Grammar practice

To be

Ex. 1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of ‘to be’:

1. We … at the lesson now.
2. John … a driver and Alice … a shop assistant.
3. Yesterday they … a husband and wife.
4. In summer 1990 I … in Brazil.
5. Lunch … ok, but the vegetables … not very good.
6. It … very hot in Rio tomorrow.
7. … you in London 2 days ago? No, I … in Glasgow.
8. Our house … very small.
9. Next Friday she … with her parents.
10. We … not students last year.

Ex. 2. Look at the table below and complete the text with was(n’t) or were(n’t):

telephone	+
answerphone	-
mobile phone	-
computers	+
Internet	-

When I was a child, there … a telephone in the house, but there … an answerphone and there … any mobile phones. There … computers in those days but there … the Internet.

Ex. 3. Look at these identity cards and:

a) tell about these people;

b) ask questions about these people:

Surname	Ramos	Binchey	Wilson
First name	Paola	Patrick	Keiko and Mark
Country	Mexico	Australia	Japan
Job	Journalist	Accountant	Interpreter; Financial manager
Age	28	52	32; 36
Married	no	yes	yes

a)      This is … She is from…

b)      What/surname? Where/from?

There be

Ex. 1. Complete the sentences with ‘there is (are)’, ‘there was (were)’:

1. … a good restaurant next door.
2. … seven departments in this company.
3. … hyperinflation in the country.
4. … some money in my pocket.
5. … not any cars in 1600.
6. … a good net profit in this enterprise last year.
7. … no dogs on the moon.
8. … no Westminster Abbey in Paris.
9. … many knights in the past.
10. … a lot of explanations of this economic event.

Ex. 2 a) What hotel facilities do you know? What questions can you ask about them?

e.g. restaurants – Are there any restaurants in the hotel? – Yes, there are.

                        How many restaurants are there? – There are 4.

b) Work in pairs. Student A looks at the information about the Century Park Hotel. Student B looks at the information about the Royal Princess Hotel. Ask each other about your hotels.

Facilities	Century Park Hotel	Royal Princess Hotel
Rooms	338	170
Restaurants	2	4
Fitness centre	1	1
Swimming pool	1 outdoor	2 outdoor / 1 indoor
Business centre	2	1
Beauty saloon	3	1
Shuttle bus	+	-

e.g. How many rooms are there in Century Park hotel?  - There are 338.

Ex. 3. Make present or past questions with ‘there is’:

e.g. any fruit juice in the fridge (present)→ Is there any fruit juice in the fridge?

1. any letters for me? (past)
2. how many people / in your family? (present)
3. a doctor here? (present)
4. any trains to London this evening? (present)
5. much money in your bank account? (past)
6. how many students / in your group? (present)
7. a special price for pensioners? (past)
8. any mistakes in my letter? (past)
9. many children in the swimming pool? (past)
10. how many faculties / in this University? (present)

Ex. 4. Here is some information about Bristol (an English town). Write sentences using ‘there is’:

	1969	now	2050
people	427,000	380,000	400,000
cinemas	5	2	4
theatres	1	1	2
nightclubs	0	12	20
restaurants	30	46	62
hotels	15	28	34
supermarkets	0	23	50
universities	1	2	3

e.g. In 1969 there were 427,000 people in Bristol.

Ex. 5. Choose the correct variant:

1. It’s / There’s a new bookshop in East Street.
2. Whose is that dog? – It’s / There’s mine.
3. Is it / there a bus stop in this street?
4. There isn’t / It isn’t a supermarket here.
5. What’s that? – It’s / There’s my new calculator.
6. How’s your new job? – It’s / There’s interesting.
7. It’s / There’s a report on your desk.
8. Is there / is it any coffee?
9. They were / There were no mistakes in this letter.

 

To have

Task 1. Put the correct form of ‘to have’:

1.        We … breakfast at 9 a.m.

2.        He … well-known relatives.

3.        In my childhood I … a dog and a cat.

4.        She … a headache, so she will not go for a work.

5.        They … many apple trees in the garden in 2 summers.

6.        Economics … many branches.

7.        Earlier this text … 3 paragraphs.

8.        Every good day … an end.

9.        Children usually … not a lot of money.

10.    Our old car … only three doors, but the new one … five.

11.    Joe … a cold last week.

12.    We … lexical dictation soon.

Task 2. Translate from Russian into English:

1.     У Эрика немного друзей.

2.     У вас есть летний дом?

3.     Когда Мэри было 6 лет, у неё были очень светлые волосы.

4.     У него есть братья или сёстры?

5.     Сколько детей у вас будет?

6.     У моей тёти нет собаки.

7.     В детстве у неё не было своей комнаты.

8.     У них достаточно денег для постройки дома.

9.     20 лет назад у нас не было Интернета.

10. У нас есть два выхода из этой ситуации.