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Present simple forms of ‘to be’ – am/is/are

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Exercise 4
Fill in the gaps with the correct present simple forms of ‘to be’.

 
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Sofie: Hello. 1 are   you from here?

Dino: No, we 2 are not   . And you? 3 are   you from here?

Sofie: No, I 4 am   from France. My name 5 is   Sofie.

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Dino: Nice to meet you. I 6 am    Dino. And this 7 is   Francesca.

Sofie: Where 8 are   you from?

Dino: We 9 are   from Italy.

Sofie: 10 are   you from Rome?

Dino: No, we 11 are not   . We 12 are   from the north of Italy. I 13 am   from Torino, and Francesca 14 is   from
Milano.

Sofie: 15 are   you here on holiday?

Dino: No, we 16 are not   . It 17 is   a study trip. This 18 is   a beautiful place.

Sofie: Yes, it 19 are   . 20 is   the trip nice?

Dino: Very nice.

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1 Correct answer: Are

➪ We use you + are.

2 Correct answer: are not (aren't/'re not)

➪ We use we + are.
➪ Are not= aren't/'re not (but the short form 're not can only be used after a personal pronoun: you, we, they).

3 Correct answer: Are

➪ We use you + are.

4 Correct answer: am ('m)

➪ We use I + am.
➪ Am= 'm.

5 Correct answer: is ('s)

➪ My name= it
➪ We use it + is.
➪ it is= it's.
➪ We can also use 's after nouns or names. But we can use 're only after you/we/they.

6 Correct answer: am ('m)

➪ We use I + am.
➪ Am= 'm.

7 Correct answer: is

➪ We use this/that + is (this/that= it).

➪ We cannot use 's after a noun ending in -s.

8 Correct answer: are

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➪ We use you + are.

9 Correct answer: are ('re)

➪ We use we + are.
➪ We are= we're.

10 Correct answer: Are

➪ We use you + are.

11 Correct answer: are not (aren't/'re not)

➪ We use we + are.
➪ Are not= aren't/'re not (but the short form 're not can only be used after a personal pronoun: you, we, they).

12 Correct answer: are ('re)

➪ We use we + are.
➪ We are= we're.

13 Correct answer: am ('m)

➪ We use I + am.
➪ Am= 'm.

14 Correct answer: is ('s)

➪ Francesca= she.
➪ We use she + is.
➪ We can also use 's after nouns or names (Francesca's). But we can use 're only after you/we/they.

15 Correct answer: Are

➪ We use you + are.

16 Correct answer: are not (aren't/'re not)

➪ We use we + are.
➪ Are not= aren't/'re not (but the short form 're not can only be used after a personal pronoun: you, we, they).

17 Correct answer: is ('s)

➪ We use it + is.
➪ it is= it's.

18 Correct answer: is

➪ We use this/that + is (this/that= it).

➪ We cannot use 's after a noun ending in -s.

19 Correct answer: is

➪ We use it + is.
➪ We cannot use short forms (it's) in positive short answers.

20 Correct answer: Is

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➪ The trip= it
➪ We use it + is.

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