unit1-grammar

E N G L I S H

For the 1st year students of all specialties

GRAMMAR

be
Affirmative
I’m
You’re
He’s
She’s
It’s
We’re
They’re

Negative
I’m not
You aren’t
He isn’t
She isn’t
It isn’t
We aren’t
They aren’t

(aren’t = are not
isn’t = is not)
Are you married?
Yes, I am.
No, I’m not.

1. Complete the sentences with affirmative of the verb be. Use contractions where possible.

1. I ‘m__ from Kazakhstan.
2. My mother ______ a doctor.
3. My teacher _______ a woman.
4. My favourite drink _______ tea.
5. My friends and I _________ students.
6. My parents _________ from Russia.

2. Write the sentences from Exercise 1 in the negative.

1. I’m not from Kazakhstan.___________________________
2. _____________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________
6. _____________________________________________

3. Work with a partner. Make true sentences with the correct affirmative or negative forms of be.

1. Gerge Bush __is___ from Texas. He ____isn’t__ from California.
2. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana ________ Spanish. They _________ Italian.
3. Isabel Allende _________ an artist. She _________ a writer.
4. The White House ___________ in New York. It __________ in Washington.
5. The Petronas Towers ___________ in Kuala Lumpur. They __________ in Hong Kong.
6. LOT _________ a Polish airline. It __________ a German airline.

13 Listen and check.

4. Complete the questions and answers.

1. ‘Are you a university student?’
2. ‘Are you 21?’
3. ‘Is your mother a taxi driver?’
4. ‘______ your father over 65 years old?’
5. ‘______ your favourite drink Coke?’
6. ‘______ your grandparents from here?’

‘Yes, I am’
‘Yes, __________’
‘Yes, __________’
‘_______________’
‘_______________’
‘_______________’

‘No, I’m not’
‘No, _____________’
‘No, _____________’
‘_________________’
‘_________________’
‘_________________’

14 Listen, check and repeat.

5. Write questions.

1. you / an actor?

Are you an actor?

1. your mother / over 50 years old?

___________________________________________

1. your teacher / British?

___________________________________________

1. your phone number / 8701 757 3850?

___________________________________________

1. your classmates / from Russia?

____________________________________________

1. you and your family / from Kazakhstan?

____________________________________________

6. Write true short answers to the questions in Exercise 5.
Example (a): No, I’m not.

1. _________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________
6. _________________________________________________

7. Write the questions in the correct order. Use contractions where possible.

1. What / surname / your / is ? What is your surname? OR What’s your surname?_______
2. How / you / old / are ? _____________________________________________________
3. What / email address / is / your ? _____________________________________________
4. What / your / is / first name ? ________________________________________________
5. What / mobile number / is / your ? ____________________________________________
6. What / your / home phone number / is ? ________________________________________
7. Where / from / you / are ? ___________________________________________________
8. What / your / is / job ? ______________________________________________________

15 Listen, check and repeat.

Unit I

## Contents

- ВВЕДЕНИЕ
- UNIT I. Introduction.The Verb ‘to be’
- UNIT II. Favourite Things. Articles UNIT III. The Family Tree. Possessive Case of Nouns
- UNIT IV. Family. The Verb ‘to have / have got’
- UNIT V. Numbers (Cardinal,Ordinal)
- UNIT VI. Everyday Things. Present Simple
- UNIT VII. Time, Days, Months. Prepositions of Time
- UNIT VIII. Daily Routine. Personal Pronouns
- UNIT IX. At School and University. Plural of Nouns
- UNIT X. In the living room. Prepositions of Place
- UNIT XI. In the bedroom and bathroom. Construction ‘There is/are’
- UNIT XII. In the kitchen. Modal verb (can)
- UNIT XIII. Food and Drink. Indefinite Pronouns ‘some/any’
- UNIT XIV. Eating Out. Construction ‘Would you like… / I’d like
- UNIT XV. Parts of the Body. Possessive Pronouns
- UNIT XVI. Clothes. Present Continuous
- UNIT XVII. Describing People. Adjectives / Comparison
- UNIT XVIII. Moving. Past Simple
- UNIT XIX. Jobs. Future Simple
- UNIT XX. Weather. Adverbs
- REFERENCES

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