Put in article where necessary

It was … hot day. … sun was shining brightly in … blue sky. … wolf and … lamb met at …stream. …water in …stream was cool and clear. …wolf saw that …lamb was fat and wanted to eat it. He began to shout: “You, … fool, you are making … water dirty!” …lamb was afraid. It looked at …wolf and said in …thin voice: “But, Mr.Wolf, I cannot make … water dirty for you from …place where I am standing, because … stream runs from you to me.” “Stop talking!” shouted …wolf in …angry voice. “I know you! I met you six months ago, and you were very rude to me.” “You are wrong, … Mr.Wolf,” cried …lamb, “you could not meet me six months ago: I am only four …months old” “Never mind,” said …wolf, “if it wasn’t you, it was your brother.” And with these …words he seized … poor lamb and carried it into …word

 

Use the proper article. Point out the nouns which denote an object or person already mentioned

1. She smiled. …smile was perhaps … result of … long practice; she hardly moved her mouth. 2. My clothes were my Sunday best: … light grey suit, … plain grey tie, … plain grey socks and brown shoes. … shoes were the most expensive I’d ever possessed. 3. It was nice of you to buy these books for me. I gathered up … heavy volumes and looked round for somewhere to put them. 4. It was Ashley’s birthday and Melaine gave him … surprise reception that night. Everyone knew about … reception, except Ashley. 5. Mr. Polteed unlocked … drawer, produced … memorandum, ran his eyes over it, and locked… drawer up again. 6. “Bring …bottle of Scotch and … ice bucket for Mr.Hopkins,” Helen said. After … maid had brought … bottle of Scotch and …ice bucket, Hopkins filled his glass and took … long drink.

Use the proper article. Point out the nouns which have a limiting attribute

1. Her brother belonged to … same club we did. 2. That’s … rarest occurrence I ever saw in my life. 3. … attempt to persuade them left exhausted. 4. In … corner of … room was … wash-basin with … hot and cold water. 5. … thought of Medhurst went out of his mind swiftly. 6. He laid his hand upon … chair, which stood in … middle of … room. 7. He took … cigarette that I had carefully rolled up for myself and went. 8. “I like you,” he said. It was … very strange remark and … old pipe I was smoking fell on … floor.

 

Insert articles where necessary

1. Where is … soup? - … soup is in … big saucepan on … gas-cooker. 2. Where are … cutlets? - … cutlets are in …refrigerator on … little plate. 3. There is no … bread on … table. Where is … bread? 4. There is … little brown coffee-table in our … room in … front of … sofa. 5. Where is … table in your …room? 6. There is … thick carpet on … floor in my mother’s … room. 7. Is your brother at … home? – No, he is at … work. He works at … big factory. He is … engineer. 8. My sister has many … books. … books are in … big bookcase. 9. … weather is fine today. Let’s go and play in … yard. There are many …children in … yard. They are playing with … ball.

 

Read the text

My uncle’s a shopkeeper

My uncle is a shopkeeper. He has a shop in an old village by the River Thames near Oxford. The shop sells a lot of things- bread, milk, fruit, vegetables, newspaper, - almost everything! It is also the village post office. The children in the village always stop to spend a few pence on sweets or ice-cream on their way home from school.

My uncle doesn’t often leave the village. He hasn’t got a car, so once a month he goes by bus to Oxford and has lunch at the Grand Hotel with some friends. He is one of the happiest men I know.

Answer the questions:

1. Who is a shopkeeper?

2. Where does he have s shop?

3. What does the shop sell?

4. What do the children buy?

5. Does your uncle often leave the village?

6. Has he got a car?

7. Where does your uncle have lunch with his friends?

Retell the text.

The verb “to be “

Present Simple tense of verb to be

Positive	Negative	Question
I am/ I’m	I am not/ I’m not	Am I…?
You are/ You’re	You are not/ You aren’t	Are you…?
She is/ She’s	She is not/ She isn’t	Is she…?
He is/ He’s	He is not/ He isn’t	Is he…?
It is/ It’s	It is not/ It isn’t	Is it…?
We are/ We’re	We are not/ We aren’t	Are we…?
They are/ They’re	They are not/ They aren’t	Are they…?

1.Write the short form:

1. It is a lovely day. 2. He is a student. 3. I am sorry. 4. It is not very cold. 5.She

is American. 6. They are late. 7. He is not late. 8. We are not hungry. 9. You are happy. 10. It is hot.

2. Complete sentences with the correct form of the verb (am, is, are):

1. I … a freshman. 2. This lesson … easy. 3.You … a teacher. 4. Your books … on the table. 5. Today … Monday. 6. Mr. Ross and Mr. Judd … lawyers. 7.They …old friends. 8.The book … interesting. 9. He … a doctor. 10. We … from Kazakhstan.

 

3. Complete sentences with the correct negative form of to be:

1. I … form Iran. 2.It … a small university. 3.The copy machines … in the library. 4. It … cold today. 5.We … from Canada. 6.The teachers … at a meeting. 7.They … in the office. 8.The books … on my desk. 9.He …from China. 10. The class … very big.

 

4. Answer these questions with yes or no answers:

e.g: Is Hong Kong in Thailand? No, it is not.

Are bananas yellow? Yes, they are.

1. Are you from New York? 2. Is it cold in Alaska? 3. Are diamonds expensive? 4. Is Rome the capital of Italy? 5. Is Tina Turner a singer? 6. Are you 21 years old? 7. Is rice your favorite food? 8. Are horses small animals? 9. Is Ivan Lendl a tennis player? 10. Are you and your friends in the park now?

5. Answer these questions:

1. Are you married or single? 2. Are you in class or at home? 3. Is the earth round or lat? 4. Is your teacher tall or short? 5. Is your homework easy or difficult?

 

1. Insert the verb to be in singular or plural form:

1. This … a star. 2. This … a boy. 3. This … a baby. 4. That … a plate. 5. Those…flowers. 6. Those … bookshelves. 7. … a sofa? 8. … these bookcases? 9. That … not a king. 10. Those … not buses.

7. Put the following sentences into plural form:

1. This man is an engineer. 2. That woman is my sister. 3. This child is my son. 4. That goose is big. 5. This child is my son. 6. This man is a doctor. 7. That woman is my cousin. She is a teacher. 8. That girl is my niece. She is a pupil. 9. This girl is very nice. 10. There is a table in the room.

8. Complete the sentences with am, is, are, his, her, or your:

1. My name … Anna. 2. Where … you from? 3. I … from Japan. 4. ‘What’s … name?’ ‘My name’s Tomoko.’ 5. Max and Lisa … from Chicago. 6. This … my teacher. … name’s Richard. 7. Where … he from? 8. This is my sister. … name’s Emma.

9. Insert the verb ‘to be’ in present tense.

1. My father … not a teacher, he … a scientist. 2. … your aunt a doctor? – Yes, she …. 3. … they at home? – No, they … not at home, they … at work. 4. My brother … a worker. He … at work. 5. … you an engineer? – Yes, I …. 6. … your sister a typist? – No, she … not a typist, she … a student. 7. … your brother at school? – Yes, he …. 8. … your sister at school? – No, she … not at school. 9. My … sister … at home. 10. … this your watch? – Yes, it ….