Grammar

Active Vocabulary

Illustrative Examples

Key Examples

Sentence Patterns

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2. Запомните материал урока.

 

  I am a student. He was a 'worker 'last year. 'Is (was) he a worker? He is (was) not a worker. You are a student, aren't you?   · · ·   'Let him do it. 'Let's 'go there.  

 

 

I am a student. I am 'not a worker.

I was a 'worker 'last year. 'Are you a worker?

Yes, I am. No, I am not.

¢Is he a student or a pilot? He is a student.

This 'man is a teacher, isn't he?

This is Ann. 'Is she your sister? Yes, she is. No, she isn't.

She is 'not a student, is she?

¢What are you? I'm a student.

¢Who are you? I'm Vladimir Petrov.

¢Who is a student? Petrov is.

How old are you? I'm eigh¢teen.

You are eigh¢teen, aren't you?

 

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2. Запомните эти слова.

 

Nouns Adjectives Word combinations  
actor actress age artist author champion cinema-goer doctor economist engineer family member military man militia man Russian research typist worker writer famous favourite great popular prominent worker one another How old are you? I'm eighteen. Who are you? What are you?  
             

 

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Table 7.

 

The Past Indefinite Tense of the Verb «to be»

 

Affirmative Interrogative Negative
I was a student. You were a student. He (she) was a student. Was I a student? Were you a student? Was he (she) a student?   I was not a student. You were not a student. He (she) was not a student.

 

Table 8.