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18 be: affirmative, negative, questions and short answers (1)

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

be questions be short answers

Am + I … ? Yes, I am.
Are + you/we/they … ? Is + he/she/it … ? Yes, you/we/they are. 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.

1 Use the correct form of verb To Be: 2.- Circle the mistake:
they Italian? I isn’t at the cinema.
Yes, they . I’m not at the cinema.
Italian. ✓ 1 He’re 20 years old.

aren’t Spanish.
1 Are you 14 years old? 2 Are she your English teacher?
No, I am not . IS SHE…….?
I am 15 years old. 3 Yes, she’s.
2 Is it a pen?
Yes, it is . 4 We isn’t at school.
It is a pen.
3 Is he from France? 5 You’s at home.
No, he isn’t .
He isn’t French. ✗ 6 Is I your friend?
4 Are you sad?
No, we .
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18 be: affirmative, negative, questions and short answers (2)

2 Write the sentences into affirmative (✓),
3 I / happy
negative (✗) or interrogative (?).
It’s his dog.
5 We / not / at school
(?) .
He isn’t Spanish. 6 they / cousins?
(✓)
They’re ten years old.
(✗)
1 We aren’t from France.
5 Complete the text. Use the correct form of verb
to be:
(✓)
2 It isn’t fun.
(✓)
3 She’s 13 years old.
(?)
4 I’m Italian.
(✗)
5 You’re my best friend. Kevin Rachel
(?)
6 He’s my French teacher.
(✗)

4 Write the sentences, use the verb to be into

affirmative, negative or interrogative:
She / 14 years old Tom Debbie

Who am I? (1) I am Debbie!

They / not / French
(2) I ____ (✓) 17 years old.
(3) Tom is (✓) my brother.
we / at home? (4) He is (✓) 13 years old.
(5) Tom (✗) annoying;
1 He / not / my friend (6) he (✓) fun! (7) Kevin (✓)
my dad and (8) Rachel (✓) is my
2 They / Italian mum.
(9) (✓) they nice? Yes,
3 it / my pen? (10) They __(✓) great! They
(11) (✓) strict, but
(12) They (✗) too strict!

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