Упражнение 163

Краткий ответ: в Present Simple выбираем am / is / are по подлежащему: \(I \to am\), \(he/she/it \to is\), \(you/we/they \to are\). В отрицании после формы ставим not, в вопросе — форму перед подлежащим.

Упражнение 163. Заполненный текст

1. What is your name? — My name is Shirley Frank.
2. What is your address? — My address is 175 Grand Central Parkway.
3. What is your phone number? — My phone number is 718-1930.
4. Where are you from? — I am from New York.
5. I am a pupil.
6. My father is not a teacher, he is a scientist.
7. Is your aunt a doctor? — Yes, she is.
8. Are they at home? — No, they are not at home, they are at work.
9. My brother is a worker. He is at work.
10. Are you an engineer? — No, I am not. I am a lawyer.
11. Is your sister a typist? — No, she is not a typist, she is a student.
12. Is your brother at school? — Yes, he is.
13. Is your sister at school? — No, she is not at school.
14. My sister is at home.
15. Is this your watch? — Yes, it is.
16. She is an actress.
17. This is my bag.
18. My uncle is an office worker.
19. He is at work.
20. Helen is a painter. She has some fine pictures. They are on the walls. She has so much paper. It is on the shelf. The shelf is brown. It is on the wall. Helen has a brother. He is a student. He has a family. His wife is not from St Petersburg, she is from Moscow. They are nice people.

Как рассуждать

1. Находим подлежащее: I требует am, he/she/it/this/Helen — is, you/we/they — are.
2. В отрицании просто добавляем not: is not, are not, am not.
3. В вопросе форма to be выходит вперёд: Is your aunt...?, Are they...?
4. Слово you требует are, даже если обращаются к одному человеку. А в 20-м предложении has — смысловой глагол, его на to be не заменяем.