Basic English Grammar: Verb "to be": conjugation and use. Part 1. For Russian speakers.

1. To be or not to be? Спряжение самого важного глагола «быть» - to be

2. English Sentence (structure)Структура английского предложения:1. подлежащее – кто? Что?2. сказуемое – что делает?3. дополнение – кому? Кого? Чего? и др.

3. To BE

4. To be I am (я «есть») You are (ты «есть») He/she/it is (он, она, оно «есть») We are (мы «есть») You are (вы «есть») They are (они «есть»)

5. To be: examples (names) I am Jane (я «есть») You are Tom (ты «есть») He is Adam (он «есть») We are Jane and Tom (мы «есть») You are Tom and Adam (вы «есть») They are Adam and Tom (они «есть»)

6. To be: examples (countries) I am Jane = I’m Jane I’m from England You are Tom = You’re Tom You’re from Australia He is Adam = He’s Adam He’s from the USA We are Lena and Ivan We’re from Russia You are Jose and Maria You’re from Honduras They are Otto and Anne. They’re from Germany

7. Word Order: Statement and QuestionПорядок слов (Statement: 1, 2, 3)

8. Word Order: Statement and QuestionПорядок слов (Question: 2, 1, 3?)

9. Country of origin – Вы откуда?

10. Age: Возраст

11. Practice: Make sentences out of the words below (add what’s missing) Jenny/Italy/not/from. You/from/Ukraine? Tonya/not/35/old/years. From/they/Madrid. We/from/not/Spain. Old/he/how? She/25/old/years? Not/you/Brazil/from We/England/from Not/he/73/old/years.

12. Correct answers: Jenny isn’t from Italy. Are you from Ukraine? Tonya isn’t 35 years old. Are they from Madrid? We’re not from Spain. How old is he? Is she 25 years old? You aren’t from Brazil. We’re from England. He isn’t 73 years old.