TO BE

AFFIRMATIVE
Long Form
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They

Short Form

NEGATIVE
Long Form

Short Form

INTERROGATIVE
Long Form

First read about Ms Wood, then write about you.

Ms Wood
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vice president
English
London

I am Ms Wood____________
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I am thrty-eight
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I am vice president
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I am English
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I am from London.
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Fill in with: am, is or are.

1. I ------------ a teacher.
2. You ------------ a manager.
3. He ------------ a waiter.
4. She ------------ a nurse.
Make questions and give answers:
e.g.
I / a teacher / yes.
Am I a teacher?
Yes, I am.
1. it/ a bus/ yes.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. they/ hotels/ no.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. you/ a teacher/ yes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. it/ an office/ no.
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5.
6.
7.
8.

It ------------ a bike.
We ------------ here.
You ------------ managers.
They ------------ friends.

You / a vice president / no

Are you a vice president?
No, Im not.
5. Ms Wood/ a secretary/ no.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6. Mr Chan/ at home/ yes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7. they/ actors/ no.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8. you/ doctors/ yes.
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Write is or are as in the example:

Ms Ann Wood
Mr Victor Chan
Ms Paula
Ms Angela Pirelli
Mr John Harris
Mr Piet de Vries
Schneider
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42
38
53
45
44
vice president
vice president
secretary
manager
manager
manager
English
Japanese
German
Italian
American
Dutch
London
Tokyo
Munich
Rome
San Francisco
Amsterdam
Ms Wood __is__ thirty-eight years old.. Ms Wood and Mr Chan _______ vice presidents. Ms Schneider _______ a secretary. Ms Pirelli, Mr
Harris and Mr de Vries _______ managers. Mr Chan _______ Japanese. Mr de Vries _______ Dutch. He _______ from Amsterdam. Ms
Pirelli _______ Italian. She _______ from Rome. Ms Wood _______ from London and Mr Chan _______ from Tokyo. Mr Harris _______
American. He _______ from San Francisco. Ms Wood and Ms Schneider _______ thirty-eight years old. Mr Chan _______ forty-two and
Ms Pirelli _______ fifty-three.
Ask questions and give answers:
e.g.
Ms Wood / a vice president. Is Ms Wood a vice president? Yes, she is.
Ms Wood / a doctor. Is Ms Wood a doctor? No, she isnt.
1. Mr Chan/ a manager. ________________________________________________________________
2. Mr Harris and Mr de Vries /managers. __________________________________________________
3. Ms Schneider/ American. ____________________________________________________________
4. Ms Pirelli/ from San Francisco. _______________________________________________________
5. Ms Wood and Ms Schneider/ thirty-eight. _______________________________________________
6. Mr Chan/ Greek. ___________________________________________________________________
7. Mr Harris/ from San Francisco. ________________________________________________________
8. Mr de Vries/ a manager. _____________________________________________________________
9. Ms Pirelli/ from Rome. ______________________________________________________________
10. Mr Harris/ 30 years old. _____________________________________________________________

Fill in with is, isnt, are or arent.

Ms wood __isn't__ a doctor.
She _________ a vice president. Mr Chan _________ a secretary. He _________ a vice president. Ms Pirelli, Mr Harris and Mr de
Vries_________ vice presidents. They _________ managers. Ms Schneider _________ from London. She _________ from Munich. Ms
Pirelli _________ thirty-eight years old. She _________ fifty-three. Ms Scheider _________ Italian. She _________ German. Mr Harris
_________ English. He _________ American. Ms Wood and Ms Schneider _________ forty years old. They _________ thirty-eight.
Change to the plural as in the example.
e.g.
It is a book.
They are books.
I am manager.
___________________________
You are Spanish. ___________________________
He is in a meeting. ___________________________
She is with a customer. ___________________________
It is a good restaurant.___________________________
I am from Germany.___________________________
You are on holiday. __________________________
He is at lunch.
___________________________
She is in the office. ___________________________
It is a taxi.___________________________
I am not a taxi driver.___________________________
You arent near the museum. ___________________________
He isnt in London. ___________________________
She isnt a waitress.___________________________
It isnt near here. ___________________________
Am I tired?___________________________
Are you happy?___________________________
Is he with a customer?___________________________
Is she at lunch?___________________________
Is it a train?___________________________
Fill as in the example:
Long form
I am not a student.
1. They __________chairs.
2. We __________Spanish.
3. She __________thirty years old.
4. It __________an orange.
5. You __________from New York.

Short form
Im not a student.
1. They __________chairs.
2. We __________Spanish.
3. She __________ten years old.
4. It __________an orange.
5. You __________from New York

Build sentences using the given words:

holiday / she / on / is
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with / they / a / customer / are

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are / officers / not / they / police

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s / lunch / she / at

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Ann / is / name / first / her

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you / are / how / ?

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nice / have / day / a

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president / Chan / is / vice / Mr / the

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is / his / 675-5023 / number / phone

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here / not / is / he

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is / the / much / calculator / how / ?

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briefcases / the / how / are / much / ?

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bar / snack / to / it / next / the / is

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the / right / turn / lights / at / traffic

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the / it / bank / s / opposite

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station / past / go / the

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your / what / number / s/ phone / ?

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along / Street / go / Market

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two / in / town / are / cinemas / there / your / ?

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is / restaurant / here / there / Italian / near / an / ? _________________________________________

please / me / bank / me / you / the / can / the / to / tell / excuse / way / ?

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