Illustrative Examples

I am a student.

I am not a pupil.

I was a pupil last year.

Are you a pupil now? No, I am not. Were you a pupil last year? Yes, I was.

Is he a student or a worker? He is a student.

She is a student too, isn’t she? Yes she is. No, she is not.

We shall be specialists in five years.

What shall we be in five years?

We shall be specialists in five years.

Who will be specialists in five years? We shall

Exercise 1. Render the following sentences into the Past and the Future.

1. He is a student of our University.

2. She is a good student.

3. You are our guests.

4. I am a member of this group.

5. Are they pupils or students?

6. What is your profession?

7. We are good friends.

8. You are Ukrainian citizen, aren’t you?

Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with am, is, are, was, were, will be, shall be.

1. … you a scientist?

2. Who … the eldest member of your family?

3. I … a second year student next year.

4. Scientific conference … in our University in 1996.

5. … this man a teacher or a doctor?

6. He … an American, … he?

7. … these your books?

8. … you in London last year?

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions.

1. Is your father an engineer?

2. Will you be an economist?

3. Who is the eldest in your family?

4. Are your parents in England?

5. Your mother was a famous dancer, wasn’t she?

6. Who are you?

7. What are you?

8. Is your best friend a student or a collective farmer?

9. Shall we be friends?

10. Where were you yesterday in the evening?