The Simple Present of Be a aGRAMMAR FOR WRITING The Verb Be: Affirmative ‘Beis «common verb in English. I has three forme in the simple present: em, and are ' an | tom Caraga He She a vor | | we Se apo } They “Yo canbe single pez) or ll ore an oe pen) a fe clastoom ‘We often use these contraction in speaking and in informal writing, such as in email A contraction {sto words combined with an apostophe ().Do not use contractions in frm wing, tanto youare—yode oleh we we—wate he tha yet iste activity 1 | Identifying subjects and forms of the verb be ‘Circe the verb ein each sentence, Undetine the subjects. 1 Tam in an English class. 2, English i my second language. ‘38 Lam fiom Mexico 4, My clas ibig. 5. My classmates are fom different countries, 6 We ae the same age. 7. Tam happy in the las. 8. This lassie fn, 9. The teacher i very good. 18 UNIT2- THe Simple Pest of Bo ‘The contraction for is nos i the contraction for ar nts are’ Do not use these ‘contractions informal writing acnviry 2 | Writing sentences with be ‘Wiite sentences to tellwhere these people ae from. Follow the example, a= 1aisealy Wei—China Marco— tei “Thio—epan| a ¢ f a : = Aro Japan Wienine—Hely PaaS Arabia Maris—Gostemala 4 (Laisa) Lai from tay os 2. (We) 3. (Marco) 4, (Toshio) = 5. (Toshio and Atsuro) 6. (Luisa and Valentina) 7. Pasa) 8. (Maria) The Verb Be: Negative Ada not afer am, nor are wo make a negative ‘amnot ‘touche She snot from Canadaactviry 3 | Writing negative and affirmative sentences ‘These sentences are not re. Work with partner. Correct each sentence witha negative and aiirmative sentence. Follow the example 1. Tokyo isin China a, Tolyois notin China 1b Tolyois in Japan, 22. New York is a smal city 4 Tam S years old b_ 5. Tayi January 1 b 16. A gold ring isa cheap gif ae Sentence Patterns with Be Several types of information can follow the verb be. | lan smart | oven cotton, —— 20 UNIT2-The Simple Prose of Be Common Mistakes Thebes The bys aren Tha congue not een | Ttcompates nis epersie. | wrongnegatve acmwviry 4 | Scrambled sentences Unscramble the words to write sentences. Use cortec capital letters and punctuation. Then ‘write what typeof information follows the verb bin each sentence. cooka mother my is good _Mymotheris a goad adecthe + noun 2, ae from my cousins california ‘8 am swimmer not excellent an 4, our next india tip ¢ month 5. the math the tale books are on 6. michael on and rob ae boat 7. the questions are math easy teradectve | best adece tran | ‘be place pase eee pase ace sports and tennisBUILDING BETTER VOCABULARY activity 6 | Matching AND SPELLING ‘Match each picture with aword from the Words to Know ist. Words with the Sound of e in Bea* activity s | Which words do you know? Read the words with the sound of cin bd. Follow the directions. 1. Notice the speling pater. 2, Check (V) the words you know. 3, Looleup new words in a ditionary 44. Waite the meanings in your notebook: WORDS TO KNOW GROUP 1: CO never Group 2: ‘Words spall wit & Ch nent ‘Words splled wth em bed Cl pen C ateady best Oi pet breed Cl check Dr breakfast 0 eno oss dese Dent seven Cl head enter C spe Coady CO every om 0 weather Cl evercse 1 ten ee Cloet (test Other spelings Optio 0 tec 0 again O help wet osy oe . Det Cl went ene Cites O west 0 mary acuity 7 | Spelling words with the sound of e in bed Clee when sold Fill in the missing letters to spell words with the sound of cin bud Then copy each word, Cl men 1 yelow says Cl necessary CO yes 7 oe iG "Lal ro: Spang Voebuly Uist © 2013 Ket Fle za a Tn ee = ae * es wh ne cetceg eene ee te Ab een ee 22 UNIT2 The Sipe roan of Bo‘activity 8 | Scrambled letters acriviry 11 | Cumulative spelling review, Units 1-2 Unscramble the letters to write words that have the sound of cin bd le the word in each set thats spelled corset. te tlew epee ees a 8 fe ; en te 2 rewathe Bleek cer anguage langage a 3. netx % saign happan hhapen happen ‘hapan 4 frndei Wemn = —— — snaxt ‘next ly ny say ay 5 weltoy haere weahe wether weather wber Gelph an aatwe heavy vy havy heyy sea svenie = a mma acrviry 9 | Speling practice wd sid a sede "Write the words that you hear. You will hear each word two times. 10. agan czain aan =a 11 fend fot fread fcand fy 8 eS % 12. brekfase briekfast breakfast brkfise 2 6 10. 18 tat veal swe a 1 er cafe afer as = z ay 15. inter center centea ee G “ cs 16. ewer csnnver senewes = cea = lagh laugh activity 10 | Which spelling is correct? 18. wine went ae os Real ech pif words Ciel the wor that pelle coc a 8 AB 1 weer wether Mewwen mm 2. wine went 2 ay ale 2 bed tad tay ey Arady ly bed brad 5 ale = 18. dead ded © tealo elo te weil vel 7, mary meny wet agin in ween oe ekst brit seep oe 10.faeod fend pegs oe Aree 24 UNIT2 Tha Sep Prosar of BeBUILDING BETTER SENTENCES WITH VOCABULARY acriviry 12 | Scrambled sentences Unscramble the words to write sentences, Sometimes more than one answeris possible. ‘Use comect capital letee and punctuation 1 nota my math brother teacher 2. ealifoenia from sofa not and emily are 3, my with james meeting i nine at oelock 4A. bral not so paolo isthe capital of 65, vor city in large vancower is canada 1. vegetable aa tomato not is 7. the colors of yellow and red the chinese are fag 1. these not are very watches expensive activity 4s | Finding and correcting mistakes Circle the nstake( in each sentence. The number in parentheses ()s the numberof mistakes in hat sentence. Then write the sentences correct. 1, Beuaor are a beautifl country in South america (2) 2 The mame Ecuador is means epustor.(1) 3. About 15 milion people ive i ecuadoe. (1) 4, Throc big cites in Ecuador are guayguil quit, and euenca. (3) '. many tourists come to Ecuador each year (2) 16. These tures come to ce the beautifel Mountains (1) 7. These tourists alto come to se the animals on the galapagos Islands. (1)acnwvity 14 | Writing sentences with vocabulary in context ‘Complete each sentence with the correct word fom the box. Then copy the sentences with comrect capital letters and punctuation. est ny pe so ‘wl wot _ nese rey test when 1 ay anna and emily are my — fiends ‘5. you can make a good sandwich with meat and 6. mybrotherand 1 eat meat 7. sosan can speak english very — 18 mybest fiend always __ hello o everyone 9, sreyou to cat dinner now 10, we havea big spling — tomorow {28 UNIT2 The Spl sont of Be WRITING ‘Complete the paragraph with words fom the box Circe the letters that need tobe capital letters. Then copy the paragraph on a separate pose of paper. tet county ® oo | tal fom Misin Unto | ‘My Math Class * this jsa___ of my math clas. kyoko. —_ fom Japan. ahmad and mohamad ae from the arab emirates. che united arab emirates is small the middle east §___is from seoul. seo isthe ‘of korea "earos ip __ costa ike the men and women i clans activity 16 | Guided writing ‘Write the paragraph from Activity 15 again but make the changes listed below. ‘Tide: Change Math o English, Sentence 1: Change Math o Engh Sentence 3: Change dbmad and Mobumad to Omar, Use the conc form of be (Change te United Arab Emirates to Sati Arabia Sentence 4: Change se United ab Emirates to Seti Arabia. Change small large. Sentence 5: Change Selo Busan. Sentence 6: Change Seoul o Basen. Add notin the comrect place. Sentence 7: Change Carle to Juan and Pedr, Use the conc form of actviry 17 | Writing sentences ‘Write five to en sentences on a separste piece of paper: Write about your classmates or fiends, ‘Tall cheir names and the country or city where they are from. For help, you can fllo the examples in Activity 15 and Activity 16