1. Exercise 4. Ash questions according to the model.

   M o d e l: His family is in Britain.

   (Where?) Where is his family?

   My friend’s dream is to enter the University. (What?)

2. He is going to the cinema now. (Where?)

What is your friend’s dream? Where is he going now?

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3. I am to take my exams in June. (What?)	What are you to do in June?
4. He was preparing for the exams yesterday. (Who?)	Who was preparing for the exams?
5. As he was ill he didn’t go to the classes? (Why?)	Why didn’t he go to the classes?
6. The lesson will be over in 5 minutes. (When?)	When will the lesson be over?
7. I shall be eighteen in a year. (How old?)	How old will you be in a year?

Self-training Exercises Exercise 1. Answer the questions.

1. Where is the students hostel? 2. Is it far from the Institute? 3. How old is your friend? 4. Is he a student? 5. Was the lesson interesting? 6. Is your group preparing for the winter session? 7. Are you reading or writing now? 8. Were the students of your group invited to the con­ference? 9. Are you to finish this work by Monday? 10. Were you to meet your friends at the station? 11. Were there any mistakes in your grammar test? 12. What is there on your desk? 13. Will there be any new guests at your birthday party?

Exercise 2. Make the sentences negative.

1. I shall be at home tonight. 2. My friend will be a lawyer in two years. 3. My parents are teachers at the University. 4. At two o’clock our family is having dinner. 5. The decision will be passed on Monday. 6. He is working in the library now. 7. They are to meet at 5. 8. There is a TV set in this room. 9. There were many new words in the dicta­tion. 10. There will be a stadium near our school.

Exercise 3. Read and translate the sentences with the verb «to be».

1. Our work will be completed next week. 2. He is to deliver a lecture on International Law. 3. Hard work is a guarantee of success. 4. The students of group № 4 are having a seminar now. 5. The train was to come at 5, but it was late. 6. A foreign delegation was to visit the exhi-60

bition. 7. He is not at home now. 8. Which party is in power now in Great Britain? 9. My aim is to master two foreign languages. 10. The report was interesting.

Exercise 4. Translate into English.

1. Все студенты на лекции. 2. Мой друг — первокурсник. 3. Моя мечта — выучить английский язык. 4. Мой друг готовится по­ступать в университет. 5. Декан будет ждать тебя в два часа. 6. Эти книги переведены на различные языки мира. 7. Ростовский го­сударственный университет был основан в 1921 году. 8. Мне нужно окончить работу к понедельнику. 9. Студентам нашей группы нужно подготовиться к конференции. 10. Делегация должна прибыть завтра вечером. 11. Наша задача — овладеть иностранным языком в течение года. 12. В вашем городе есть университет? 13. В этом районе будет кинотеатр, кафе и не­сколько школ в следующем году.

ОБОРОТ THERE IS (THERE ARE)

Предложения с вводным there сообщают о наличии или су­ществовании лица или предмета в каком-либо определенном месте.

Вводное there в предложении является формальным подле­жащим, которое вводит сказуемое.

После оборота there is (are, was, were, will be) исчисляемые су­ществительные в единственном числе употребляются с неопре­деленным артиклем. Во множественном числе существитель­ные употребляются без артикля.

В случае наличия в предложении более одного подлежащего сказуемое согласуется с первым из них.

There is a newspaper and some journals on the table.

There are some journals and a newspaper on the table.

При переводе на русский язык предложений с вводным there перевод обычно начинается с обстоятельства (места или времени):

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There is a lamp on the table. На столе есть (имеется, находится)

лампа.

There is much snow in winter. Зимой много снега.

Сказуемым в предложении такого типа может быть не толь­ко глагол to be, но и другие глаголы: to exist (существовать), to live (жить), to come (приходить), to lie (лежать) и др.

There appeared many new parties В стране появилось много новых

in the country. партий.