The Verb. The Tense Forms in the Active Voice Дієслово. Часові форми у активному стані Tenses Indefinite / Continuous Active

1. Утворіть речення за поданими зразками. Зверніть увагу на утворення та вживання дієслова “ to be”.

1. Зразок:

а) Who are you ? – Petrov

I am Petrov.

Who are these ? – my friends.

These are my friends.

2. What are you ? – a student

I am a student.

What are they ? – biologists

They are biologists.

2. Where are you from ? – Odessa

I am (we are) from Odessa

1. Who is this ? – my brother, my aunt.

2. What are they ? – students, workers.

3. What is your friend ? – an engineer, a chemist.

4. Where is he from ? – our native city.

5. Where are they from ? – Ukraine, Russia.

2. Зразок: He is absent today.

Was he absent yesterday ?

He was not absent yesterday.

1. We are at the laboratory.

2. I am at home.

3. He is present at the conference.

4. They are in the garden.

5. You are very careful today.

3. Зразок: Are you a student ?

Not yet. I’ll be a student.

1. Is he an engineer ?

2. Are you a doctor ?

3. Is she a teacher ?

4. Are we in Tenistaya – street ?

5. Is this our station ?

4. Зразок: I, not, be, shall, late

I shall be not late.

1. the table, are, our books, on;

2. not, Ukrainian, he, of, a teacher, is;

3. yesterday, was, were, he ?

4. lectures, in, we, after, the library, were;

5. will, tomorrow, where, you, be ?

6. the classroom, be the students, in, will.

2. Утворіть речення за поданими зразками. Поставте дієслова у відповідній формі Continuous Active.

1.Зразок: He is a teacher of English ( to teach English)

He is teaching English

1. She is a writer ( to write books).

2. We are students (to study at the Academy).

3. You are a driver ( to drive a car).

4. They are workers (to work at the plant).

5. I am a gardener (to plant trees and flowers).

2.Зразок: He was translating the text.

Was he translating the text?

He was not translating the text.

1. I was writing a letter.

2. They were having dinner at home.

3. We were discussing this plan.

4. You were working in the library.

5. She was playing the piano.

3. Зразок: He will be writing this composition (we).

We will (shall) be writing this composition.

1. All our group will be working at the laboratory (she).

2. He will be working at his English (I).

3. We will (shall) be expecting him to lunch (you).

4. You will be playing football after classes (he).

5. I will (shall) be going home (you).

4. Зразок: Are you reading now? – to write.

I am not reading. I am writing.

1. Is he playing now? – to speak.

2. Are you standing now? – to sit.

3. Was it snowing? – to rain.

4. Were you going for a walk? – to stay at home.

5. Will they be discussing this problem? – to work at the laboratory.

Indefinite / Continuous Active

3. Утворіть речення за поданими зразками, вживаючи дієслова в Indefinite Active

1. Зразок: I speak English (he).

He speaks English too.

1. I understand you (he).

2. You do your home work (they).

3. We translate this text (he).

4. They listen to me (you).

5. She writes this exercise (we).

2. Зразок: What does a teacher do? (to teach).

He teaches.

1. What does a pianist do? (to play the piano).

2. What does a driver do? (to drive a car).

3. What do you do? (to study at the Academy).

4. What does your friend do? (to work at a plant)

5. What do they do? (to do an experiment).

3. Зразок: We wrote this exercise yesterday.