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a. Read
b. Recite.

What is nice and what is not.

They say: We say:

Old toys are nice. New toys are nice.
New toys are yucky. Old toys are yucky.
We have old toys. We have new toys.
Aren’t we lucky ! Aren’t we lucky !

They say: We say:

Wet hats are nice. Dry hats are nice.
Dry hats are yucky. Wet hats are yucky.
We have wet hats. We have dry hats.
Aren’t we lucky ! Aren’t we lucky !

They say: We say:

Dirty pots are nice. Clean pots are nice.
Clean pots are yucky. Dirty pots are yucky.
We have dirty pots. We have clean pots.
Aren’t we lucky ! Aren’t we lucky !
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Read:

Opposites:

1. She has long hair. He has short hair.

2. Jack has straight hair. Jill has curly hair.
3. The boy is tall. The girl is short.
4. The bat is fat. The cat is skinny.
5. Book A is thin. Book B is thick.

6. We are happy. They are sad.

7. Jay is good. May is bad.
8. The sun is dry. The rain is wet.
9. The door is closed. The window is open.
10. The elephant is big. The ant is small.

11. My hands are clean. My feet are dirty.

12. The car is new. The bus is old.
13. Jump up. Fall down.
14. Summer is hot. Winter is cold.
15. Father is strong. Baby is weak.

16. Monster is ugly. Mother is beautiful.

17. 1+1=2 is right. 1+1=3 is wrong.
18. 10 am is early. 10 pm is late.
19. The kitchen is inside. The garden is outside.
20. Raise your left arm. Raise your right arm.
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a. Write the correct opposites:

[Copy in your homework book.]

1. I write with my left hand. You write with your

________________ hand.

2. Close the door and _____________ the window.

3. He is a boy. She is a ______________ .

4. Stand up ! Sit _________________ !

5. They are not here. They are ________________.

6. She is pretty. She is not _______________.

7. May has curly hair. Kay has _______________ hair.

8. We like new toys. We don’t like ____________ toys.

9. 100 % is a good score. 40% is a __________ score.

10. My father has big feet. I have ____________ feet.

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Grammar point.
a. “ to be” is a verb.

For use am.

For you, use are.
For he or she or it, use is.
For we or they, use are.

So we say:

am happy. You are happy.

He is happy. She is happy. t is happy.
We are happy and they are happy, too!

b. Complete:
[Copy in your homework book.]

1. I _______ (to be) very happy.

2. You ________ (to be) my friend.

3. He ________ (to be) a good boy.

4. The toys _________ (to be) old.

5. It _________ (to be) hot today.

6. ____________ (to be) you happy ?

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c. Complete the sentences:

___ 1. Grandmother ____ in the kitchen.

a. am b. is c. are

___ 2. The pigs ____ in the garden.

a. is b. am c. are

___ 3. I ____ here.

a. is b. are c. am

___ 4. They ____ in the living room.

a. are b. be c. is

___ 5. Tammy and Emma ____ friends.

a. be b. are c. is

___ 6. Who ____ he ?

a. am b. are c. is

___ 7. My teacher ____ at school.

a. is b. be c. are

___ 8. They ____ not here.

a. am b. are c. is

___ 9. He ____ my father.

a. am b. is c. are

___ 10. Mike and Jack ____ brothers.

a. am b. be c. are