Business English

UNIT 1: You and your company

Verb to be
affirmative I am You are He is She is It is We are You are They are negative I am not You aren't He isn't She isn't It isn't We aren't You aren't They aren't interrogative am I? are you? is he? is she? is it? are we? are you? are they?

1.1 People in business

1.

The verb be The verb be is irregular and is often contracted. We use it to talk about age, nationality, job, and status.

Im Italian. Youre my line manager. Hes thirty. Shes married. Theyre German. Were both engineers.

1.1 People in business

2.

To make a question with the verb be we invert the subject and the verb. Are you married?

Yes, I am. No, she isnt He is a designer. Hes from Greece.

Is she American?

What is his job and where is he from?

Ask your partner questions with be.

What's

your name? Is your name _____? What's your nationality? I'm Brazilian. Where are you from? I'm from Manaus.

Ask your partner questions with be.

How

old are you? I'm _____ years old. What's your company? It's ___________________ What's your occupation / job? I'm a/an ____________

Listening: two journalist are talking about Lorella. Listen and write down the information

Name . Nationality . Home . Age . Company Job .. Languages .