VERB TO BE
- We use the verb to be :
* to talk about people, animals, places, etc.
* to describe people, things, etc.
* to say how old people are.
* to say how we fell.
* to say what our job is.
- Affirmative form:
LONG FORM:
I AM
HE IS
SHE IS
IT IS
YOU ARE
WE ARE
THEY ARE
SHORT FORM:
I 'M
HE 'S
SHE 'S
IT 'S
YOU 'RE
WE 'RE
THEY 'RE
- Examples:
* I'm Alex.
* This car is very noisy.
* She's seven years old.
* He's a destist.
* We are students.
- Negative form:
* En la imagen mostrada vemos como es la forma negativa del verbo to be y sus posibles formas de escribir (contracciones).
- Examples:
* She isn't a student.
* We're not friends.
* I'm not seventeen years old.
* You aren't a good friend.
- Practice
1) Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box.
am ('m) is ('s)
are ('re) am not ('m not)
is not (isn't) are not (aren't)
a) David's new bicycle ................ blue.
b) 1: Are these your books?
2: No, they ............... .
c) My children ................ 8 and 6 years old.
d) I ................ interested in baseball. I think it's boring.
e) We can walk to the supermarket. It ................ far.
f) 1: ................ those birds from South America?
2: The red one ................ , but the blue one ............... .
g) 1:Are you teacher?
2: Yes, I ................ .
h) Kate and Sandra ................. at work today because it is a holiday.
2) Write the sentences using AM / IS / ARE .
a) (my shoes very dirty) .......................................................
b) (my bed very comfortable) .................................................
c) (your cigarettes in your bag) .................................................
d) (I not very happy today) .......................................................
e) (this restaurant very expensive) .....................................................
f) (the shops not open today) ...................................................
g) (Mr Kelly's daughter six years old) ..............................................
h) (the houses in this street very old) ...............................................
i) (the examination not difficult) ....................................................
j) (those flowers very beautiful) .....................................................
3) Write affirmatives or negatives sentences with AM-IS-ARE
a) (Paris / the capital of France)
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b) (I / interested in football)
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c) (I / hungry)
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d) (it / warm today)
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e) (Rome / in Spain)
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f) (I / afraid of dogs)
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g) (my hands / cold)
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h) (Canada / a very big country)
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i) (the Amazon / in Africa)
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j) (diamonds / cheap)
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