THE VERB BE
Teacher Diana Prado
Personal pronouns + verb be
HE IS
SHE IS
They are
IT IS
Personal Pronouns Your turn:
Miguel He
Diana Prado. ■I Karim She
He
George ■ He Franz
Pablo He
Carmen ■ She
Erika and Edison They
The dog ■ It Monica She
Tom , Peter and I
■ We The cats They
Martin He
You John and you. ■ You Karina and They
Luana, Mary , and Roxana ■ they Timothy
Firulais and Blacky
The verb be : affirmative
Contraction Form
■ I am Diana Prado. I´m
■ He He´s
■ She is 20 years old. She´s
■ It ( This ) It´s
We´re
■ We
You´re
■ You are Friends.
They´re
■ they
Exercises:
Complete with AM IS ARE
AM
■ 1. I _________at home.
IS
2. She _________ at school in the morning.
ARE
3. We _________ in the park.
IS
4. This ________my new laptop.
ARE their summer holidays.
5. Our friends _______ on
IS
6. Uncle George __________ a good football player.
IS
7. The dog __________ under the table.
IS
8. He ________ very happy.
ARE
9. The shoes ______white.
ARE
10. You _______ right.
IS
11. Susan ________good at tennis.
ARE
12. They _________ in the house.
Unscramble the sentences
■ singer. is a Shakira Shakira is a singer.
■ soccer player. Paolo is Guerrero a Paolo Guerrero is a soccer player.
■ actress. Thalia an is Thalia is an actress.
■ Mr. Vizcarra president is the Peru of Mr. Vizcarra is the president of Peru.
■ officer. police a is William William is a police officer.
■ bus driver. George a is George is a bus driver.
■ waitress . Susie a is Susie is a waitress.
■ am student . I
I am a student.
Homework
Copy on your notebook and complete with AM IS ARE.
■ 1. Tony _______ not a friendly person.
■ 2. Kim and Kate __________ in the same class.
■ 3. My mother __________so beautiful.
■ 4. I__________ a teacher at a high school.
■ 5. Robert and Willy ________12 years old.
■ 6. _______this your backpack?
The verb be : negative
Contraction Form
■ I Shakira. I´m not
Am not
■ He He isn´t
■ She is not 20 years old. She isn´t
■ It ( This ) It isn´t
■ We We aren´t
Friends. You aren´t
■ You are not
■ they They aren´t
The verb be : Interrogative
Answers:
am ■ I Thalia ? Yes , you are No, you aren´t.
■ He Yes, he is. No , he isn´t.
is ■ She 20 years old ?
Yes, it is No, It isn´t.
■ It
■ We Yes , we are. No , we aren´t.
are
■ You Friends ? Yes , we are. No , we aren´t.
■ they
Yes , they are. No, they aren´t.
Explanation: you ? I
No , I´m not
Are you Mr . Vizcarra?
Are you Paolo Guerrero? Yes , I am
Explanation: she ? she
No , she isn´t.
Is she Thalia ?
Is she Selena Gomez? Yes , she is.
Explanation: he ? he
No , he isn´t.
Is he Cesar ?
Is he Thimoty? Yes , he is.
Explanation: they ? they
Are they Karina and No, they aren´t.
Thimoty ?
Yes , they are.
Are they Maria Pia and Thimoty?
Exercises
Write the correct form of the verb 'to be' : AM –IS -ARE
is
■ My teacher _________ happy.
am a student.
■ I ________
is
■ My favourite color _______ blue.
are tennis and basketball.
■ My favourite sports _______
is a student.
■ My best friend ______
isn´t in Asia.
■ Peru _______
Are you from Mexico?
■ _________
Is
■ __________ Jefferson Farfan from Peru ? Yes, _____ is
he _______.
are your sisters?
■ How old ______
Homework
Copy on your notebook and complete with AM IS ARE.
■ 1. Tony _______ not a friendly person.
■ 2. Kim and Kate __________ in the same class.
■ 3. My mother __________so beautiful.
■ 4. I__________ a teacher at a high school.
■ 5. Robert and Willy ________12 years old.
■ 6. _______this your backpack?
