3.2. Replace the italicized nouns by a proper form of personal pronouns:

1. The girls are playing tennis.

2. I saw the girls in the park.

3. Put the books into the shelf.

4. The books are on the shelf.

5. We have seen the film today.

6. The film is very interesting.

7. My sister went to the dean’s office.

8. I am waiting for my sister.

9. We listened to the teacher with great interest.

10. The teacher explains a new grammar rule.

3.3. Put into plural form:

1. This is an apple.

2. That is a house.

3. That is a car.

4. This is a chair.

5. Is this a table?

6. Is that a movie star?

7. Is this a student?

8. Is that a trolleybus?

9. That is not a bag.

10. This is not our classroom.

3.4. Complete the sentences with this, that, these, those:

1. I don’t like this book. Give me … one, please.

2. He was in Yalta this summer. He liked … town very much.

3. … summer is very cold.

4. My father built … houses himself.

5. I am happy I study at … University.

6. … were beautiful flowers.

7. I don’t want to ring him up now. He always has dinner at … time.

8. He is going to work hard on his English … year.

9. I saw some rare trees in the city park. … trees were beautiful.

10. … little animals are rather funny.

3.5. Complete the sentences filling in the form of to be:

My name … Peter. I … a first-year student. My father and mother … engineers. My sister Olga … still at school. She … only 10. She … 7 years younger than me. My friend Oleg … 18. He … in the Army now. We … great friends.

3.6. Fill in the blanks with am, is, are, was, were:

1. My friend … in the garden.

2. His father … a pensioner. Some years ago he … a teacher of mathematics.

3. I … a first-year student and Victor … an undergraduate.

4. This man … a farmer. His father also … a farmer when he … young.

5. The students … in the classroom now. Some time ago they … at the sport-grounds.

6. My books … on the shelf.

7. Rivne … in the north-west of Ukraine.

8. You … not absent yesterday, … you?

9. My house … in Soborna-street.

10. You … a student of Water Management faculty. Last year I … a pupil.

3.7. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative.

A.

1. You are a businessman.

2. His little brother is a schoolboy.

3. Her parents are at home.

4. Our teacher is in the library.

5. The car is in the street.

6. The theatre is in the centre of our town

7. My cousin is in Kyiv.

8. They are good sportsmen.

9. I am on duty today.

10. You are happy.

B.

1. Nick was at home at that time.

2. You were angry with me.

3. The little girl was afraid with me.

4. We were ready to have a test in English.

5. The baby was asleep.

6. The boys were on the stadium yesterday.

7. You were glad to hear that news.

8. Their house was the oldest in the street.

9. They were silent for a while.

10. That was an old book.

3.8. Change the forms of the verb to be into Past Indefinite.

1. They are at a football match.

2. I am a pupil.

3. His father is an engineer.

4. She is a schoolgirl.

5. You are tired.

6. His parents are pensioners.

7. Peter is ill.

8. The girls are at the theatre.

9. Is the doctor at the hospital?

10. Are you ready to go there?

3.9. Ask a question to each sentence starting with “What”:

1. Michael is a student.

2. Last year he was a schoolboy.

3. His sister is a pianist.

4. They are good pupils.

5. They are at an English lesson.

6. This is a student.

7. He is a second-year student.

8. It is Monday today.

9. It is the 15-th of September.

10. It is 10 o’clock.

11. That was a lovely day.

12. You were the best players in that match.