Exercise I. Put am, is, are, am not, isn’t, aren’t into the gaps (пропуски).

Model: The captain is on the bridge. He isn’t on the bridge.
1. The officer of the watch _____ on the navigating bridge.2. He _____ a cadet. He _____ at the college. 3. The sailors _____ on the deck. 4. The motor-man _____ on the bow. 5. The Second Mate _____ in his cabin. 6. The deck _____ very clean. 7. I _____ a first-year student. 8. My friend and I _____ seamen. We _____ good sailors. 9. This work _____ very interesting.10. The cargo _____ in the port. 11. The cadets _____ in the class-room.12. The ship _____ in the dock. 13. I _____ the Chief Engineer. 14. You _____ from Italy. 15. You _____ 25 years old. 16. He _____ from Japan. 17. _____ she married? 18. _____ he the Captain? 19. _____ they cadets? 20. _____ you engineers?



Exercise II. Put there is / there are into the gaps.
Model: There is a book on the table.

1._____ many ships in the port. 2._____ a plan on the desk. 3._____ not any tankers in the port. 4._____ many groups at our college. 5._____ a captain on the bridge. 6._____ many sailors on the deck. 7._____ a radiogram in the radio-room. 8._____ many texts in this text-book. 9._____ three windows in our class-room.. 10._____ a tanker at sea. 11. _____ a maritime college in the city.12._____ many tests in the book.



Exercise III. Put demonstrative pronouns this, that, these, those into the gaps.

Model: That (This) ship is new.

1. _____ sailor is on the deck, and _____ one is in the cabin. 2. _____Ships are at sea, and _____ ships are in the port. 3. _____ man is captain and _____ men are officers. 4. _____ men are good sailors. 5. _____port is big. _____ port is big too. 6. _____decks are white and clean.



Exercise IV. Make up the questions.

1. This Greek ship is in the port. (What ship? What? Where?) 2. The Master is on the bridge. (Who? Where?) 3. The seamen are in the cabins at night. (Where? When?). 4. A white tall ship is in that port now. (What ship? Where? What port? When? What color?). 5. An old sailor is in the cabin. (What sailor? Who? Where? Why?) 6. The cargo plan is on the table. (Where?)


Exercise II. Fill in the sentences: some, any or a, an instead of gaps:
Model: There are some tall ships in the port.



1. There are not ___ boats there. 2. There is ___ river in the centre of the city. 3. There are ___ new words in the text. 4. Are there ___ ships at sea? 5. There is __ time for work. 6. There are not ____ tankers in the port. 7. Is there ___ port crane in the port? 8. There is ____ news in this newspaper. 9. Are there ___ sailors on the bow? 10. There are not _____ cadets on the ship. 11. There is _____ information in this radiogram. 12. There are not _____ maritime colleges there.

PART 2

Exercise III. Fill in the sentences: many, much, little, few instead of gaps:

Model: There is much oil in the tank. There is little oil in the tank.


1. There are __ ships in the port. 2. There is __ news in today’s newspaper. 3. There is __ money in my pocket. 4. There are __ days off this month. 5. There are ___ mistakes in your dictation. 6. How ___ sailors are there on the deck? 7. There is ___ petrol in the tank. 8. Are there ___ mistakes in my exercise? 9. There is ___ furniture in the room. 10. How ___ students are there in the college?

ex I 1. is      12. is                         ex II  1. there are                   12. there are

2. isn't, is    13.  am                               2.there is

3. are         14. are                                 3. there aren't

4. is            15. are                              4.  there are

5. is            16. is                                 5. there is

6. is            17. is                                  6. there are

7. am          18. is                                 7. there is

8. are, are     19. are                         8. there are

9. is           20. are                            9. there are

10 is                                                   10. there is

11. are                                                 11.there is