Be: Present Simple (1) & We use be: Here are some examples of be in the Present Simple: This is my brother. He's ten years old. Pin a student. These are my books. They aren’t at home. They're at the theatre. We form the Present Simple of be like this: > to say who we are: Pim Steve and this is my friend Bill. We're from Scotland. Fm Janet and these are my sisters. This is Sandra and this is Patricia, Sandra and Patricia are doctors. Positive > to talk about the weather: FULL FORM = SHORT FORM 1's cold today. Singular Lam, Pm It's a beautiful day you are you're It's usually hot here hefsherit is he's/she'/it's It isn’t very warm today. Pils eee pass > to talk about the time: an ne It's ten o'clock. Tes 2 at's half past four: NEGATIVE You're late! ruu FORM svoRr FORM - > to talk about places: mee oe ‘Milani inthe north of a teanicuae Gan John and Mary are in Yarkshire. Plural wearenot we aren't > to talk about people's ages: you arenot you aren’t My sister is six years old, they are not they aren't In speech, we usually use the short forms: She's my sister. He's my brother. Tm from Italy. They're German. k= OO Maria is from Brazil. She is writing about herself and her family. Put full forms of be in the gaps. > Lam... .. @ student from Brazil. » My parents are.not....... (not) rich. My father ...,,15.....,, a teacher, My mother ...19.. NOT... (not) Brazilian. She 19... ftom America, 1 2 3 4 1.....0.9..... twenty years old. 5 My little brother ......19....... two. 6 7 8 My older brothers .cfe...Ogt. (not) students. They ....0€...... in the army. it .18....... often very hot in Brazil PAGE 2» TENSES: PRESENT Aeendi2 : lider Y. Herndndee €. Fiche: \ZBSCCOA Fecha: 21/08/14Now fill these gaps. This time, use short forms of be, as in the examples. Pl Macnee a doctor > Imnet........ (nol) a bank manager. 1 She /6..00547.. (not) a teacher. 6 Wt 4B........... eight o'clock. 2 He 8. a student. 7 We |e... from Paris. 3 They !fe......... at home. 8 We ‘re..08f.. (not) from Bordeaux. 4 They .!.$€..AGT. (not) in the park. 9 You !" (not) twenty-one, 5 It.8..a@f.. (not) cold today. 101090... twenty-four Choose words from the box to put in the gaps. y ei a an Ee | He's She's They're It's (x2). are is We My parents live in Scotland. They'r......., teachers. > 1 New York ...W90... in England. 11'S... in America 2 Paul ...18........ ffom Germany, ...He.'9... German. 3 My sister is a doctor. She-'9.... thirty years old, 4 ILS... six o'clock! .....We-..... are late. 7 5 Look at the time! Chris and Mary ......Af€.... late. Look at these pictures. These people are saying who they are. Write sentences, choosing the correct jobs from the box, as in the example. apop star afarmer abankmanager footballer adentist a doctor ] a-policeman- anartist__a teacher afl star__a scientist _a photographer al m.> names: iy nationality: Y jobs: Jere ‘ma policeman and Fad 1 names: im Byoro.ond this to Liv Sweden’ ti lity: We. €.. tr a jobs “Ein.a deeioy ond. AW. ya film stor 2 ky G> names: Tim... otie...and. he.15. edo onaliy: Ne. SOR... cE... PIEMER.... sky fr inn... dea che.ond EdD. 5 a pop SHE 3 BES Tim....Jinn..and... She... Mo« “ERG, ow Welates KiernAsciroha PRS joss: Ein ‘eon. manages. ard Moxy {9.00 0 4 ae. names: En , KO...000..this.is AR tionality: .. Ne. fa « JAPea. ae & joe Stern ea aeettise and. AKI 9 a Phitogra phee 5 Bs? names: T'nn.. Ra jv. aod. thid..i9, NiKrom nationality: OO, ESC OPA eres ja sored jobs: TENSES! PRESENT + PAGE 5Be: Present Simple (2) We use be > to talk about how we feel: I'm happy. They're sad, They're bored, — She's tired. We're hungry. Pan thirsty. He isn't afraid. ‘They're cold. > to greet people: Bill: Hello. How are you? Jane: I'm fine thanks. How are you? > to apologize: I'm sorry I'm late. > to describe thin I isn’t expensive. It’s cheap. 1P’an old film, It isn’t very good. These photos are bad! (For other uses of be, see Unit 1.) We use there + be to talk about the existence of something, There + be can be used to talk about where things are: SINGULAR: There’s a supermarket in this street, There is a telephone in the flat. PLURAL: There are some good cafes in the centre of the town We also use there + be to talk about when things happen: There is a bus to London ar si o'clock. There are taxis, but there aren’t any buses ‘on Sunday. There isn’t another train to Manchester today. We form questions with be in the Present Simple like this: QUESTIONS Singular -Am1 Are you } i Is he/sherit Plugil Are we frcyou ft Are they Here are some examples of questions using all the forms of be: Ant I late for the film? Are you twenty years old? Is he at home now? Is she French or Italian? Is it time to go home? Are we ready to leave? Are you both at university? Are they in London today? Make sentences about the pictures using the words in the box. Use He/She/They and the Present Simple of be. > She's thirety, PAGE. 4 + TENSES: PRESENTUse there + the correct form of be to say what we can and cannot find in the town of Smallwood, > (acinema: v) a cinema > (a-siver) Thene isn't... a river, > (restaurants: 10) saves ten restaurants 1 (acastle: /) ....1D.... a castle, 2 (baker's shops: 2) ...Theté....1©.... two baker's shops. 3 (a 200: ¥) .. Thefe,...15.... 2200. 4 (banks: 6) thexe...aC€... six banks. 5 (a luxury hotel: ¥) . Hhere...19.... a luxury hotel 6 (atheatre) .. (€.. LOOM. a theatre, 7 (newsagents: 6) . fh six newsagents. 8 (monytoursts) Poere..AfeNy many tourists, Write questions by putting the words in brackets () in the correct order. (thirsty — you — are) (a teacher — you — are) (they — bored ~ are) Are vou. thirety?. OKe...490.0.4 (she - Spanish — is) (they - from London — are) Put forms of be in these conversations. O.... rest lp leored teacher? (is ~ afraid — he) iohe afta (she — tired —is) Io. she diced? (are — you~ how) are... Yoo? (cold today — it- is) I5.ct cold eda Hee ahe s.eaaieh. oO oer Dees 9 Steve: This . Joan, my sister Tom: Hello, Joan. (1)...AATE..... you a student? Joan: No, | (2).a00..06t. a dentist. | work in Brighton. Mike: How are you, Sally? Sally fine, thanks. Mike .. You hungry? Sally .. there @ good restaurant near here? Mike: Yes. There (6)......15. a good, and cheap, restaurant in Wellington Street. Write questions using the words in brackets ( ) and a form of be. uesTions > (you/Spanish)? /re. you. Spanish, 1 (youhungry)? .288...yeo..hongc4. 2 (shelyour sister)? .16., oe yet 3 (Wate)? lle 4 (they/from America)? fret 5 6 7 8 (hela tennis player)? Is he a (youlhappy)? Are... You. hope: (shefat home)? 1.9, She. poe. = (hertwenty)? 5. Ie. SEINE. ANSWERS ~ No, I'm French. ~ No, I'm thirsty ~ No, she’s my mother. ~ No, you're on time. ~ No, they're from Canada. ~ No, he’s a footballer ~ No, I'm sad. ~ No, she's at work ~ No, he's eighteen years old TENSES: PRESENT + PAGE 5