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Lesson A
| Affirmative Statements with Be |
| Subject Pronoun + Be | Be Contractions* |
| I am You are We are They are He is She is It is | Thai. | I'm You're We're They're He's She's It's | Thai. |
"We use contractions for everyday speaking and informal writing.
| Negative Statements with Be |
| Subject Pronoun + Be + not | Be+not Contractions |
| I am | not | Mexican. | I'm not | Mexican. |
| You are We are They are | not | teachers. | You aren't We aren't They aren't | Mexican. |
| He is She is It is | not | a teacher. | He isn't She isn't It isn't | Mexican. |
| Yes/No Questions with Be |
| Be | Subject Pronoun | Short Answers | |
| Are | you / we / they he / she / it | Vietnamese? | Yes, I am. No, I'm not. Yes, they are. No, he isn't. |
*Say: Yes, I am; Yes, he is. (Don't say Yes, I'm, Yes, he's.)
A Underline the correct forms of Be.
1. I am / is a doctor.
2. She 's /'re a photographer.
3. Julia and Luis am/ are from Brazil.
4. We isn't / aren't from Canada. We're from the US.
5. He am not / is not a travel agent.
6. Are you Japanese? Yes, I am / are.
7. Is she a dancer? No, she aren't / isn't.
8. Are/ Is they from Australia?
B Write a suitable pronoun and the correct form of Be.
1. _I'm not__ from Japan. I'm from Thailand.
2. A: _____________ from Indonesia? B: Yes, I am.
3. A: _____________ a teacher? B: No, she isn't.
4. A: Where _____________ from?
B: They're from Việt Nam.
5. _____________ an engineer. He's a doctor.
6. A: Where _____________ from?
B: She's from France.
7. A: Is Lima a city in Chile?
B: No, _____________. It's in Peru.
8. A: _____________ students? B: Yes, they are.
Lesson B
| Wh- Questions with Be |
| Wh- Words | Be | |
| What Where Who How old How | is are | your name? your school? your teacher? your friends? |
C Write the correct question word and form of Be.
1. A: ___What's_____ your name? B: My name's Piotr.
2. A: _______________ he from? B: Indonesia.
3. A: _______________ your friend? B: She's 17.
4. A: _______________ she? B: She's my sister.
5. A: _______________ your job?
B: It's interesting.
6. A: _______________ Gabriela's nationality?
B: She's Costa Rican.
7. A: _______________your names?
B: I'm Diego and this is Rita.
Lesson C
| Be + Adjective |
| Subject | Be | Adjective |
| My job | is | easy. |
| She | 's | interesting. |
| I | 'm not | rich. |
| They | are | happy. |
| Be + Adjective + Noun |
| Singular |
| Subject | Be | Article | Adjective | Noun |
| It | is | an | easy | job. |
| She | 's | an | interesting | person. |
| I | 'm not | a | rich | person. |
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| Plural |
| Subject | Be | Adjective | Noun |
| They | are | easy | jobs. |
| We | aren't | rich | people. |
D Underline the correct words to complete the sentences.
1. My job is boring / a boring.
2. English is difficult / a difficult language.
3. This photograph is beautiful/ a beautiful.
4. Ricardo is happy / a happy!
5. Teaching isn't easy / an easy job.
6. My friend isn't rich/ a rich.
7. I'm a police officer. Sometimes, it's dangerous / a dangerous job.
8. It's a job with good / a good salary.
E Complete the second sentence so it has the same meaning as the first.
1. Javier is unhappy.
Javier _____is an unhappy__________ man.
2. Peru is beautiful.
Peru ____________________________ country.
3. I'm a doctor. It's interesting.
I'm a doctor. It ______________________ job.
4. This house is big.
This ______________________________ house.
5. The film is boring.
It ___________________________________ film.
6. Frida and Bill are unhappy.
Frida and Bill ___________________ people.
