.

IX. Change the sentences into all Indefinite Tenses (use “today, yesterday, tomorrow)

1. I ___ glad to see my new friends and teachers.

2. I think, he ___ ill.

3. She ___ well.

X. Put the verb “to be” in the right form

1. I ___ glad to see you. How ___ you?

2. Bob’s parents ___ travel agents.

3. The best seats ___ $10.

4. I ___ hot. Open the window, please.

5. ___ you hungry?

6. The news ___ (not) very bad today.

7. Your money ___ in your handbag.

8. We ___ very busy last week.

9. John ___ at the meeting tomorrow night.

XI. Use the necessary form of the verb “to be”

1. Last year their son ___ 26, so he ___ 27 now.

2. Today the weather ___ nice, but yesterday it ___ cold.

3. I ___ cold. Can I have something hot to drink?

4. I ___ hungry last night, so I had something to eat.

5. Where ___ you at 10 o’clock last Sunday morning?

6. Don’t buy those shoes. They ___ two expensive.

7. Why ___ you so tired yesterday?

8. We must go now. It ___ very late.

9. This time last year I ___ in England.

10. We ___ tired when we arrived home, so we went to bed.

11. Anton Chekhov died in 1904. He ___ a famous Russian writer.

12. – Where ___ the dogs? – I don’t know. They ___ in the garden ten minutes ago.

XII. Read and remember the idioms

to be in another’s shoes to be as hungry as a hunter. to be as like as two peas. to be in the swim. to be in someone else’s skin. to be on the edge of doing. to be thick-skinned. come what may be! to wear the trousers. to be in one’s right mind.

Быть в таком же положении, как и кто-либо. Быть голодным, как волк. Быть похожим, как две капли воды. Быть в курсе дела. Быть в чьей-либо шкуре. Решиться на что-либо. Быть толстокожим. Будь, что будет! Быть хозяином в доме. Быть в здравом уме.