Beginner Unit 2b

to be (questions)

Are you
What’s the Italian?
time?

Are you No, I’m

It’s one
eightee not. I’m
o’clock. n? Spanish.

Yes, we
are.

Presentation

Yes/No questions Short answers

A I I am. I ’m
m not.
h
h h
British e is.
Is e e isn’t.
? Ye No
eightee s, s ,
s n? s
h
h marrie h
e
e d? e
it
it it
Say Yes, I am. Yes, he is … (don’t say Yes, I’m. Yes, he’s.)

Key vocabulary Telling the time: TIP it’s = it is

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 Beginner Unit 2b
Exercises

1 Complete the questions with Is or Are.

1 Are you a doctor? 6 Is Tom and Anna married?
2 Is he twenty-five? 7 Is he Italian?
3 Are they Brazilian? 8 Are they from France?
4 Is it two o’clock? 9 Is Jack and Suzy teachers?
5 Is he from New York? 10 Is it half past four?

2 Complete the short answers.

1 Is it eight o’clock? 6 Is she from Canada?
No, it isn’t. Yes, she is
2 Are you British? 7 Are they students?
Yes, you are No, they aren’t
3 Is she married? 8 Is it quarter to nine?
No, she isn’t Yes, it is
4 Are you eighteen? 9 Are they married?
No, you aren’t Yes, they are
5 Are you and Rosaria Italian? 10 Is he thirty-four?
Yes, you are No, he isn’t

3 Answer for you with short answers.

1 Are you a student? Yes, you are 4 Are you American? Yes, you are
5 Is it six o’clock? Yes, it is
2 Are you single? No, you aren’t
6 Are you Polish? No, you aren’t
3 Are you twenty-five? No, you aren’t

4 Write the conversations. Then listen and check.

1 you + Italian? → no: Spanish.

6 they + married? → yes
A: Are you Italian?
A: They are married?
B: No, they are not
B: No, I’m not. I’m Spanish.
7 you and Jack + American? → no: British
2 he + Japanese? → yes
A: You are from American?
A: Is he Japanese?
B: No, we are British
B: Yes, he is.
3 she + Brazilian? → yes 5 they + doctors? → no: teachers
A: You are Brazilian? A: They are doctors?
B: No, they are not teachers
B: If she is
4 he + Polish? → no: Russian
A: You are Polish?

B: No, he is Russian
8 it + six o’clock? → no: half past five
A: Its six o clock?
B: No, its half past five
9 she + single? → no: married
A: She is single?
B: No, she is married
10 he + musician? → no: engineer
A: You are a musician?
B: No, he is an engineer