| Am
| I
| a student?
| —Yes, I am. / No, I am not.
|
| Is
| he/she/it
| a student?
| —Yes, he/she/it is. / No, he/she/it isn’t.
|
| Are
| we
you
they
| students?
| —Yes, we are. / No, we aren’t.
—Yes, you are. / No, you aren’t.
—Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.
|
Exercise 5. Make general questions with these words. Give short answers.
1. your mother/at work?
2. her children/at home?
3. he/from Italy?
4. I/good at English?
5. you/interested in books?
6. I/right?
7. this subject/difficult?
Exercise 6. Give short answers (Yes, I am/No, he isn’t, etc.).
- Are your parents old?
- Are all your school friends students now?
- Is English difficult?
- Is your home town small?
- Are you interested in music?
- Is your friend good at languages?
Alternative questions
| Am
| I
| your friend
| or
| not?
| —Yes, you are/No, you aren’t.
|
| Is
| he/she
| Spanish
| or
| Italian?
| —He/She is Italian.
|
| it
| difficult
| or
| easy?
| — It’s difficult.
|
| Are
| we
| in the city centre
| or
| on the outskirts?
| — You are on the outskirts.
|
| you
| a student
| or
| a schoolboy?
| — I’m a student.
|
| they
| at home
| or
| at work?
| —They are at work.
|
Exercise 7. Ask alternative questions with the following words. Give answers.
Example: You/a student/a schoolboy?— Are you a student or a schoolboy? — I’m a student.
- He/ in Moscow /in Kiev?
- Alan and Henry/ students /teachers?
- Your new friends/ sociable /not?
- His daughter/17/ 18?
- Your parents/old/ young?
- Russia/ a big /a small country?
- They/ designers /artists?
