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I’M FROM PERU

(Verb To Be)

Activity Nº 01: Listen and complete the nationalities. After, look at the pictures
and write the name of the jobs.

VOCABULARY:
Nationalities

Country Nationality
Spain
England
Italy
Brazil
China
Germany German
Peru
The USA

Are you single?

Usamos el verbo to be en tiempo presente para hablar de

nombres, profesiones, nacionalidades, sentimientos, etc.
 I am I ‘m
He is He’s
She is She’s
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It is It’s
We are We’re
You’re
You are
They’re
They are

I am not I ‘m not
He is not He isn’t
She is not Sheisn’t
It is not It isn’t
We are not We aren’t
You are not Youaren’t
They are not They aren’t

Examples

 Activity Nº 02: Obtain relevant and complementary information located in

different parts of the English text and complete the boxes as in the example.
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Hi
My name is Ramon I am a Spanish
boy. Now, I am in Name: Ramon
a kitchen because Age: twenty
I am a chef. I am
twenty years old. I Job: Chef
have two sisters, Country: Spain
Laura and
Camila. Nationality: Spanish
Laura is nineteen
years old and she
is a nurse.
Camila is twenty- three years old
and she is an actress.

Hey!!
I am Bob. I am
twenty - seven Name: ______________
years old and I Age: ______________
am from
England. Now I Job: ______________
am in an office Country: ______________
because I am a
writer. I like to Nationality: ______________
read and write. I
have a brother his name Peter.
Peter, works in the street, he is
police officer. He is strong. Peter is
thirty years old.
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Hello!!
I am Lorenzo, I
am from Peru Name: ______________
and I live in
Age: ______________
Lima. I am
twenty - four Job: ______________
years old. Now,
Country: ______________
I am in a
tribunal because I am a lawyer. I Nationality: ______________
have one sister her name is Maria.
Maria is twenty-nine years old and
she is a housewife.

Hi
I am Rebbeca I
am from
Name: ______________
Germany. Now
I am in a Age: ______________
laboratory Job: ______________
because I am
scientist. I am twenty-three years old Country: ______________
and I like to travel and visit different Nationality: ______________
countries. My father is an Engineer
and he works in a big company. He
is fifty years old. His name is Mario.
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 Activity Nº 03: Complete with am, is or are.

a) Mark ______ a student.

b) Susan ______ an American student.

c) My pet dog ______ dark brown.

d) My friend and I ______ tall and thin.

e) Those monkeys ______ on the trees.

f) This bike ______ pink.

 Activity Nº 04: Complete with ‘m not, isn’t or aren’t.

a) Carl _______ my friend.

b) Marge _______ fat.

c) My ball _______ pink.

d) My grandparents _______ very old.

e) These pencils _______ new.

f) I ________ a king.
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 Activity Nº 05: Answer the questions. Use the short form.

a) Is Marge fifteen? _________________________________________

b) Is Kate twelve? _________________________________________

c) Is Sam nineteen? _________________________________________

d) Is Mark seven? _________________________________________

e) Is Lyn eighteen? _________________________________________

f) Is Tim twenty? _________________________________________

 Speak out Elementary. The verb to be grammar, 2011,128.

 http://blogs.uab.cat/activitatsautoaprenentatge/files/2013/01/COUNTRIES-AND-NATIONALITIES-exercises-and-key.pdf
 https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Verb_to_be/Verb_to_be_eg54ym
 http://soda.ustadistancia.edu.co/enlinea/dianacelis_BasicEnglish1/unit_1__verb_to_be_affirmative_and_nega
tive_sentences.html