III.Conjugate the following word combinations.

To be a clerk; to be a good secretary; to be a manager of a big company; to be in the office; to be on the business trip; to be out; to be busy; to be late: to be talented:

to be lazy; to be somewhere here; to be fine.

IV.Fill in the blanks with the necessary form of to be.

My name .... Helen. I .... from London. My address ... 45 Oxford Street. This ... my brother. His name .. Billy. He ... a student. I don’t think he ... a good student, but he .. a first-class football player. My parents .... engineers. They work much, but in the evenings they ... usually at home. My cousin Mary Bell .... a secretary in a big company. Her office .... very large and light. There ... many letters and cables on her table. Mary Bell .... very clever, but besides she ... very pretty. I ... not as pretty as Mary Bell. I .... rather tall and there ... freckles on my face. Mary Bell ... not in London now. She and some engineers of their company ... in New-York now. Mary Bell writes that New-York .... the biggest city in the world. People there ... very busy, streets ... straight and wide. But she wants to come back home. She wants to visit our granparents. They .... rather old but they .... always cheerful.

V.Put the following sentences in the negative form.

1.My brother’s name is Mike. 2.He is a Sales Manager. 3.His firm is large. 4. His working hours are from 6 till 10. 5. Mike’s secretary is Nancy. 6.Nancy is twenty-eight. 7. These offers are from Bond & Co. 8.Johnson & Johnson is famous all over the world. 9. My friends are in the country now. 10. Monday is my day off.

11.Robinson and Fawler are clerks. 12.This letter is from America. 13.These enquiries are from Alford & Son Ltd. 14.Their goods are of high quality. 15.We are the sole exporters of compressors in our region.16.It is too late. 17.Moscow is the capital of Canada. 18.The Palace of Congresses is a wonderful example of ancient architecture. 19.The Kremlin is a modern building of steel and glass. 20.Historical places are the only attraction for tourists. 21.The exhibits in museums are usually for sale. 22.The contract forms are ready. 23.Their office is on the fifth floor. 24.We are really good friends. 25.Used cars are more expensive than new cars. 26.Jessica is afraid of her boss. 27.This is my bag. 28.I am from Washington. 29.They are from Canada. 30.It is cold now. 31.Our boss is a young man. 32.Laura is very lazy. 32.This is our usual price. 33.Your prices are attractive to us. 34.This is a problem. 35.These are orders for compressors. 36. 12 o’clock is convenient time to talk to him.

VI.Make up sentences with the following word combinations.

There is a cable on the table.

There are engineers in the office.

six orders and an enquiry on the desk.

a price list and some offers here.

six hundred workers at this plant.

a large company in this building.

a lot of enterprises in our region.

a lot of new equipment in this department.

many letters and a telex for you.

a tutor and some students in the hall.

many new buildings in the city.

much time left.

five engineers and an economist in our office.

a journal and some newspapers over there.