UNIT  1

LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT 1

Verb to be: Affirmative

1 Circle the correct form of the verb to be.
1 I is / am happy.
2 My bike is / are red.
3 My friend and I am / are from Sao Paulo.
4 You is / are a happy person.
5 My friends is / are in my class.
6 My teacher am / is awesome.

2 Write the short form of the verb to be.

1 Your bike ’s awesome!
2 We in school today.
3 My new jeans cool.
4 Thanks, you a good friend.
5 Claudia 23.
6 I in a great yoga class.

3 Read the text. Then match the nouns (1–6) with the pronouns (a–f).
Hi Julia!
My school photo (here!) is great! My friends are
all happy. Anabel and I are in the same school.
My class teacher is Mr Lopez. How are you?
Paulo.
1 Paulo a we
2 Mr Lopez b you
3 the school photo c they
4 My friends d it
5 Julia e I
6 Anabel and I f he

4 Complete the second sentence with a pronoun to replace the noun in the first sentence.
1 Here are my new jeans. They ’re black.
2 My favorite activity is sport. ’s fun!
3 This is my friend, Samuel. ’s cool!
4 My friends and I are in the park. ’re happy.
5 Beyonce is my favorite singer. ’s awesome.
6 Hi Bruno! How are ?

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