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be: affirmative and negative (I, you, we, they)

1 ★ Choose the correct words. Then write the short forms.
1 you am / are  you’re 5 we am not / are not  
2 I am / are   6 you am not / are not  
3 they am / are   7 I am not / are not  
4 we am / are   8 they am not / are not  

2 ★ ★ Complete the sentences with the correct affirmative (✓)

or negative (✗) form of be.
1 I  ’m (✓) in your history class.
2 Math and science   (✗) my favorite subjects.
3 Our names are Tom and Emma. We    (✓) 13.
4 I   (✗) good at art.
5 Mia and Joe   (✓) from the U.S.
6 You   (✓) a good student!
7 We’re from Jamaica. We   (✗) from South Africa.

3 ★ ★ ★ Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the correct form of be.

1 I  ’m good 2 They   from 3 We   teachers.

at math. the U.S. We’re students.

4 I   Tom. 5 The students   6 You and Zac  

My name is Jack. boys. They’re girls. twins.

Your turn

4 Complete the sentences for you. Use the correct form of be.
1 I   an English student.
2 I   14 years old.
3 My friends   from Brazil.
4 Math and geography   my favorite subjects.

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be: questions and short answers

1 ★ Choose the correct words.
1 Am / Is I a good student? 5 Is / Are it ten o’clock?
2 No, you aren’t / ’m not. 6 Yes, I / they am.
3 Yes, we / she is. 7 No, you are / aren’t.
4 Are / Am they 12?

2 ★ ★ Read the answers and complete the questions.

1 “ Are they Australian?” “No, they aren’t. They’re British.”
2 “ ?” “Yes, you are. You’re a good student.”
3 “ five o’clock?” “No, it isn’t. It’s four thirty.”
4 “ from Japan?” “Yes, she is. Aiko is from Tokyo.”
5 “ your friend?” “No, he isn’t. He’s my teacher.”

3 ★ ★ ★ Complete the conversation with the correct words.

Amy: Hi, I’m Amy. 1 Are you a new student?

Cara: Yes,   2
! I’m Cara. 3 
we in the same math class?
Amy: Yes, 4  . 5  American,
Cara?
Cara: 6  not. I’m from Sydney, Australia.
Amy: Australia? Cool! Look, there’s Mrs. Jackson.
She’s the math teacher.
Cara: 7  nice?
Amy: Yes, she   8
. But math is hard!
9  it easy for you?
Cara: No, 10  !
Amy: My favorite subject is art. 11  your
favorite subject?
Cara:  
12
isn’t. I’m not very good at art!
But I’m good at music.

Your turn

4 Answer the questions for you.

1 Is it Tuesday today? 4 Are your books in your school bag?

2 Is your classroom big? 5 Are you a good student?

3 Is your teacher in the classroom?

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be: affirmative and negative 3 ★ ★ ★ Look at the picture. Complete the text
(he, she, it) with is or isn’t.

1 ★ Rewrite the affirmative sentences as

negative sentences. Rewrite the negative
sentences as affirmative sentences.
1 It’s Tuesday.
 It isn’t Tuesday.
2 Math isn’t a hard subject.

3 He’s a new student.

4 She isn’t from New York.

5 My bag is old.

6 56 isn’t the right answer.

7 It isn’t eleven o’clock. Here is a picture of my classroom. There are
fourteen students, so it 1 is very small. It
2
  eight fifteen and you can see that it
2 ★ ★ Write sentences with the correct form 3
  math class, my first class of the day.
of be. I’m in the picture. Math 4  my favorite
1 my school / big subject. It  
5
very hard. My teacher,
 My school is big. Mrs. Jones,  6
with me. She 7 
2 Mrs. Evans / my math teacher with Mark. Mark 8  very good at math.
It  9
easy for him.
3 it / not / Friday today
Your turn
4 Ella / good at history
4 Write true sentences for you. Use is or isn’t.

1 your bag – old? new?
5 it / not / my pencil
 My bag is new.

2 the day of the week
6 English / very easy


3 your teacher’s name
7 James / not / old


4 your classroom – big? small?

5 the time

6 English – hard? easy?

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