8. Fill in the verb to be in Present, Past or Future Simple.

Mr. Brown … a managing director of the East bank. He … always on a business trip. Yesterday he … in Geneva. Tomorrow he … in Chicago. At the end of the trip he … always tired but happy. He … at home now. Everybody in the family … very glad to see him at home again. His daughters … also happy to get new computer games from their father.

Grammar: there is/are – есть/имеется

There is the faculty of designing marine devices at our University.

There are twenty five students in our group.

There are many types of ships.

Is there the faculty of economics at the University? – Yes, there is.

Are there any foreign students in your group? – No, there are not. There are no foreign students in our group.

9. Translate the following sentences.

1. There are many faculties at our University. 2. There were only two faculties at our University in 1930. 3. Is there a reading-room in your University? 4. There are various laboratories at our faculty. 5. There are many shipyards in St.Petersburg. 6. There are different experiments. 7. There will be new specialities at our University in future.

Grammar: Verb to have

	Present	Past	Future
I	have	had	will ‘ll	have
He, She, It	has
We You They	have
I have a lecture on mathematics today. Do you have a lecture on physics today? – No, I don’t. I have no lecture on physics today.

10. Translate the sentences.

1. There are many Universities in Russia. 2. The students have four or five exams in January and June. 3. We have the right to study. 4. Until 1939 there was no faculty of economics here. 5. Yesterday we had no lecture on physics. 6. Is there a laboratory of electronics at your faculty?

11. Make sentences with the verb to have.

Model: I usually have breakfast at 8 o’clock.

have	breakfast, a cup of coffee a bath, a shower, a party, a nice time, a dream, an accident, difficulty, trouble, fun

12. Complete these sentences. Use an expression from the box and put the verb into the correct form.

have a party	have a swim	have a nice time
have a chat	have a look	have a good flight

1. Max likes to keep fit, so he … every day. 2. We … on Saturday. It was great. We invited lots of people. 3. Excuse me, can I … at your newspaper, please? 4. I met Ann in the supermarket yesterday. We stopped and … . 5. I haven’t seen you since you came back from holiday. Did you … ? 6. Helen meets Tom in the airport. He has just arrived. Helen says: Hello, Tom. Did you …?