The verb “to be”

1. Write the personal pronoun he, she, it, we, they Meeting new people – Reading

1) Tom – He What is your name?

2) Mary and I – We
3) A book – It
4) Children – They
5) Mum – She
How old are you?
6) a hospital – It
7) Liza and Tom – They
8) France – It Where do you live?

2. Complete the sentences with is, am or are

1. My name’s Marie. I am from Spain.
2. You are from Bulgaria.
3. This is Pierre. He is a teacher.
4. My name’s Louise. I am from Scotland. I am sixteen.
5. This is Natasha. She is from Russia.
6. This is Pierre and his son Riko. They are from Monaco.
7. My friend is ten years old. He is a student.
8. We are shop assistants. We work for TESCO.
9. You are in the room.
10. Tom and Mark are in the park. They are friends.
3. Write the words in the correct order to make
sentences.
1. Ann / I’m / Hello – Hello, I’m Ann
2. from / Where / you / are/ ? – Where are you from?
3. your / What’s / name/ ? – What’s your name?
4. My / Louise / ‘s / name – My name’s Louise
5. England / ‘s / he / from – He’s from England
6. What / job / ‘s / her / ? – What’s her job?
7. a / She / ‘s / hairdresser – She’s a hairdresser
8. old / How / you / are / ? – How old are you?
9. 17 / ‘m / I – I’m 17
10. ‘re / from / Brazil / They – They’re from Brazil
11. are / How / you ? – How are you?
12. address / ‘s / What / your / ? – What’s your address?
13. married / he / Is / ? – He is married?
14. I / not / married / ‘m – I’m not married
15. Ken / England / is / from / too / ? – Is Ken from
England too?
16. phone / What / ‘s / number / his / ? – What’s his
phone number?
Rose
Good morning, I would like to introduce myself. My name
is Rose Johnson and it is nice to meet you. I come from
near Cambridge. I live in a house in London. I am 20 years
old. I study history at university. I have one brother and
one sister. My sister is 26 years old and my brother is 22
years old. They work in London.
Hamid
Good morning. It is a pleasure to meet you. I am Hamid
and I come from Pakistan. I live in a flat in London. I am
19 years old and I study English in the UK. My family is
big. I have 3 brothers and 1 sister. My father is a
government official and my mother is a housewife. I do
not work. I study.
1) Where does Rose live?
A) London B) Reading C) Cardiff D) Cambridge
2) How old is she? She is 20 years old
3) How old is her sister? Her sister is 26 years old
4) How old is Hamid?
A) 20 B) 19 C) 3 D) 5
5) Where is he from?
A) He’s from the US B) He’s from the UK C) He’s
from Russia D)He’s from Pakistan
6) Where does he live?
A) He’s in Brazil B) He lives in London C) He’s in
Colombia D) He’s in Pakistan
Complete the text with the missing words.
Have Old you is (x3) am (x2) years
work from
Hello, it is nice to see you all. I'm Elaine. I come from
Cardiff and it is great to be here to meet you all in
Reading. I am 42 years old. I am married to my husband,
Richard, and have two children. One son called Andrew
who is 18 years old and one daughter who is 16 years old
and called Tracy. I work in a supermarket and my husband
is a police officer. My son wants to study computing at
university while my daughter wants to become a singer.

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