Define the function of the verb “to be”: 1) His complaints about his life are always the same. 2) Somebody is speaking. 3) He is to phone me at 6.00. 4) We are first-year students. 5) This text is not very difficult. 6) I was to meet George at 7 p.m. yesterday. 7) My sister was not well yesterday. 8) What book are you reading now? 9) We were writing a test at 10 a.m. yesterday. 10) I am to go with Jack tomorrow. 11) Last year I was a schoolboy. 12) They were discussing this problem for three hours yesterday. 13) He is to carry Jack’s equipment tomorrow. 14) You are to post the documents. 15) They are leaving for Moscow tomorrow.
Эпитеты могут выражаться разными частями речи,но в основном прилагательными :
Улыбнулись сонные берёзки,
Растрепали шелковые косы. (Есенин)
Сонные берёзки,шелковые косы-эпитеты,выражены прилагательными.
"И горько жалуюсь, и горько слезы лью" (Пушкин).
Горько жалуюсь и лью-эпитеты,выражены наречием.
"Ой, каб Волга-матушка да вспять побежала!" (Толстой)
Волга-матушка-эпитет,выражен существительным.