1) Everybody was looking at the dancing girl.
2) My parents want to buy a new car instead of flying to Egypt.
3) Paris is a fantastic city.
4) It was raining all day yesterday.
5) Look! It is snowing.
6) They married just a few months ago.
7) Suddenly an elegant elderly lady wearing a black suit came into the room.
8) After ten years of severe heart disease a successful operation was made to the President.
9) My mother-in-law is getting to be unbearable.
10) They wish to make sure that he does not alter his plans.
11) I would really like to get a dialogue with my boyfriend going.
To be in the Present Simple Tense form
I (я) | am | a student |
You (ты, вы) | are | a student students |
He (он) She (она) | is is | a student a student |
We (мы) | are | students |
They (они) | are | students |
Am | I | a student? |
Are | you | a student? students? |
Is Is | he she | a student? a student? |
Are | we | students? |
Are | they | students? |
I You He She They We | am are is is are are | (not) | a driver a doctor a student a teacher a artist a plumper |
Am Are Is Is Are Are | I you he she they we | a driver? a doctor? a student? a teacher? a artist? a plumper? |
Dialogue:
— Are you a student? — Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
— Is he a student? — Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t.
— Are you students? — Yes, we are. / No, we aren’t.
There is/There are.
There are / There is — обстоятельственный оборот, который указывает на местонахождение лица или предмета в определенном месте. Эта конструкция употребляется, когда мы сообщаем слушающему о предметах или лицах, неизвестных ему. Сравните:
Where is my pen? — The pen is in the bag. (Я спрашиваю конкретно о своей ручке.)
What is there in the bag? — There is a pen in the bag. (Я не знаю, что находится в сумке.)
На русский язык эту конструкцию переводят «есть», «имеется», «находится», «существует» или вообще не переводят.
There are ten universities in the city. — В нашем городе (есть) десять университетов.
Present | Past | Future |
There is a car in the garage. There is not a car in the garage. Is there a car in the garage? | There was a car in the garage. There was not a car in the garage. Was there a car in the garage? | There will be a car in the garage. There will not be a car in the garage. Will there be a car in the garage? |
Если в предложении несколько подлежащих, то глагол to be согласуется по числу с первым из них: There are two chairs, a table and a sofa in the room. There is a sofa, a table and two chairs in the room.
Practice:
1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы, утвердительно или отрицательно:
There is a gas station and a police station on State Street. There is a drug store around the corner from the bank. There are two schools between the train station and the park. There is a museum next to the book store. There is a hairdresser’s across from the movie theater.
· Is there a gas station on Main Street? – Yes, there is. / No, there is not.
· Is there a museum between the train station and the park? –
· Are there two schools next to the book store? –
· Is there a drug store around the corner from the book store? –
· Is there a hairdresser’s across from the movie theater? –