Fill in the correct form of the verb

1. We (is/are) students. 2. I (was/will be) an engineer in future. 3. They (were/was) schoolboys and schoolgirls last year. 4. My friend (will be/is) in the laboratory now. 5. I (am/is) at the University. 6. He (is/are) our professor.

1.7. Fill in the verb to be in Present Simple.

1. What … your name? – My name … Max. 2. Where … you from? – I … from Nakhodka. 3. … your mother a doctor? – No, she … a teacher. 4. … they at home? – No, they … not at home, they … at the University. 5. My favourite subject … maths. – What … your favourite subjects? 6. I … always busy, but I … happy. 7. Whose book … this? – It … Olga’s book. 8. … you a sportsman? – Yes, I ….
9. What … your favourite sport? – Tennis ….

1.8. Fill in the verb to be in Present, Past or Future Simple.

Mr. Brown … a managing director of the East bank. He … always on a business trip. Yesterday he … in Geneva. Tomorrow he … in Chicago. At the end of the trip he … always tired but happy. He … at home now. Everybody in the family … very glad to see him at home again. His daughters … also happy to get new computer games from their father.

Grammar: there is/are – есть/имеется

There is the faculty of designing marine devices at our University.

There are twenty five students in our group.

There are many types of ships.

Is there the faculty of economics at the University? – Yes, there is.

Are there any foreign students in your group? – No, there are not. There are no foreign students in our group.