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VII. Compose short dialogues for the following imaginary situations:

1. Your friend studies at the faculty of Chemistry. He/she urges you to transfer to this faculty. Reject his/her proposal and tell him/her that biology is your dream.

2. Students of various faculties meet at a touristic camp. Everybody speaks about the importance of the science he/she studies. Prove that biology is the most vital of all the sciences.

3. One of your friends believes that only animals are living organisms, another one thinks that both animals and plants are alive with no difference whatsoever. Are they right? Why? Discuss the ways in which living things differ from lifeless objects.

Grammar exercises

I. Complete the sentences using a positive, negative or question form of the verb to be:

1. It _____ a very cold day today.

2. They _____ very happy at the hotel. It’s lovely and cheap.

3. He _____ from Paris. He is from Warsaw.

4. _____ the shops next to the hotel?

5. We _____ in the café between the library and the post office.

6. _____ Istanbul a big city?

7. I _____ very happy in London. It’s very dirty.

8. The cars _____ cheap. They are expensive.

9. _____ Brazil in South America?

10. The bank _____ opposite the post office. It’s opposite the university.

II. Open the brackets. Translate the sentences:

1. Where _____ (to be) Lisa and John? – They _____ (to be) at the university. 2. You _____ (to be) busy? - No, I (to be) not. 3. It _____ (to be) twelve o'clock. He _____ (to be) late for the test. 4. Mary _____ (to be) afraid of snakes. 5. They _____ (to be) interested in biology. 6. The game _____ (to be) not worth the candle. 7. Two heads _____ (to be) better than one. 8. You _____ (to be) right. That _____ (to be) a lot of money! 9. Coffee _____ (to be) really very expensive in this country. 10. We _____ (to be) fond of genetics. 11. My knowledge of German _____ (to be) very limited. 12. The news _____ (to be) too good to be true.

III. Choose the right answer. Translate the sentences:

1. There is/ There are some milk in my coffee. 2. There is/ There are no interesting stories in that book. 3. There is/ There are some bread in the kitchen. 4. There is/ There are ten desks in the classroom. 5. There is/ There are two supermarkets in this street. 6. There is/ There are a present for you. 7. There is/ There are some mistakes in your homework. 8. There is/ There are a lot of snow outdoors. 9. There is/ There are tomatoes and cucumbers in this salad. 10. There is/ There are not any water in the glass.

IV. Ask questions to the words in italics:

1. There's a nice lake near our town. 2. There are 20 copybooks in our bag. 3. There are some new words in this text. 4. There are lots of cars on the road. 5. There are no mistakes in my homework. 6. There's a big supermarket near here. 7. There are three bedrooms in our house.