Active Voice - to be

1. Fill in the gaps with the Present forms of ‘BE’. Ask questions and give negative answers.

1. I … hungry. 2. You … thirsty. 3. He … happy. 4. She … sad. 5. It … cold outside. 6. We … happy with our new flat. 7. You … bad at football. 8. They … glad. 9. He … glad about his new job. 10. She … satisfied with her holidays. 11. I … good at maths. 12 It … very hot inside. 13. I … afraid of snakes. 14. Mary … fond of music. 15. Jerry and Nick … interested in stamp collecting.

2. Fill in the gaps with the Past forms of ‘BE’. Ask questions and give negative answers.

1. She … sad about your exams last month. 2. He … afraid of spiders, when he … a child. 3. At school they … fond of tennis. 4. Back at school we … interested in history. 5. Mike … crazy about snowboarding. 6. The children … fond of painting. 7. Last week he … in Spain. 8. The day before yesterday Kate … in the restaurant. 9. The students … in the museum last week. 10. A teacher … happy with the results of his students.

3. Fill in the gaps with the Future forms of ‘BE’. Ask questions and give negative answers.

1. He … happy to go to Paris. 2. She … crazy about her new car. 3. They … glad to see usagain. 4. I … at University tomorrow. 5. In a week we … in the mountains. 6. In 2 days they … at the seaside. 7. Next year I … an engineer. 8. Next week we … in the zoo. 9. Next month she … finally satisfied with her life. 10. I … glad to visit you in London.

4. Fill in the gaps with: now, today, yesterday, the day before yesterday, a week ago, last week, last month, last year, long ago, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, in 2 days.

1. … I am at University. 2. … he was in the cinema. 3. … he was in the country and this week he is in the city. 4. She will be in Paris … . 4. He was fond of horse riding … . 5. … you are too tired. Get some rest. 6. The exhibition is … . Let’s go and watch it. 7. She was a good dancer … . Now she is too old. 8. … he will visit 3 countries! 9. … he will be an engineer. 10. … they were in London. 11. He was in Scotland … . And he will visit it next year again. 12. … they will be free from school. 13. She will be at her grandma’s … . 14. I was in that café … . 15. We were there ….

5. Ask questions to the sentences from ex.4. Give negative answers.

6. Translate into English.

1. Я хочу есть. 2. Я хочу пить. 3. Сейчас он счастлив. 4. Она довольна своими экзаменами. 5. Они рады встретиться с нами. 6. Им грустно из-за своих результатов. 7. Ему хорошо дается английский. 8. На улице очень жарко. 9. В здании очень холодно. 10. Вы интересуетесь живописью? 11. Они без ума от езды на лошадях. 12. Он боялся змей. 13. Она сильно устала. 14. Мы были в музее на прошлой неделе. 15. Наконец-то они довольны результатами. 16. На следующей неделе она будет в Испании. 17. Через 5 дней он будет у своей бабушки. 18. Послезавтра они будут в том кафе. 19. Позавчера они были в горах. 20. Через месяц он будет инженером.

7. Ask and answer about your partners about their favourite colour, music, books, hobby, etc. Use the words and phrases from the previous exercises.

Colours		Books and films		Music	Hobbies
turquoise blue green yellow orange red purple	brown black grey beige	adventure fantasy science fiction drama epic	horror thriller detective soap opera sitcom comedy blockbuster	pop rap classical modern piano violin guitar	ice/roller skating skiing snowboarding painting sewing embroidering karate/marshal arts	swimming climbing hiking horse-riding