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Verb to be: affirmative, negative and questions.

be affirmative be negative
I’m (am) I’m not (am not)
you/we/they + ’re (are) you/we/they + aren’t (are not)
he/she/it + ’s (is) he/she/it + isn’t (is not)
I’m Italian. You aren’t from France.
She’s 16 years old. It isn’t a pen.

be questions be short answers

Am + I … ? Yes, I am.
Are + you/we/they … ? Yes, you/we/they are.
Is + he/she/it … ? Yes, he/she/it is.
Are you sad? No, I’m not.
Are they your friends? No, you/we/they aren’t.No,
he/she/it isn’t.

Indica el error en cada frase. Luego escribe

1 Completa las preguntas y las repuestas las frases correctas.
cortas con la forma correcta del verbo be.
I isn’t at the cinema.
Are they Italian?
Yes, they are . I’m not at the cinema.
They’re Italian. ✓ 1 He’re 20 years old.

2 They aren’t Spanish. ✗

1 you 14 years old? 2 Are she your English teacher?
No, I .
I 15 years old. ✓ 3 Yes, she’s.
2 it a pen?
Yes, it . 4 We isn’t at school.
It a pen. ✓
3 he from France? 5 You’s at home.
No, he .
He French. ✗ 6 Is I your friend?
4 you sad?
No, we .
We happy. ✓
 I / happy
3 Escribe las frases en forma afirmativa (✓),

4
en negativa (✗) o como pregunta (?).

We / not / at school
It’s his dog.
(?) Is it his dog? 6 they / cousins?
He isn’t Spanish.
(✓) He’s Spanish.
They’re ten years old.
(✗) They aren’t ten years old. 5 Completa el texto. Usa la forma correcta del
1 We aren’t from France. verbo be en afirmativa (✓), en negativa (✗) o
en pregunta.
(✓)
2 It isn’t fun.
(✓)
3 She’s 13 years old.
(?)
4 I’m Italian.
(✗ ) Kevin Rachel
5 You’re my best friend.
(?)
6 He’s my French teacher.
(✗ )
5

4 Escribe las frases. Usa el verbo be en forma Tom Debbie

afirmativa, negativa o como pregunta.
She / 14 years old Who am I? (1) I Debbie!
She’s 14 years old. (2) I (✓) 17 years old.
They / not / French
(3) Tom (✓) my brother.
They aren’t French. (4) He (✓) 13 years old.
we / at home?
(5) Tom (✗) annoying;
Are we at home? (6) he (✓) fun! (7) Kevin
1 He / not / my friend
(✓) my dad and (8) Rachel (✓)
my mum.
2 They / Italian
(9) (✓) they nice? Yes,
3 it / my pen? (10) they (✓) great! They
(11) (✓) strict, but
(12) they (✗) too strict!
Vocabulario clave
annoying fastidioso brother hermano cinema cine cousin(s) primo/a(s) dad papá dog perro
English inglés/esa family familia France Francia French francés/esa friend amigo/a
fun divertido great genial happy feliz (at) home (en) casa Italian italiano/a mum mamá
nice simpático pen bolígrafo sad triste school colegio Spanish español/ola strict estricto
teacher profesor/ora too demasiado who quién years old años de edad