Read the text and complete it with the correct form of the verb to be.

1. We ______ the Taylor family. There are five

2. people in my family. My mum ______ thirty-five
3. years old and she ______ a hairdresser. My dad
4. ______ forty years old and he ______ an
5. accountant.

6. There are three children. I ______ simon and I

7. _____ ten. My brother, Michael, ______ a three
8. month old baby. He is very cute. Tamara ______
9. my sister and she ______ six years old. Tamara and I ______ students. We
10. study at the same school. Max ______ my pet dog. It ______ small and
11. white. It ______ two years old. We ______ from New York in The United
12. States. New York ______ a huge city with many cars on the streets. But
13. our neighborhood ______ nice and quiet. There is a park with lots of
14. trees, and a small square with some shops and a café.

Match the pronoun to the noun it refers to.

Line 3 she ___ a. Simon
Line 4 he ___ b. Tamara
Line 6 I ___ c. Max
Line 8 he ___ d. Tamara and I
Line 9 she ___ e. Michael
Line 9 we ___ f. mum
Line 11 it ___ g. dad

Answer the following questions or complete the statements according to the

reading:
How old is mum? ___________________
Who is Max? ___________________
How old is dad? ___________________
How many people are there in the Taylor family? ________________________
What is the baby’s name? __________________
How many children are there? ______________________
Tamara is Simon’s _______________
The Taylors live in ________________
Their neighborhood is ____________________
New York is a ___________________

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 Read the text and complete it with the correct form of the verb to be.

1. We are the Taylor family. There are five

2. people in my family. My mum is thirty-five
3. years old and she _is a hairdresser. My dad
4. is forty years old and he is an
5. accountant.

6. There are three children. I am simon and I

7. am ten. My brother, Michael, is a three
8. month old baby. He is very cute. Tamara is
9. my sister and she is six years old. Tamara and I are students.
10. We study at the same school. Max is my pet dog. It is small and
11. white. It is two years old. We live in New York in The United
12. States. New York is a huge city with many cars on the streets. But
13. our neighborhood is nice and quiet. There is a park with lots of
14. trees, and a small square with some shops and a café.

Match the pronoun to the noun it refers to.

Line 3 she f a. Simon
Line 4 he g b. Tamara
Line 6 I a c. Max
Line 8 he e d. Tamara and I
Line 9 she b e. Michael
Line 10 we d f. mum
Line 11 it c g. dad

Answer the following questions or complete the statements according to the

reading:
How old is mum? Mum is thirty-five years old.
Who is Max? Max is their pet.
How old is dad? Dad is forty years old.
How many people are there in the Taylor family? There are 5 people.
What is the baby’s name? The baby’s name is Michael.
How many children are there? There are 3 children.
Tamara is Simon’s sister.
The Taylors live in New York._________
Their neighborhood is nice and quiet.
New York is a huge city. ___________________

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