The previous lesson was about the ‘Verb to be negative’.

Let us practice with the

warm up questions below:
Can you say these sentences in the negative form?
1. She's a student.
2. They're doctors.
3. You're my friend.
4. My school is small.
5. I'm a chef.
Grammar
Let's learn how to ask questions with 'to be'.
 Exercise 1.
Make questions using the correct form of 'to be'.
e.g. ___ you French? - Are you French?
1. ___ I late?
2. ___ he from England?
3. ___ you sure?
4. ___ it Italian?
5. ___ she happy?
6. ___ they in a shop?

Exercise 2
Fill in the gaps in the dialogues with am, are, is and negative forms. Take turns
with your tutor.
Dialogue 1
 Oh sorry, ___ I late?
 No, you ___.

Dialogue 2
 ___ you a doctor?
 Yes, I ___.

Dialogue 3
 ___ he sad?
 No, he ___.

Dialogue 4
 ___ they friends?
 Yes, they ___.

Dialogue 5
 ___ she blonde?
 Yes, she ___.
 Exercise 3
Answer the questions about yourself.
1. Are you Italian?
2. Are you 25?
3. Are you married?
4. Are you happy?
5. Is your mother blonde?
6. Is your father a doctor?
7. Are the people in your country nice?

More examples.

1. be as a main verb in the Simple

Present (am, are, is)

2. be as a main verb in the Simple Past (was,

were)
3. be as an auxiliary in the Present
Progressive (am, are, is)

4. be as an auxiliary in the Past

Progressive (was, were)

Wrap-up
Thank you for today!
Do you have any questions?
 The previous lessons were about the verb 'to be'. Let's start with a short revision.
Hi!
How are you today?
Can you remember the verb 'to be'?
Make questions and ask your teacher.
1. / you American?
2. / your brother or sister blonde?
3. / your country big?
4. / Your students only from Saudi Arabia?

WH- questions (Question Words) IN GENERAL

 Let's learn

Can you fill in the gaps? Use the following question words below:
How, how old, what, when, where, who

1. _______ is your phone number?

2. _______ old are you?
3. _______ are you from?
4. _______ is the concert? On Friday evening.
5. _______ time is it?

Do you know other question words?

Student hint
We don't contract is when the last word is a pronoun. We also don't
contract am or are.

Exercise 1

Complete with a question word.

How - How old - What - When - Where (x2) - Who (x2)

1.
A: _____'s that? B: My sister Julia.
A: _____ is she? B: She's 22.

2.
A: _____'s your name? B: I'm Paul.
 3.
A: _____'s the party? B: On Saturday evening.
A: _____ is it? B: In the city centre.

4.
A: _____ are you today? B: Great, thanks!

5.
A: _____ is he? B: He's my friend, Marco.
A: _____'s he from? B: Italy.

Exercise 2

Put the words in order to make questions. Then, answer them.

1. Is where Berlin? E.g Where is Berlin?
2. Your how is old father?
3. What phone your is number?
4. Is what email you?
5. You married are?
6. Is English your when class?
7. Time it what is?

Wrap-up
Thank you for today!
Do you have any questions?