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18 be: affirmative, negative, questions and short answers (1)

be affirmative be negative
I’m (am) I’m not (am not)
you/we/they + ’re (are) you/we/they + aren’t (are not)
he/she/it + ’s (is) he/she/it + isn’t (is not)
I’m Italian. You aren’t from France.
She’s 16 years old. It isn’t a pen.

be questions be short answers

Am + I … ? Yes, I am.
Are + you/we/they … ? Yes, you/we/they are.
Is + he/she/it … ? Yes, he/she/it is.
Are you sad? No, I’m not.
Are they your friends? No, you/we/they aren’t.
No, he/she/it isn’t.

1 Completa las preguntas y las repuestas 2 Indica el error en cada frase. Luego escribe
cortas con la forma correcta del verbo be. las frases correctas.
Are they Italian? I isn’t at the cinema.
Yes, they are . I’m not at the cinema.
They’re Italian. ✓ 1 He’re 20 years old.
They aren’t Spanish. ✗
1 you 14 years old? 2 Are she your English teacher?
No, I .
I 15 years old. ✓ 3 Yes, she’s.
2 it a pen?
Yes, it . 4 We isn’t at school.
It a pen. ✓
3 he from France? 5 You’s at home.
No, he .
He French. ✗ 6 Is I your friend?
4 you sad?
No, we .
We happy. ✓

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18 be: affirmative, negative, questions and short answers (2)

3 Escribe las frases en forma afirmativa (✓), 4 I / happy
en negativa (✗) o como pregunta (?).
It’s his dog. 5 We / not / at school
(?) Is it his dog?
He isn’t Spanish. 6 they / cousins?
(✓) He’s Spanish.
They’re ten years old.
(✗) They aren’t ten years old.
5 Completa el texto. Usa la forma correcta del
1 We aren’t from France. verbo be en afirmativa (✓), en negativa (✗) o
(✓) en pregunta.
2 It isn’t fun.
(✓)
3 She’s 13 years old.
(?)
4 I’m Italian.
(✗)
Kevin Rachel
5 You’re my best friend.
(?)
6 He’s my French teacher.
(✗)

4 Escribe las frases. Usa el verbo be en forma

afirmativa, negativa o como pregunta.
Tom Debbie
She / 14 years old
She’s 14 years old. Who am I? (1) I Debbie!
They / not / French (2) I (✓) 17 years old.
They aren’t French. (3) Tom (✓) my brother.
we / at home? (4) He (✓) 13 years old.
Are we at home? (5) Tom (✗) annoying;
1 He / not / my friend (6) he (✓) fun! (7) Kevin (✓)
my dad and (8) Rachel (✓) my mum.
2 They / Italian (9) (✓) they nice? Yes,
(10) they (✓) great! They
3 it / my pen? (11) (✓) strict, but
(12) they (✗) too strict!

Vocabulario clave
annoying fastidioso   brother hermano   cinema cine   cousin(s) primo/a(s)   dad papá   dog perro
English inglés/esa   family familia   France Francia   French francés/esa   friend amigo/a
fun divertido   great genial   happy feliz   (at) home (en) casa   Italian italiano/a   mum mamá  
nice simpático   pen bolígrafo   sad triste   school colegio   Spanish español/ola   strict estricto  
teacher profesor/ora   too demasiado   who quién   years old años de edad

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