GRAMMAR

be:l/you
Positive
, Negative
,
'm m not
I I Felipa.
am Jun ko . am not
+ - from Peru.
re from Japan. aren't
You You from here.
are are not

I'm = I am. You're = You are. Use contractions (I'm, you're) in speaking.

Questions Short answers

am I? I am.
Whe re Yes,
are you fro m ? you are.
? Am I right? ,
I m not.
No,
Ed Black? you aren 't.
Are you
from Sydney?
Use short an sw ers to yes/no questions: Are you David Snow? Yes, I
A am Dm'id Snow.
I'm in classroom 3. Am I in classroom 3?
Do n't use co ntractions in positive short answers : Yes, I am. NOT
A Yes, I'm.
You're Jim. Are you Jim? Use be with names: I'm Olga.

Use be + subject (1/ you) for qu e stions. Use be to say or ask whe re a person is from : Are you from Russia?
Use be with ages: I'm nine.

be: he/she/it
Positive and negative Questions
He a doctor. Where is from?
's ? he / she/ it
+ She from Germany. Is
is in Australia?
It in South Africa.
Use be + subject (he / she/ it) for qu e stions.
isn't
- He/She/It
is not
right. A
She's a student. Is she a student?
He's, she's, it's = he is, she is, it is.
He isn 't, she isn't, it isn 't = he is not, she is not, it is not. Short answers

Use co ntracti on s (he's, she's, etc.) in speaking. Yes, is.

1 - - - -- - - 1 he / she / it
No, isn't.

Use short answers to yes/ no questions: Is she from Spain? Yes, she is.
Don 't use contractio ns in positive sho rt answers: Yes, it is. NOT
¥es,i&.
Use be + 0/ an to talk about jobs: I'm a nurse. He's on actor.

giving per sonal information

first name? Argentinian.

I'm
fam il y name? an engineer.
What's natio nality?
your
What is job I
Marie.
phone num ber?
It's 0147385.
email ad d ress?
marie.973@hotmail.com

For email addresses, say: marie dot nine seven three at hotmail
dot com.
For telepho ne numbers, for 0, say oh in British English . In
American English, say oh or zero.
PRACTICE _ _ _ _- __ _ c -_ -

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A Complete the conversation with words in the box. B Put the words in the correct order. Start
with the underlined word.
fft Am 're I you A: I I / George / 'm / J::li., Hi, I'm George.
I'm 'm Are not B: 2 are / from / Where / you?
I'm aren't you're
A: 3 'm / Italy / from / 1.
A: Hi, I I 'm Wayne. B: 4 from / Are / Rome / you?
B: Hi, 2_ _ _ 'm Jed. A: 5 I'm / ~ / not. 6 Venice / from / I'm.

A: 3_ _ _ you from Australia? 7 you / from / Rome / Are?

B: 8 from / I'm / Italy / ~ / not.
B: 4_ _ _ I from Australia?
9 Barcelona, / I'm / Spain / from / in.
A: Yes.
B: No, I'm 5_ _ _ .

A: You 6_ _ _ from Australia. Really?

B: That's right. 7_ _ _ from New Zealand.

A: You 8_ _ _ from New Zealand! Where in e\o\ Z ea,arc?
B: I 9_ _ _ from Welli ngton.
A: Oh, 10_ _ _ from W ellington. New Zealand. ice.
B: Thanks.
A: Are I I OK?
B: No, 12_ _ _ not!

A Complete the answers. B Complete the questions.

I Where's Kuala Lumpur? Where's Frank?
It / Malaysia. It's in Malaysia
He's in New York.
2 Where's Edinburgh?
2 Maria
It / Scotland.
She's from Portugal.
3 Where's Roger Federer from?
He / Switzerland. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 3 Auckland Australia?

4 Is Angela Merkel from Germany? No, it isn't. It's in New Zealand.

Yes, / she. 4 Dublin?
5 Is Hyundai from Japan? It's in Ireland.
No, / it. It / South Korea. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 5 waiter l
6 Where's the Maracana Stadium? No, he's a customer.
It / Brazil. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
6 teacher?
7 Is Emma Watson from the US?
N o, she's a student.
No, / she. She / England.
7 from Germany?
8 Is Buenos Aires in Brazil?
No, / it. It / Argentina. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Yes, it is.
8 Magda?
She's in Warsaw.

A Find and correct the mistakes in the conversation. There are six mistakes.
's
A: What ~ your first name? A: And your number phone?

B: Ana. B: It's 0372 952 594.

A: And what's your family name? A: What's email address l

B: I'm Fernandez.
, B: It 's anastel la247@hotmail.com.

A: What's you nationality? A: How you spell 'anastella'i With one 'n'?

B: I'm Italian. B: Yes, one 'n' and two 'l's.