PRESENT VERB “BE”

1. Fill the gaps with the correct form of BE (am, is or are):

Hi! I am Peter and this is Lucy. She is my sister. We are brother and sister. I is eleven
and she is ten. We are from Callao. Callao is near Lima.

What is your name?

My name is Maria
Where are you from?
I´M from lima, Peru.

2. Write sentences using the correct form of be.

Example:

I/young
I am young }

She / clever
She is clever

You / not old

You aren’t old

You / sleepy
You are sleepy

She / not short

She isn´t short

It / red
It are red

They / unhappy
They are unhappy

He / not hungry
He isn´t hungry

They / brothers
They are brothers
3. Write the negative forms.

Example:

I´m Laura
I´m not Laura

He´s my brother
He isn’t my brother

She is at home.
.she isn’t at home

It´s your seat.

It isn´t your seat

That book is interesting

That book isn´t interesting

They´re friends.
They aren´t friends

4. Write he, she, it or we, you, they.

Example:

Jane and Martin are friends.

They are friends.

Elephants are huge.

It are huge

Carlos, José and you are astronauts.

We are astronauts

His cat is grey.

It is grey

My family and I are from Madrid.

We are from Madrid
John is quite tall.
He is quite tall

5. Write 5 nouns for each spelling rule related with the plural form of singular nouns.
Example:
a) Add – s:
computer – computers
table – tables

1 milk- milks
2 law- laws
3 letter- letters
4 map- maps
5 month- months

b) After –ch, -sh, -x, -s, -z; (-es):

box – boxes
dish – dishes
match – matches
bus - buses
box – boxes
1. Match- matches
2. Brush- brushes
3. Glass- glasses
4. Wish- wishes
5. Kiss- kisses

c) Ending “y”; (–ies) :

lady – ladies
family – families
1. Body- bodyies
2. Dictionary-dictionaryies
3. Company-companyies
4. Industry- industryies
5. Party-partyies
d) Ending “y”; (-s)

1. Money- moneys
2. Monkey-monkey
3. Way-ways
4. Toy-toys
5. Tray-trays

e) Irregular nouns:
man – men
woman – women
1. Ox-oxen
2. Goose-geese
3. Louse-lice
4. Cactus-cacti
5. Fungus-fungi
6. Diagnosis-diagnoses

f) Ends in F or FE

1. Wife- wives
2. Wolf- wolves
3. Calf- calves
4. Scarf- scarves
5. Thief-thieves

g) Ends in consonant + O

1. Tomato-tomatoes
2. Potato-potatoes
3. Embargo-embargoes
4. Buffalo-buffaloes
5. Domino-dominoes
h) No change

1. Squid-squid
2. Salmon-salmon
3. Means-means
4. Trout-trout
5. Cod-cod