Life

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

Am I I am. I ’m not.

he he he
Is she she is. she isn’t.
British?
it eighteen? Yes, it No, it
married?
you you you
Are we we are. we aren’t.
they they they

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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Exercises

1 Complete the questions with Is or Are.

1 Are you a doctor? 6 Are 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 Are 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, we are No, he isn’t

3 Answer for you with short answers.

1 Are you a student? Yes, I am 4 Are you American? No, I’m not
5 Is it six o’clock? No, It isn’t
2 Are you single? No, I’m not
6 Are you Polish? No, I’m not
3 Are you twenty-five? No, I’m not

4 Write the conversations. Then listen and check.

1 you + Italian? → no: Spanish.

6 they + married? → yes
A: Are you Italian?
A: Are they married?
B: Yes, They are
B: No, I’m not. I’m Spanish.
7 you and Jack + American? → no: British
2 he + Japanese? → yes
A: Are you and jack American?
A: Is he Japanese?
B: No, we aren’t. We are British

B: Yes, he is.
3 she + Brazilian? → yes A: Is he polish?
A: Is she Brazilian? B: No, she isn’t. She is Russian
5 they + doctors? → no: teachers
B: Yes, she is A: Are they doctors?
4 he + Polish? → no: Russian B: No, they aren’t. They are teachers
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8 it + six o’clock? → no: half past five
A: Is it six o’clock?
B: No, It isn´t. It is half past five
9 she + single? → no: married
A: Is she single?
B: No, she isn’t. She is married
10 he + musician? → no: engineer
A: Is he musician?
B: No, he isn’t. He is engineer

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