Read the following dialogue

Tom: Are you a new student here?

Lea: Yes, I am. My name is Lea. Who is Marta

Sanchez?
Tom: My name’s Tom Sanchez.

Lea: Oh, I think I know your mother. She’s Marta

Sanchez, right?

Tom: Uh, Marta Sanchez isn’t my mother. She’s my

sister.

Lea: Oh.

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Tom: Are you a new student here? Verb to Be

Lea: Yes, I am. My name is Lea.

Tom: My name’s Tom Sanchez. Subject Be

Lea: Oh, I think I know your mother. She’s Marta I I’m am

Sanchez, right?

Tom: Uh, Marta Sanchez isn’t my mother. She’s my you You’re are
sister.
he He’s
Lea: Oh. Short she She’s
It’s
is
it
form we We’re are
they They’re 2
Tom: Are you a new student here?
Marta Sanchez is not my
Lea: Yes, I am. My name is Lea. mother.

Tom: My name’s Tom Sanchez.

Lea: Oh, I think I know your mother. She’s Marta

Sanchez, right?

Tom: Uh, Marta Sanchez isn’t my mother. She’s my

sister.

Lea: Oh.

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 Subject + Be
Short form
+ Not

I’m not X

aren’t
not you’re not you aren’t

he’s not he isn’t

isn’t
not she’s not she isn’t
it’s not it isn’t
we’re not we aren’t
aren’t
not they’re not they aren’t
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 Questions
The verb be comes before the subject
in questions.

She
Is she
is at school?
.

They
Are they
are young?.

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 Change the statements
Practice 3 into questions.

Example: She is a teacher.

Is she a teacher?

1. Sam and Lisa are in class.

Are Sam and Lisa in class?

2. He is late.
Is he late?

3. I am busy.
Am I busy? 7
Grammar:
to Be

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Put the words in the right order.
a) am / I / student / a
__________________________
b) a / student / is / Mary
__________________________
c) not / my brother / Tim / is
__________________________
d) happy / are / we ?
__________________________
e) Tim and Sue / not / are / late.
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(Chris 9, student, short, not Moroccan)

Chris is nine years old. He is a student. He is short. He isn’t Moroccan.

Write short sentences:

1. (Leonard and Mike 25, firemen, tall, American)

………………………………….………………………………………………………..
2. (Patty and Brian 12, not electrician, short, not Moroccan children)
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. (Natalie and I nurse, not tall, French)
…………………………………………………………………………………………....
4. (Mark 19, accountant, short, British)
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. (Karim 23, doctor, not blonde, Moroccan)
………………………………………………………………………………………….

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Make negative sentences.

a) I´m Mary.
____________________
b) Mark is a good student.
____________________
c) We are friends.
____________________
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cat and horse………… Mary…………… Tom ……………
Jack and I ………….. books …………. sister ………….
You and Dave ……….. car …………. doors ……….
cheese ……………… spider ………… parents …………..
Pamela ……………… My parents ................ my father ...................
mice ……………. flowers ………… piano …………….
school …………. daughter ………… milk ……………

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Make negative sentences.

• My father makes breakfast. →

• They are eleven. →

• She writes a letter. →

• I speak English. →

• Karim phones his father on Sundays. →

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Make questions.

1.you / to speak / English →

2.when / he / to go / home →

3.they / to clean / the bathroom →

4.where / she / to ride / her bike →

5.Billy / to work / in the supermarket →

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Make the present simple (choose positive, negative or question):

1. (he / drive to work every day)

__________________________________________________________________
2. (I / not / think you're right)
__________________________________________________________________
3. (we / have enough time?)
__________________________________________________________________
4. (I / eat cereal in the morning)
__________________________________________________________________
5. (they / write e-mails every day?)
__________________________________________________________________
6. (you / watch a lot of TV)
__________________________________________________________________
7. (he / not / read the newspaper)
__________________________________________________________________
8. (she / dance often?)
__________________________________________________________________
9. (where / I / come on Mondays?)
__________________________________________________________________
10. (what / you / do at the weekend?)
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__________________________________________________________________
1 My father never ______________ dinner on weekdays.
2 Maggie __________ tennis with her best friend every Saturday
3 __________________ (James) snowboarding with his friends in winter?
4 Kevin _______________ French quite well. He’s been studying for five years.
5 We _______________ (not) the news on TV every evening.
6 Deborah ________________ her teeth after every meal.
7 My sister _________________ a lot of milk because it’s healthy.
8 How many books ________________ (you) a month?
9 The Browns _________________ a lot. They’ve already visited most of
European countries.

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 Hello,
My name is Bart Simpson and I’m going to tell you all about me. I’m 10 years old and I
live in a small town called Springfield in the U.S.A with my parents, my two sisters: Lisa
and Maggie and my cat “Snowball”. I go to Springfield Elementary school and I’m on the 4th
year. I must say that I’m not a very big fan of school because I don’t like studying. What
I really like is skateboarding and I do it all the time. I also like reading comics and
playing baseball with my friends.
Every day I get up at seven o’ clock and I take a quick shower. Then, at twenty past
seven, I get dressed and at twenty to eight I have breakfast: cereals, a glass of milk and
two pieces of toast. After having breakfast, I go to school in the school bus. My first
lesson starts at eight o’ clock. I have classes until midday. Then I have lunch at the school
canteen with my friends. After having lunch, I have classes until four o’ clock and I arrive
home around a quarter past four. From half past four until six o’ clock I usually do my
homework. After that I go skateboarding with my friends until half past seven. At eight o’
clock, I have dinner with my friends and around half past nine I go to bed.
What about you? Tell me about your daily routine!
•Read the text carefully and say if these sentences are true ( T ) or false ( F ).
•Bart lives in the U.K. ________
•He doesn’t like school. _______
•Bart has a dog called “Snowball”.________
•He has classes until one o’ clock. ________ 18
 Hello,
My name is Bart Simpson and I’m going to tell you all about me. I’m 10 years old and I
live in a small town called Springfield in the U.S.A with my parents, my two sisters: Lisa
and Maggie and my cat “Snowball”. I go to Springfield Elementary school and I’m on the 4th
year. I must say that I’m not a very big fan of school because I don’t like studying. What
I really like is skateboarding and I do it all the time. I also like reading comics and
playing baseball with my friends.
Every day I get up at seven o’ clock and I take a quick shower. Then, at twenty past
seven, I get dressed and at twenty to eight I have breakfast: cereals, a glass of milk and
two pieces of toast. After having breakfast, I go to school in the school bus. My first
lesson starts at eight o’ clock. I have classes until midday. Then I have lunch at the school
canteen with my friends. After having lunch, I have classes until four o’ clock and I arrive
home around a quarter past four. From half past four until six o’ clock I usually do my
homework. After that I go skateboarding with my friends until half past seven. At eight o’
clock, I have dinner with my friends and around half past nine I go to bed.
What about you? Tell me about your daily routine!
•Answer the following questions.
•1. What time does Bart get up?
•2. What does he do at twenty past seven?
•3. Does he have breakfast at school?
•4. What does he have for breakfast? 19
 Hello,
My name is Bart Simpson and I’m going to tell you all about me. I’m 10 years old and I
live in a small town called Springfield in the U.S.A with my parents, my two sisters: Lisa
and Maggie and my cat “Snowball”. I go to Springfield Elementary school and I’m on the 4th
year. I must say that I’m not a very big fan of school because I don’t like studying. What
I really like is skateboarding and I do it all the time. I also like reading comics and
playing baseball with my friends.
Every day I get up at seven o’ clock and I take a quick shower. Then, at twenty past
seven, I get dressed and at twenty to eight I have breakfast: cereals, a glass of milk and
two pieces of toast. After having breakfast, I go to school in the school bus. My first
lesson starts at eight o’ clock. I have classes until midday. Then I have lunch at the school
canteen with my friends. After having lunch, I have classes until four o’ clock and I arrive
home around a quarter past four. From half past four until six o’ clock I usually do my
homework. After that I go skateboarding with my friends until half past seven. At eight o’
clock, I have dinner with my friends and around half past nine I go to bed.
What about you? Tell me about your daily routine!
•Fill in the blanks with the verb to be.
•1. Bart ______ a ten-year-old boy that lives in Springfield.
•2. Lisa and Maggie _______ Bart’s sisters.
•3. Marge Simpson _______ Bart’s mother.
•4. Bart has a cat. It ______ called “Snowball”.
•5.Saturday, December
Skateboarding
23, 2023 ________ his favourite hobby.
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 Hello,
My name is Bart Simpson and I’m going to tell you all about me. I’m 10 years old and I
live in a small town called Springfield in the U.S.A with my parents, my two sisters: Lisa
and Maggie and my cat “Snowball”. I go to Springfield Elementary school and I’m on the 4th
year. I must say that I’m not a very big fan of school because I don’t like studying. What
I really like is skateboarding and I do it all the time. I also like reading comics and
playing baseball with my friends.
Every day I get up at seven o’ clock and I take a quick shower. Then, at twenty past
seven, I get dressed and at twenty to eight I have breakfast: cereals, a glass of milk and
two pieces of toast. After having breakfast, I go to school in the school bus. My first
lesson starts at eight o’ clock. I have classes until midday. Then I have lunch at the school
canteen with my friends. After having lunch, I have classes until four o’ clock and I arrive
home around a quarter past four. From half past four until six o’ clock I usually do my
homework. After that I go skateboarding with my friends until half past seven. At eight o’
clock, I have dinner with my friends and around half past nine I go to bed.
What about you? Tell me about your daily routine!
•Replace the words in bold by the correct personal pronoun.
•1. Bart rides his bike on weekends. _____________________________________
•2. Lisa and Maggie have breakfast at home everyday. _______________________
•3. “Snowball” is Bart’s dog. ______________________________________________
•4. Bart’s mother cooks very well. ___________________________________________
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Complete the sentences with the forms of to be in the present
simple (am, is, are).

1. I ……… at home.
2. Amira ……… not at home in the morning.
3. My father and I …………. in the park.
4. This ………………. my new laptop.
5. Our friends ……………… on their summer holidays.
6. Uncle George …………… a good football player.
7. The dog and the cat…………… under the table.
8. Hamza ………….. very funny.
9. The shoes ………… white.
10. That ………… right.
11. Susan ………………. good at tennis.

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