Test yourself (To be/ to have)

1. Use the right form of “to be” or “to have”. 1. The metro station _________ far from my house. 2. You _______ welcome. 3. She ______ out. 4. We ______ a little child. 5. How old _______ Mary? 6. How many children _______ they? 7. She ________ a nice flat. 8. Mary and Nelly ________ friends. 9. He ______ bad habits. 10. She ______ no time. 11. What country _______ she from? 12. How far ______ it from here? 13. They _______ a small cottage. 14. We ________well. 15. She __________ two mistakes in the test. 16. She _______ at home. 17. It _______ easy to ask him about it. 18. They _______ a big car. 19. It ______ not good of her to say so. 20. _________ he an umbrella with him?

2. Complete the dialogues.

1. A: Good morning. How are you? B: _______________ A: Very well. Thank you. 2. A: Has he got a large family? B: _______________ 3. A: How is your mother? B: _______________ 4. A: How many friends do you have? B: _______________ 5. A: Are you busy tonight? B: _______________ 6. A: Are Tom and David in the kitchen? B: _______________ 7. A: Excuse me, Where’s Peter? B: _______________ 8. A: I’ve got some apples. B: _______________ A: Yes, I’ve got some. 9. A: _____________ B: Matches. 10. A: ____________ B: Two.

3. Translate. 1. - Вы заняты сегодня вечером? - Нет. 2. - Есть ли у вас новый учебник французского языка? - Нет. А у вас? - Есть. Это очень хороший учебник. 3. - У него большая семья? - Нет. У него не очень большая семья. У него жена и двое детей. 4. - Сколько у тебя братьев и сестер? - У меня двое братьев. 5. - Твой дядя бизнесмен? - Да. У него своя фирма.

4. Put in a suitable affirmative or negative form of “to be” or “to have”. Helen 1____fourteen. She 2____at a very nice school; she 3____interested in the lessons – there 4 _____ only two teachers that she doesn’t like – and she 5 _____ got lots of friends.

Two years ago she 6 _____ at a different school; the lessons 7 _____ very good, and she 8 ______ many friends, so she 9 _____ very unhappy.

The school 10 ______ twenty kilometers from Helen’s house, so she gets up early. She 11 _____ a quick wash, and then she 12 ____ breakfast – cereal and fruit juice if she 13 _____ hungry. There 14 _____ a school bus, but if it 15 _____ very cold her mother takes her by car. In the evenings she 16 ______school work; she 17 _____ much difficulty with this, so she usually finishes quickly. Then she 18 _____ supper. At ten o’clock she 19 ______ a bath and goes to bed. On Saturdays and Sundays she gets up at 12.00, 20 ______ a quick lunch and goes straight to her computer games.

There + to be

There is, there are

There is There are Is there..? Are there..?

1. Put in is, are.

There ___ some new letters in the mail.

There are some new letters in the mail.

__ there any students in the classroom?

Are there any students in the classroom? 1. There ___ a telegram on the table. 2. ___ there a flight for Moscow tomorrow? - Yes, there ___ . 3. There ___ many places of interest in London. 4. ___ there any telegrams from Berlin? - Yes, there ___. 5. There ___ a chair and two armchairs in the room. 6. There ___ two sofas and one armchair in the room. 7. ___ there a lamp over the table? - No, there ___ . 8. There ___ a lot of stars and planets in space. 9. ___ there a lift in this building? - Yes, there ___ . 10. ___ there anything interesting in today’s mail? - No, there ___ .

There is not There are not There is no There are no

2. Make negative sentences.

There are a lot of trees in our street. - There are not any trees in our street.

- There are no trees in our street.

1. There is some butter on the table.

2. There are a lot of pictures in this book.

3. There is a carpet in our bedroom.

4. There are some magazines on the shelf.

5. There is somebody in the office now.

6. Look! There is something strange there.

7. There are English books in our library.

8. There are two interesting museums in our city.

9. There is a telephone in our flat.

10. There is a lift in this building.