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A1 The Verb (To Be)
A1 The Verb (To Be)
Somebody says:
When we read these sentences, we see that the name Angela is repeated in
each new short sentence.
In the English language we don’t like to repeat the name again and again.
Only saying the name once (one time) is enough.
In the second and third sentence, we replace the noun Angela by the pronoun
‘She’.
Well, it sounds a lot better when you use the name only one time and then
replace it by ‘She’ (a pronoun).
Rule: a pronoun replaces the noun (person, place, thing, or idea). In our
sentences ‘Angela’ is replaced by ‘She’.
On the next page we show you all personal pronouns I, you, he, she, it, we, and
they. Here we first give a few more example sentences.
You talk
about
yourself.
I
You talk to one
‘I am happy.’ person or more
than one person.
YOU
‘Nice to meet
you.’
HE
WE IT
‘It is a beautiful
‘We are married.’
car/cat.’
THEY
‘They are very
nice.’ I, you, he, she, it, we,
and they are
personal pronouns.
You talk about more than one
person, thing or animal.
one male
He is a bookworm.
It is happy.
one animal
They are in love.
more than one animal
I.
one thing
7. _____ is a cupcake.
8. _______ are working in a 9. _____ is a stuntman.
factory. Ray ________ a cowboy.
10. ____ are under the water. .
one animal
You
more than one thing
13. ______ is flying.
11. _____ are sad. 12. _______ have many colors.
Write the correct pronouns in the blocks. Then do the mp3 listening and reading exercise.
No, I am
I am I'm I am not. I'm not. Am I Yes, I am.
not.
No, he is
He is He's He is not. He's not. Is he Yes, he is.
not.
No, she is
She is She's She is not. She's not. Is she Yes, she is.
not.
No, it is
It is It's It is not. It's not. Is it Yes, it is.
not.
1. yes 6. answer:
2. yes,short 3. no 4. no, short 5. question 7. answer: no
yes
No, I am
I am I'm I am not. I'm not. Am I Yes, I am.
not.
He ______ He's
No, she is
She ______ She is not.
not.
It ________
We
We're We're not.
_______
1. He is
1. I am tired. I'm tired. 1. He's alone.
alone.
3. He ____ 3. I____
He ____ tired. 3. I ____ ill.
tired. happy.
We are: short =
Now we use names. We+apostrophe+are
(See document 2) = We’re
9. My
14. My 19. My father
4. Sharon hamster
brothers and and I _____
____ here. Ham____
I ________ ill. happy.
there.
10. My dog
5. My cat and I 15. Aunt 20. My
Meaw ____ ________ Jaidee grandmother
here. _______ ill. _____ happy.
here.
He: one boy or man (male). It: one thing or animal. They: more than 1 person,
thing, or animal.
She: one girl or lady (female). We: I + somebody else (one or more)
Make
yes/affirmative
sentences: 6. 7. ________ a tall
‘She is happy’. ____________ man.
(not short) closed.
5.__________ big 8. _________
cities. Mexican.
the
4. _______ 28 9.
window
years old . Frank ____________married.
London and the
Nong
and Tokyo door
and I
10.
3. ____________ a Jaidee ___________big
market vendor. I and animals.
Vincent
Clara elephants
1. 8. 9.
16.
My uncle and aunt The pencil and the Big C and Tesco Lotus
_____ not at home It ______ not true that
erasor ______ on the ________ closed
now. he had an accident.
table. tomorrow.
2. 10. 15.
7.
Maria ____ my cousin My nephew's name Jack ______ one of
John and his 2 dogs
and best friend. _____ John. He ____ at the best guitar players
______ real friends.
home now. in the world.
3. 11.
6. 14.
Elephants ______ big Bananas and apples
animals with long Maria and I ______ Rita ____ the worst
_______ fruits that I like
trunks and big tusks. ready for the test. student of her group.
very much.
4.
5. 12.
My pen and my 13.
pencil ______on my Songkran ______ a The weather ____
Nights ______ dark;
desk. famous Buddhist colder today than
days _______ light.
festival. yesterday.
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7. They ______ ______ lazy. 7. She ____ ______ safe.
car
monkeys
2. I am 12_____ ______
not very _______at home.
young.
I
our parents
1. 2. 3. 4.
My uncle and aunt Maria is neither my Dinosaurs _____ ____ My pen and my
are not at home cousin nore my small animals with pencil _______
now. sister. short trunks. _____on my desk.
8.
5. 6. 7.
The pencil and the
Songkran ____ ______ Maria and I _______ John and his 2 dogs
erasor ______
a famous Catholic _____ ready for the _______ _____ real
________ on the
festival. test yet. friends.
table.
16.
13. 14. 15.
It ____ ______ true
Days ____ ____ dark Felicia _______ ____ Jack ______ ____ one that he went to
and nights ____ ____ the worst singer in of the best golf Thailand.
light. her group. players in this region.
Use Is/are/isn’t/aren’t. Yes, it is./Yes, they are. No, it isn’t. No, they aren’t.
.
Fern, 21, Vietnamese, Jurgen, 27, German, Alex, Nico, Sara, 24,28
vendor, playing doctor, playing the and 33, Russia, office
badminton piano workers, swimming.
Jurgen Sonja
2. He _____ ______ years old. (age) 7.She ____ ______ years old. (age)
11. Their names ______ ________ and 16. His name _______ _____________.
__________. (name)
19. He ____
14. They _____
______ Belgian. _____ Thai.
(nationality) (nationality)
15. They do
_____like 20. He does
____ like playing
playing the chess.
trumpet.
are is not
is
is aren't
are
are
doesn't
are am not
not
is
4. They __________24, 28 and 30 years old.
is is not
am not
is not
6. He __________ a vendor.
is
5. Their hobbies _______ playing the guitar.
aren't
isn't
am not
are not
is not
Complete the sentences. The nationalities are given. Use basic document
I, You, He,
She, It, We, am, is, are a + age country job
They
a 27 years
1. He is German doctor.
old
2. Canadian
3. Vietnamese
Dutch
4.
(Holland)
doesn't
5. Australian
is not
is
6.
Taiwanese
7. American
8. Russian
9. Thai
10. Swedish
7 8 9 10 11
21. Exercises with Basic Document 2 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION
Mariah
3. He ___ __ _________.
Chris
12. They are ____ and ____ 17. He ___ _____ years old.
years old. (age) (age)
Fanny and Nong
5 He likes
10 She likes
_______________
_______________.
______________.
20 He likes
15 They like
_______________ _______________
____________. _______________.
23. Exercises with Basic Document 2 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION
___
Negative; not short
Chris
6. Her name
7. She ____ 8. She ___ 9. She ___ 10. She does
___
_____ 73 years _____ ____ Greek. ____ like
_____ Louisa.
old. (age) ___ (nationality) playing rugby .
(name) technician.
(job)
Fanny and
Nong
Nico
19. He ___
16. His name 17. He _____ 18. He _____ 20. He does
_____
_____ _____ _____ 62 years ________ a ___like playing
Congolese.
Jack. old. (age) cleaner. cricket.
(nationality)
Jane
Jack and
Lonneke
11. Their names 12. They ____ 13. They _____ 14. They ____ 15. They do
____ ____ Flip _____ ____ factory ______ ____like bull
and Flap. 39 and 47years workers. (job) Myanmarian. fighting.
old. (nationality)
Felix
Sabaai-dii. We are
from Laos. We are Namaste, I’m from
Laotian. India.
I’m Indian.
Namaste
I’m from Nepal.
I’m Nepalese.
Magandang
Umaga. We are
from The
Philippines. We are
Hello. I’m from Filipino.
Jordan. I’m
Jordanian. Hei. I’m from Norway.
I am Norwegian.
Belarus
Belarusian
Belgium
Belgian
Britain
British
Egypt
Egyptian
Cyprus
Cypriot
France
French
Germany
German
Greece
Greek
Holland
Dutch
Myanmar
Myanmarian
Cambodia
Cambodian
Italy
Italian
Finland
Finnish
Laos
Laotian
3. You (be) fantastic. 15. Cathy, Ajani, and I (be) watching TV.
6. She (be) a kind girl. 18. Garian and I (be) jogging in the park.
12. They (be) students. 24. This (be) the end of these exercises.
Malaysia.
8. My sister Yara and I were born on the same day. We (be) __________
twins.
9. We (be) _________ also best friends and always wear the same clothes.
10. My other 2 sisters are older than me. They (be) __________ 16 and 18 years
old.
12. My 2 brothers (be) __________ younger than me. Pino (be) ____ the
youngest.
14. Pipo _________ (be) six years old and very naughty.
Good afternoon!
1. How (be) ________ you today? I hope you (be) _________ fine.
2. Right now I (be not) _____________very fine because my
teacher gave me a lot of homework to do.
3. Yes, you (be) ________ right; I (be) _________ a student.
4. No, I (be not) ________________ a student of science. I study
English.
5. The English language (be) _______ interesting. It (be not)
___________ boring at all.
6. My sister says that English (be) ________ too difficult.
7. She (be) _______ better at mathematics.
8. Oh, before I forget, my name _____ Eva. I (be) _______ from
Russia. I (be) ____ Russian.
9. Russia (be) _____ a big and powerful country. The climate (be
not) __________ warm.
10. Our winters (be) ________ cold and rather long too.
11. Most of my family members (be) ______ happy with the
Russian climate because we like winter sports.
12. My sister’s name (be) ________ Katoesja. She (be) _____ an
ice-hockey player and I (be) __________ a skier.
13. My two brothers (be) _________ not happy with snow and
ice because they like soccer.
14. They (be) __________ fans of Zenith, Leningrad.
15. Our family lives on fishing. My father (be) _____ a good
fisherman and my mother (be) _____ his assistant. My brother
Nikita and I (be not) ______________ really interested in fishing
but we still help our parents when they ask us. I don’t like to kill
fish. I (be) ________ an animal lover and vegetarian.
16. Well, that ___ it. Goodbye from Russia!
5. question 6. answer:
1. yes 2, yes, short 3. no 4. no, short 7.answer: no
yes
No, I
I was -- I was not. I wasn't. Was I Yes, I was.
wasn't.
No, it is
It was -- It was not. It wasn't Was it Yes it was.
wasn't.
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3 She is, 4 I am, 5 They are, 6 They are, 7 He is, 8 We are, 9 They are, 10 They are
11 It is, 12 They are
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1 are, 2 is, 3 are, 4 are, 5 is, 6 are, 7 are, 8 are, 9 are 10 is, is, 11 are, 12 is, 13 are,
are, 14 is, 15 is, 16, is
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1 2 3 4
1
2 are are not We’re
3 is not am not He’s not I’m not
4 is not is not She’s not It’s not
5 is not are not It’s not They’re not
6 are not are not We’re not You’re not
7 are not is not They’re not She’s not
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3 It is not, 4 She is not, 5 I am not, 6 They are not 7 They are not 8 He is not, 9 We
are not, 10 They are not, 11 They are not, 12 They are not, 13 It is not
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3. are not, 4 are not, 5 is not, 6 are not, 7 are not, 8 are not, 9 are not, 10 is not, is
not 11 are not, 12 is not, 13 are not, are not, 14 is not, 15 is not, 16 is not
Answer Key 2 Verb ‘To be’ RAINBOW OF EDUCATION
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3 Are, they are not, 4 Is, she is not, 5 Is, it is not, 6 Is, it is not, 7 Is, it is not, 8 Is, she is
not, 9 Am, you are not, 10 Is, she is not 11 Are. they are not, 12 Is, he is not, 13 Is, it
is not, 14 Is, it is not
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2 Is 3 Are No, they aren’t. 4 Are Yes, they are. 5 Is No, it isn’t. 6 Are they are.
7 Are No, they aren’t. 8 Are No, they aren’t. 9 Is Yes, it is. 10. Is No, it isn’t. 11
Are No, they aren’t. 12 Is. Yes, it is. 13 Is Yes, it is. 14 Is, No, it isn’t.
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1 The cat is in the cage. 2 The teacher is not at school. 3 The mobile phone is
not on the table. 4. My uncle is a policeman. 5. Maria and I are not cousins. 6.
The tigers in the zoo are 2 years old now. 7. Bangkok and Chiang Mai are big
cities. 8 I am not happy because I feel ill.
1 Is, he isn’t 2 Am, you are 3 Is, it isn’t 4 Are, they are 5 Are, I’m not 6 Is, she is 7
Are, we arent’t
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1 Is Jurgen, 2 is 27, 3 is a doctor, 4 is German, 5 playing the piano, 6 is Sonja, 7 is
42, 8 is a teacher, 9 is Australian 10 reading 11 are John Peter 12 23 24 13 are
engineers 14 are American 15 playing football 16 is Francis 17 is 31 18 is a farmer
19 is Taiwanese 20 playing football
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2 is not 3 is not 4 is not 5 not 6 is not 7 is not 8 is not
9 is not 10 not 11 are not 12 are not 13 are not 14 are not
15 not 16 is not 17 is not 18 is not 19 is not 20 not
Page 17.
1 is Fern 2 is 21 years 3 is a vendor 4 is Vietnamese 5 playing badminton 6 is
Nathalie 7 is 30 8 is a pilot 9 is Dutch 10 car racing 11 are Alex, Nico, Sara 12
24,28,33 13 office workers, are Russian, 15 swimming 16 is Frank, 17 is 52, 18 a
policeman 19 is Canadian 20 playing ice-hockey.
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2 is 3 is not 4 are not 5 is not 6 is not 7 is 8 is not 9 is 10 are not
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2. He is a 52-year-old Canadian policeman.
3. She is a 21-year-old Vietnamese vendor.
4. She is a 30-year-old Dutch pilot.
Answer Key 3 Verb ‘To be’ RAINBOW OF EDUCATION
5. She is a 42-year-old Australian teacher.
6. He is a 31-year-old Taiwanese farmer.
7. They are 23-, and 24-year-old American engineers.
8. They are 24-, 28-, and 33-year-old Russian office workers.
9. She is a 23-year-old Thai nurse.
10. She is a 29-year-old Swedish dentist.
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1 is Chris 2 is 27 3 is a salesman 4 is Singaporean 5 playing games 6 is Mariah 7 is
19 8 is a florist 9 is Myanmarian, 10 watching TV 11 are Fanny Nong 12 are 31,49
13 factory workers, 14 are Thai 15 fishing 16 is Nico 17 is 62 18 a postman 19 is
Vietnamese 20 gardening
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1 is Bram 2 is 39 3 is an artist 4 is French 5 likes racing 6 is Jane 7 is 19 8 is a cook
9 is Laotian 10 watching TV 11 are Jack Lonneke 12 are 27, 31 13 are firefighters
14 are Indonesian 15 playing chess 16 is Felix 17 is 19 18 is a carpenter 19 is
Malaysian 20 playing cricket
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1 is not 2 is not 3 is not a 4 is not 5 not like 6 is not 7 is not 8 is not a 9 is not 10
not 11 are not 12 are not 13 not 14 are not 15 not 16 is not 17 is not 18 is
not 19 is not 20 not
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2 is not 3 is not a 4 is not 5 not 6 is not 7 is not 8 is not a 9 is not 10 not 11 are
not 12 are not 13 are not 14 are not 15 not 16 is not 17 is not 18 is not 19 is
not 20 not
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1 isn’t 2 isn’t 3 isn’t 4 isn’t 5 isn’t 6 aren’t 7 aren’t 8 aren’t 9 aren’t 10 isn’t 11 are
12 are 13 aren’t 14 is
Page 28.
1 am 2 am 3 are 4 is 5 is 6 is 7 is 8 are 9 are 10 are 11 are 12 are 13 is 14 is 15 are
16 is 17 are 18 are 19 are 20 is 21 is 22 are 23 are 24 is
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1 is 2 am 3 am 4 is, is 5 is 7 are, are 8 are 9 are, is 10 are 11 are 12 is, is 13 is 14 is
Page 30. 1 are, are, 2 am not 3 are, am 4 am not 5 is, is not 6 is 7 is 8 is, am, am 9
is, is not 10 are 11 is 12 is, is am 13 are 14 are 15 is, is, are, am, 16 is
Answer Key 4 Verb ‘To be’ RAINBOW OF EDUCATION
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2 He is stronger than me.
3 Be quiet while I am speaking.
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