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Grammar

1 Complete the table with the correct form of be.

I (1) am
.............................. (2) I'm
..............................
You (3) are
.............................. you’re
He (4) is
.............................. he’s
She is (5) She's
..............................
It (6) is
.............................. (7) It's
..............................
We (8)
are
.............................. (9) We're
..............................
You are (10) You're
..............................
They (11) are
.............................. (12) They're
..............................

2 Write the questions. Use short forms where possible.

1 What's Jose's last name?

............................................................
His last name’s Flores.

2 What's your first name?

............................................................
My first name’s Rudy.

3 What's your last name?

............................................................
My last name’s Schmidt.

4 What's your phone number?

............................................................
My cell phone number is 510-213-7640.

5 What's his first name?

............................................................
His first name’s Daniel.

6 Do you know my phone number?

............................................................
His cell phone number is 702-427-9255.

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3 Complete the answers to the questions. Use short forms where possible.

1 Where is Anna from?

She............................................................ Toronto.

2 Where are Liana and Juan from?

They............................................................ Mexico City.

3 Where are you both from?

We............................................................ Korea.

4 Where are you from?

I............................................................ the UK.

5 Where is Lee from?

He............................................................ China.

6 Where’s your name from?

It............................................................ France.

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Functions

4 Circle the correct option.

1 Hi, Julie, how / what are you?

2 I’m fine, thank / thanks. And you?

3 Yes, I’m / I OK.

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4 Maria, this / here is Chen.

5 Nice too / to meet you, Chen.

6 Nice to meet you / her too, Maria.

7 Chen / Chen’s from China.

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8 Time to / too go home now.

9 Yes, see you’re / you tomorrow.

10 OK, hi / bye.

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Skills

5 Read the chatroom posts from different students and mark T (True) or F (False).

Hello, everyone.
My name’s Ecem. I’m from the capital of Turkey – Ankara. My school is in Ankara.
My favorite teacher is Scott. He’s from Vancouver in Canada. I love English!

Hello from Switzerland!

I’m Rudi and this is my girlfriend, Trudi. We’re from Zurich in Switzerland. We are at an international
school. The students are from all over the world – France, Japan, Spain. My teacher is from Australia. Her
name is Shelly.

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Hi!
I’m Kulap. I’m from Bangkok in Thailand. My school is in Bangkok. The students are from Thailand. Our
teacher is also Thai. Her name is Ratree. Her English name is Joyce. She is my favorite teacher!

Hello.
My name’s Eddie Wang. I’m from Shanghai. My first name is English. My Chinese first name is Yi Sheng,
and my last name is Wang. I’m a student at a big school in Shanghai. All the students are Chinese. My
teacher is from Washington in the US. Her name is Stella. English is very interesting!

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T F
1 Rudi’s girlfriend is from Zurich.

2 Eddie’s last name is Wang.

3 Shelly is Australian.

4 Ecem’s favorite teacher is Scott.

5 Rudi’s teacher is from France.

6 Kulap’s English name is Joyce.

7 Kulap’s teacher is English.

8 Kulap’s friend is Ratree.

9 Ecem is from Istanbul.

10 Eddie’s teacher is Stella.

6 Write a chatroom post about yourself. Use TEN of these words. You can use them more than once.

are great my
capital in name
family interesting our
first international student
from is teacher

Hi! My name’s ..............................

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