General Questions

Am	I	a student?	— Yes, I am./No, I am not.
Is	he / she / it	a student?	— Yes, he/she/it is./No, he/she/ it isn’t.
Are	we you they	students?	— Yes, we are. / No, we aren’t. — Yes, you are. / No, you aren’t. — Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.

Exercise 5. Make general questions with these words. Give short answers.

1. your mother/at work?

2. her children/at home?

3. he/from Italy? ______ ____

4. I/good at English?

5. you/interested in books?

6. I/right?

7. this subject/difficult?

Exercise 6. Give short answers (Yes, I am/No, he isn’t, etc.).

1. Are your parents old?

2. Are all your school friends students now?

3. Is English difficult?

4. Is your home town small?

5. Are you interested in music?

6. Is your friend good at languages?

Alternative questions

Am	I	your friend	or	not?	—Yes, you are / No, you aren’t.
Is	he/ she	Spanish	or	Italian?	— He/She is Italian.
it	difficult	or	easy?	— It’s difficult.
Are	we	in the city centre	or	on the out - skirts?	— You are on the outskirts.
you	a student	or	a schoolboy?	— I’m a student.
they	at home	or	at work?	—They are at work.

Exercise 7. Ask alternative questions with the following words. Give answers.

Example: You/ a student/ a schoolboy? — Are you a student or a schoolboy? — I’m a student.

1. He/ in Moscow /in Kiev?

2. Alan and Henry/ students /teachers?

3. Your new friends/ sociable /not?

4. His daughter/17/ 18?

5. Your parents/old/ young?

6. Russia/ a big /a small country?

7. They/ designers/ artists?