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PRACTICE 1 Forros and Uses of Be

FORMS OF BE

I am in New York now. Location

He a mechanic. Classification
She from Canada. Place of origin
Boston is a city. Definition
It hot today. Weather
It 6 : 30. Time

We at school. Location
You are six years old. Age
They big. Description

LANGUAGE NOTE:
Use the verb be for the following: location, clasification, place of origin, definition, weather, time, age,
or other description.

EXERCISE 1 Write the correct forro of be in the sentences below

Example: He ______is_____ a painter.
I __________________ a student.
1. I ______________ 20 years old.
2. My father __ ____a businessman.
3. He _____________ always busy.
4. My mother __________ a teacher.
5. She _______________ intelligent
6. New York ___________ exciting.
7. It ___________ cold in the winter.
8. What time is it? It ________ 5:15.
9. We _______________ in Mexico.
10.You ______________ my friend.
11. You __________________ tall.
12.Dogs _______________ animals.
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13.Italy and Spain ____________ countries.
14.They _____________ from Japan.
15.I _________________ at school.
16.You ________________ at work.
17.He ______________ in his room.
18.My sister ____________ a doctor.
19.My brother __________ in Boston.
20.They _______________ children.
21.Dogs and cats ______ good pets.
22.She __________________ funny.
23.I ______________ from China.
24.The birds _________ in the trees.
25.My mother ___________ beauiful.
26.He _________________ my best friend.
27.They _____________ roommates.

EXERCISE 2 Circle the correct sentence.

E xample: China in Asia. / China is in Asia.

1. You happy. / You are happy.
2. I is friendly. I am friendly.
3. January and February are cold. / January and February am cold.
4. It is hot today. / It are hot today.
5. My mother from Chicago. / My mother is from Chicago.
6. They are from Chicago. / They is from Chicago.
7. It be 4:45 p.m / It is 4:45 p.m.
8. He am 25 years old. / He is 25 years old.
9. A fly is an insect. / A fly are an insect.
10.She be my sister./ She is my sister.
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11. Dr. Jones a dentist./ Dr. Jones is a dentist.
12.She am at work./ She is at work.
13.You is 25 years old. / Your are 25 years old.
14.We is at the hospital rigtht now. / We are at the hopital right now.
15.Jill and James are at work. / Jill and James is a work.
16.It is lunchtime. / It lunchtime.
17.Brasil is a beatiful country. / brazil are a beatiful country.
18.The car in the parking lot. / The car is the parking lot.
19.They are very sad. / They is very sad.
20.I am a driving teacher. / It is a driving teacher.

EXERCISE 3 Fill in the blanks to make statements.

Example: (place of origin) We are from _______indonesia _________

1. (time) I is _______________ now

2. (location) I am in / at
__________________________
3. (weather ) I is _______________
4. (place of origin) I am from
________________________
5. (description) I am from
_____________________

Subject Pronouns

Chicago is very big My friend and I are in California.

It is in I llinois. WE are in Los Angeles.
My sister is married. My cousins are in Mexico.
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She is very happy. They are in Mexico City.
My father is at work. China and Korea are countries.
He is busy. They are in Asia.

LANGUAGE NOTES:
1. The subject pronouns are I, you, we, they, he, she, and it.
2. subject pronouns can take the place of the subject noun.

EXERCISE 1 Fill in the blanks with the correct pronoun.

Example: Daniel and Yoshio are students. They___________ are students.

1. The pencil is lost. ________________________ is lost.

2. Julie is a doctor. _______________________ is a doctor.
3. The mother is asleep._______________________ is asleep.
4. The father is in his room. _______________________is in his room.
5. My brother and I like sports. ______________________ like sports.
6. My cousins are in Mexico.______________________ are in Mexico.
7. Amy is my favorite singer. ______________________ is my favorite singer
8. Joshua is a hard worker. ___________________________ is a hard worker.
9. Karen and Lisa are my best friends. _______________ are my best friends.
10.Tom and Paul aren't friends. ____________________ aren´t friends.
11. Donald is my teacher. _____________________ is my teacher.
12.Bombay is in India. ____________________ is in India.
13.Carrots and potatoes are vegetables. __________________ are healthy foods.
14.You and I are so happy together. __________________ are so happy together.
15.Maria is a dancer. _______________________ is dancer.
16.Your English is very good. ___________________ is very good.
17.I am tired. ____________________ am sleepy.
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18.Tiro andAllen are brothers. ____________________ are brothers.
19.My uncle is on vacation in Hawaii.________________ is on vacation in Haeaii.
20.The cat and the dog are good friends. _______________ are good friends.
21.My mother is a teacher. _______________________ is a teacher.
22.You and I are from the same school. _________________ are from the same school.
23.English is a difficult language. __________________ is a difficult language.
24.France and Italy are countries. ___________________ are countries.
25.Rome is a city. _______________________ is in Italy.

EXERCISE 2 Circle the correct answer.

Example: He / We are good friends.It / She is cold and rainy today.

1. They / I am in the house right now.
2. They / He are at home with me.
3. We / It is time for dinner.
4. It / She is a city in Europe.
5. It /We are on vacation.
6. They / It is delicious.
7. He / They are in the same class.
8. I/You am a student.
9. He / It is about 4:00 a.m.
10.We / He are cousins.
Exercise 3 Write the correct form of be after each subject pronoun.
11. She / You is a doctor.
12.We / They are difficult languages.
13.It / He is a big city.
14.You / He are at work.
15.They / She is interesting.
16.It / You is really interesting.
17.We / They are big countries.
18.You / He is my best friend.
19.Thex...L!! are my favorite colors

Example: We ______ are______ on a trip to New York City.

1. They ____________in Australia. 4. You ______________at home.

2. He ______________a teacher. 5. She _____________ 25 years old.
3. It _______________stormy today. 6. We _______________from China.
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7. I _____________ from Argentina. 8. It _________________ a small school.

PRACTICE 3 Contractions with Be

FULL FORM CONTRACTION EXPLANATION

I am I´m in New York City A contraction is a short form of a
subject or subject pronoun + am, is,
You are You´re at home or are.
It is It´s beauiful.
She is She´s happy.
He is He´s busy.
We are We´re tired.
They are They´re on vacation.
My daughter is My daughter´s with me. We can make a contraction with most
nouns and is.
New York is New York´s busy
Traffic is Traffic´s terrible.
My husband is My husband´s at home.

EXERCISE 1 Rewrite these sentences using contractions. If a contraction in

not possible, do not rewrite sentence.

Examples: They are at school. They´re at school. __________________________

They church is big. _________________________________________

1. I am happy. _____________________________________________________
2. We are at home. _________________________________________________
3. School is interesting. ______________________________________________
4. English is easy. __________________________________________________
5. He is tired. ______________________________________________________
6. It is a nice day today. _____________________________________________
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7. my name is Junko. _______________________________________________
8. My house is big. _________________________________________________
9. You are nice. ____________________________________________________
10.She is my sister. _________________________________________________

EXERCISE 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of be. Make a
contraction whenever possible. Not every sentence can have a
contraction.
Example: Jackie __´s________________ busy today.
The girls ______are___________ on vacation.
1. George and Michael _____________________ brothers. They live in Florida.
2. Florida _______________ a warm state in the United States. It _____________ in the
south.
3. Their house _________________ near the beach. It ________________ a big house with
a swimming pool.
4. George and his father ___________________ tall. Michael ________________ not so tall.
5. Maurice ___________________ their father´s name. He ________________ a write.
6. This __________________ their dog, Pooch. Pooch __________________ very small.
7. Pooch __________________ a good swimmer. She __________________ always happy.
8. Maurice ____________________ a good swimmer too.
9. Pooch and Maurice _________________ in the pool now.
10.Michael and Jackie __________________ in the kitchen.

EXERCISE 3 Fill in the blanks with a form of be. Make a contraction

whenever possible. Not every sentence can have a contraction.
Dear Yumiko,
I _______´m__________ in New york City now. It _________________ very exciting. It
_________________ a very big, beautiful city. There_________________ so many tall
buildings and fashionable people. I think New York ___________________ the most important
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city in the world. English __________________ the main language of New York, but I hear
people speaking many other languages too. Chinese and Spanish _________________ very
cornmon. I _________________ a student of English at a small language school. The school
__________________ on a busy street. The students _____________ from many countries.
The teachers ________________ strict, but funny. A big restaurant ___________________
near the school. The food ________________
delicious. Everything ___________________ new and exciting for me here. I hope you can
come visit soon.
Your friend, Reiko

PRACTICE 4 Be with Location and Origin

PREPOSITION EXAMPLE
on The book is on the table.
at (a general area) I am at school.
In (a complete or partial enclosure) The students are in the classroom.
in front of The teacher is in front of the students.
in back of / behind The chalkboard is in back of / behind the desk.
between The empty desk is between the two students.
over / above The exit sing is over / above the door.
below / under The textbooks are below / under the desk.
near / by / close to The sharpener is near/ by/ close to the window
next to The light switch is next to the door.
far from Spain is far from India.
across from Room 202 is across from Room 203.
in ( a city) The White House is in Washington, D.C.
on ( a street) The White House is on Pennsylvania Avenue.
at ( an address) The White House is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
from Mario is from Brazil.
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LANGUAGE NOTES:
1. We use prepositions to show location and origin.
2. Word order = subject + be + preposition + place.

EXERCISE 1 Circle the correct preposition for each sentence.

Example: I live on / from the top floor of my building.

1. My mother is in / at San Francisco.

2. Her apartment house in on / between Fulton Street.
3. It is on / at 543 Fulton Street.
4. She lives in / on the first floor.
5. My mother is from / under Sweden.
6. There is a lot of snow at / in Sweden in the winter.
7. Stockholm is in / on Sweden.
8. Brazil is in / at South America.
9. Sweden is next to / far from Mexico.
10.My best friend is by / from Iran.
11. Iran is under / between Afghanistan and Iraq.
12.She is standing over / between her mother and her father in the photo.
13.A tall man is in front of / at me.
14.The sun is behind / at the clouds.
15.The doctor is over / at the hospital.
16.Dinner is under / on the table.
17.Our feet are over / under the table at dinnertime.
18.The park is under / across from my house.
19.The light is next to / between my bed.
20.The fish are close to / in the ocean.
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EXERCISE 2 Use a form of be and a preposition to tell the location of these

people and things.
Example: My coat is in the closet._____________________________________
1. My town ________________________________________________________
2. My house _______________________________________________________
3. My room ________________________________________________________
4. My books _______________________________________________________
5. My bed _________________________________________________________
6. The light switch __________________________________________________
7. The television ____________________________________________________
8. The wastebasket _________________________________________________
9. My desk ________________________________________________________
10.I ______________________________________________________________
11. My friend _______________________________________________________
12.My teacher ______________________________________________________
13.My school ______________________________________________________
14.My family _______________________________________________________

Practice 5 This, That, These, and Those

NEAR NOT NEAR I FAR

Singular This is my school. That is ffiy teacher.
Plural These are my books. Those are tall buildings.

LANGUAGE NOTES:
1. We use this, that, these, and those to identify objects and people.
2. Only that + is can form a contraction in writing: that´s.
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3. Use this, that, these, or those alone or with a noün following it:
Those are my friends.
Those friends are funny.

EXERCISE 1 Read each sentence. Then identify whether the subject of the
sentence is singular or plural.
Example: Do you like this hat? _______singular______

1. These shoes hurt! ________________________

2. Bring me that book. ________________________
3. Those are my pens. ________________________
4. This is my sister, Juanita. _______________________
5. Those sandwiches are delicious. _____________________
6. This is my favorite CD. _______________________
7. My friend gave me that paintin. ____________________
8. Is this your computer? _____________________
9. I hope you like these _ifts. ________________________
10.That movie is wonderful. _____________________________

EXERCISE 2 Read each sentence. Then identify whether the subject of the
sentence is near orfar from the speaker.

Example: Do you like these shoes? ______near _______

1. That rin_ is beautiful. ___________________

2. Those boys are in the soccer game. ___________________
3. This telephone is broken. ___________________
4. These student tests are excellent. ___________________
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5. Is that man your father? ___________________
6. Are these books library books? ___________________
7. Is this your answer to my question? ___________________
8. Those dishes are dirty. ___________________
9. Are those people in your class? ___________________
10.Are these ready to be washed? ___________________

EXERCISE fill in the blanks with this, that, these, or those and the appropriate form
of be to complete the sentence. The arrows will tell you if the object or person is near
or far.
Examples: This is________ my bag.
Those are_____ my shoes.

1. ______________ a great movie.

2. ______________ delicious strawberries.
3. ______________ your socks.
4. ______________ expensive clothes.
5. ______________ an interesting book.
6. ______________ useful notes.
7. ______________ my favorite color.
8. ______________ my notebook.
9. ______________ your car.
10.______________ beautiful flowers.
11. ______________ big clouds.
12.______________ new pants.
13.______________ a good company.
14.______________ an old song.
15.______________ a funny joke.
16.______________ nice gloves.
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17.______________ a useful exercise.
18.______________ paperclips.
19.______________ a fashionable hat.
20.______________ my boyfriend, Mike.

PRACTICE 6 Negative Statements with Be

EXAMPLE EXPLANATION
I am not married We put not after a form of be to make Peter is not
at home. A negative statement.
We are not doctors.
I,m not late. We can make contractions in negative
English isn´t my negative language. Statements.
My friends aren´t here now.

LANGUAGE NOTE:
There is only one contraction of I am not. There are two negative contractions for all other
combinations, Study the negative contractions.

Negative Contractions with Be

I am not I´m not ___
you are not you´re not you aren´t
he is not he´s not he isn´t
she is not she´s not she isn´t
it is not it´s not it isn´t
we arenot we´re not we aren´t
they are not they´re not they aren´t

EXERCISE 1 Fill in the blanks with a pronoun and a negative verb. Practice
using both negative forms.

Example: Mary is a doctor.

Mary isn´t____________ a nurse.
Mary´s not____________ a teacher.

1. He´s from Canada.

_________________________ from the United States.
_________________________ from England.

2. She´s in the house.

_________________________ at work.
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_________________________ in school.

3. My parents are in India.

_________________________ in Hawaii.
_________________________ here.

4. This is a computer.
_________________________ a television.
_________________________ a radio.

5. You´re late.
_________________________ in time.
_________________________ early.

6. We are in class.
_________________________ at the movies.
_________________________ at a restaurant.

7. I am cold.
_________________________ hot.
_________________________ warm.

8. My brother is short and thin.

_________________________ tall.
_________________________ heavy.

EXERCISE 2 Fill in the blanks with a form of be to make a true affirmative or

negative statement.

Example: Kuala Lumpur ______________is____________ in Malaysia.

1. I ________________ a pilot. 6. India ________________ a state.

2. I ________________ a student. 7. Beijing _____________ in Japan.
3. You ________________ late. 8. Tokyo _____________ in Japan.
4. The trees _____________ green. 9. China _____________ small.
5. Africa _________________ a city. 10.Mexico City ___________ a country

PRACTICE 7 Be in Yes / No Questions and Short Answers

YES / NO QUESTION SHORT ANSWER

Am I a good student? Yes, you are.

Are you from Paris? No, I´m not.
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Is he absent? No, he isn´t.
Is she happy ? Yes, she is.
Is it windy ? Yes, it is.
Are we late ? No, you aren´t.
Are they from Mexico. Yes, they are.

LANGUAGE NOTES:
1. To ask a yes / no question with the verb be, put a form of be before the subject.
2. We don´t use a contraction for a short yes answer:
Yes, it is. | not: Yes, it ´s.|
3. We usually use a contraction for a short no answer.
No, it isn´t. or No, it´s not.

EXERCISE 1 Change the following sentences to questions. Keep the subject.

Example: He is a student. Is he a student ? _______________________
1. She is a teacher. _______________________________________________
2. Dean is in Africa. _______________________________________________
3. We are sad today. _______________________________________________
4. They are in business. ____________________________________________
5. It is foggy right now. _____________________________________________
6. I am an artist.
7. You are a good friend. ____________________________________________
8. He is honest and kind ____________________________________________
9. Mrs. Williams is pleased. __________________________________________
10.Mr. Hart is at home. _____________________________________________
11. We are in an expensive restaurant. _________________________________
12.It is almost dinnertime. ___________________________________________
13.You are excited to be here. ________________________________________
14.I am alone today. _______________________________________________
15.they are hungry. ________________________________________________

EXERCISE 2 Write questions with the words given. Then write a short answer:
Example: children / quiet Are children quiet?______________________
Not, they aren´t._________________________
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1. diamonds / cheap ___________________________________________

___________________________________________
2. ice cream / healthy ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
3. cats / good pets ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
4. English / interesting ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
5. cars / necessary ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
6. food / free ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
7. computers / useful ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
8. pencils / expensive ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
EXERCISE 3 Answer the following questions. Give the correct answer if you
write no.
Example: Are you a teacher ? No,I´m not. I´m a student.
1. Are you a student? _______________________________________________
2. Are you from the United States ? ____________________________________
3. Are you married ? ________________________________________________
4. Is English hard for you? ___________________________________________
5. Are you tired ? __________________________________________________
6. Are you hungry ? ________________________________________________
7. IS your family big? _______________________________________________
8. Is it cold today ? _________________________________________________