10 The verb to be Mum, am 1 a real polar bear? Yes dear, of course you are. Really? Of course, Look at your dad! He's a polar bear. Look at youy brothers. They te polar bears. Look at your sister. She's a po, Tknow, Mum, but I'm sure I’m not a polar bear How are you so sure? Because I'm cold! _~Attirmative | —— Sete Stor Aneel Long Form | Short From Tam im Tamnot |i'mnot | Aml.. eer eee at Yes, you are. | No, you aren't youare — | you're you are not | you aren’t | Are you Yes, heis. | No, he isn’t heis he's heisnot — | he isn’t she. she is she's sheisnot |sheisn’t /Isshe...2.__| Yes, she No, she isn't. | ite its rieea pee | Yes, itis. | No, itisn't. | eae | ieee wearenot |we aren't |Arewe...? |Yes, we are. | No, we aren't, youare you're | you are not |you aren't | Are you Yes, you are. | No, you aren't they are they're they are not | they aren’t | Are they Yes, they are. | No, they aren't, ‘+ We normally use the long form of the verb to be when we write. She is from Brazil and she is 17 yeors ol ‘+ We normally use the short form of the verb to be when we speak. “What's this?” “It's book.” * We do not repeat the whole question in short answers. We only use Yes or No, the subject pronoun and the appropriate verb form. We use the long form of the verb to be in positive short answers. Is she a teacher? Yes, she is. (NOT: Yes, shes.) ‘We use the short form of the verb to be in negative short answers. Are you Polish? No, I'm not. (NOT: No, Han-not.) Look at the joke above. How do we form a ‘Complete the sentences with is, am or ae the verb to be in the affirmative/negative/ interrogative? When do we use the short form of the verb to be? Dear Sally, Etna, S15, verre, as in the example, How 1) are you? 1 : 2 fine. My new 1. I'm/am fourteen School 3). very 2 Karen .. Polish big. The teachers 3. They brothers. 4). great and the 4 HO sas fom Thalland, Geography teacher 5 Mark afd Tom sn. American, 5). my favourite, 3 19 years old My best friends 6) Kelly and Laura. oon tt They 7) - from the USA. They 8) Be ators in the same English class as me. My favourite by Oyen school subjects 9) - Geography and IC i ature ae What about you? Who 10)........ your best vera pel elaale friend? Write soon, 42 Lucy and} - friends. aa Sophie ettuiiitiy ks— the correct form of the verb to We isn’t/aren’t sisters. Is/Are they from Turkey? "is this your pencil?” “Yes, it’s/is.” They’re/’s in my class. She's from Brazil. She isn’t/aren’t from Spain. He is/are a football player. “Are you fifteen?” “Yes, |is/am.” 8 You is/are good at Maths. onene No Fill in with: are, is, 's, ‘re, 'm, 'm not or aren't. 1 A: How old are your friends? B: Dan .. sixteen and Jack fifteen. 2 AS vseseaeee YOU Good at basketball? BE NO, | sess seesesee GOOd at football : Where you from? We ..svssseee from Egypt. We .... Egyptian. 4A: What time casssene it? Bz It .ssaee four o'clock. BAS vases they singers? B: No, they ...sereee » TheY dancers. 6 A: Who he? B: He .. Steve. He brother. ‘a Put the words in the correct order to make USS sentences. 1. are/Poland/we/trom We are from Poland. 2 alare/teacher/you? 3 shy/Emity/is 4 from/are/Poland/they? 5 old/he/eighteen/years/is/not 6 favourite/my/sport/hockey/is The verb to be \ Look at the picture and the notes. Fill in the ‘gaps with: is, are, am, isn’t, 'm not. Mario, 18, tennis, Spain| Sue, 16, hockey, the UK ‘Anna, 17, basketball, Russia Mario: Where are you from, Anna? Anna: | am from Russi 2 Mario: . Sue from Russia? ‘Anna: No, she She. from the UK, you fifteen, Sue? vt . sixteen. you eighteen, Mario? your favourite sport, . tennis. . Sue's favourite sport basketball? Mario: No, it hockey. It. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then match the questions to the answers. a No, it isn't b Yes, he is. Yes, | am. No, she isn't. No, they aren't.— = ——— | [ts ena Vm, He/She/it’s, We/You/They’re Negative | 'm not, He/She/it isn’t, We/Vou/They aren’t Interrogative [Am 12, Is he/she/it?, Are we/you/they? Short Answers |¥e5 1am. Yes, he/she/itis., Yes, we/you/they are. Jyoulthey aren’t. No, I'm not. No, he/she/it isn’t,, No, wei + We normally use the long form of the verb tobe (am is, ar) when we write. Bary Is rom England. Hes Eng, * We normally use the short form of the verb to be (‘m,',‘re) when we span lw 8 YOU? I'm ine, thanks * In short answers we do not repeat the whole question. We use Yes or No» 1s *UbIECt Pronoun andthe verb form am/'m not, i/isn’t, are/arentt. Is she your sister? Yes she is (NOT: Vos Shei sie) * We use the long form of the verb to be in affirmative short answers: ‘Are you ; es, lam. (NOT: Yes, ty * We use the short form of the verb to be in negative short answers. /s blue your favourite colour? No it isn (NOT: No, it net.) a) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of Fill in: am, 'm, is, 's, isn't, are, ‘re, aren't. oe the verb to be. 1 Heis from Turkey. He's from Turkey. , seeeue MY BOSt i, 2. ‘She ........ my best eek 1) 'm Fabio. 1 2) ss 16 years old and)... friend. ie italian. My birthday 4)......... 0m 28th January ty 3 We ........ not in the Were ne best friend and 1 5)......... in the same football team same job eee but he 6)......... a8 fast as me. His name 7)... 4 i. 18 years old. | sesseeee 18 years old. Marco. He 8)...... 17 years old. His birthday 5 sou RuSeS .. nurses. 9) 0M 21St April. What about you? Where 10)... you from? Who 14) ass. Jour senna @ doctor. 6 not a doctor. a doctor ee | 7 creative. nse CfBatiVe, Wiite soon, BOR geen my mobile It........ my mobile Fabio. phone. phone. b) Look at Ex. 3a. Find all forms of the verb to be. How do we form the affirmative interrogative/negative of the verb to. be? Speaking Look at the prompts. In pairs, ask and answer questions, as in the example. © What/your/name? * Where/you/trom? * How/old/you? * When/your/birthday? * What/best friend’s/name? 1. Is Cathy British? No, she isn't. She's American. 2 Is Frank a lawyer? A: What's your name? = B: My name is Emily. What's your name? 3 Is Jessica 35 years old? 4 Are Alberto and Cathy vets? : Writing 7 iE : Write an email to your new pen pal an + 5 Is Alberto from Canada? them about you and your best friend. Ex. 3a as a model. 6 Is Jessica a teacher? 7 Are Frank and Cathy 30 years old? I'm Angela. I'm 16 years old —The verb have got s/They’ve got. He/She/It’s got ~__|WWe/You/They haven't got. He/She/it hasn’t got. ~ [Have I/wefyou/they got? Has he/she/it got? _| ~|Yes, I/we/you/they have. Yes, he/she/it has. No, I/we/you/they haven't. No, he/she/it hasn’t. We use the verb have got: * to show that something belongs to someone. We've got a dog and a parrot. + to describe people, animals and things. I've got blue eyes and fair hair * to talk about relationships. Have you got any brothers or sisters? * with the following expressions: I've got a headache/ stomach ache/toothache, etc, I've got a temperature, ve got a cough, I've got a cold, I've got a problem, a Fill in: 's, hasn't, 've, haven't. laptop sunglasses. camera _ it guitar ae mobile phone MP3 player Jimmy's got a laptop. Alice . got a TV. 1 2 3 They. got a mobile phone. 4 Jimmy ... got a guitar. 5 They got a CD player. 6 Alice ..... got a camera. Look at the table and write sentences, as in the example. ea er | Le , ee Ww v v v x bike x x v 7 camera 4) x v 1 Amy has got a TV and a camera. She hasn't got a bike. Notes: * In short answers we do not use got. Have you got a bike? No, | haven't. (NOT: No, I haven’ got.) * She's a teacher. (She is) She’s got a tablet computer, (She has) + We use got more in the present tense and not so often in the past tense. He had a goldfish when he was ten. (NOT: He had got a ... - it is less common) a Choose the correct item. 1. sw... James got a new watch? @ Has B Have CIs 2 My friend Luigi... from Milan, Italy A are B is C has 3. My sister ...... got a very big bedroom Ais B ve c's 4 su Lucas and Rebecca friends? A Arethey B Theyare C Are 5 The boys ...... from Spain. They're French. A aren't B isn't © haven't 6 They....... a pet dog; they have got a cat A hasn't got B have got © haven't got a) Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the verbs be or have got. My name 1) 's Amanda. | 2) sixteen years old and | 3) ‘the USA. My dad's name 4)... Gordon, He 5) forty-two years old and he 6) a doctor. My «thirty-nine and She 8) mecnone @ ‘one sister. Her name 10)... 12 years old. We 12). black and white fur and it from mum, Eva, 7)... teacher. | 9) Hannah and she 11). a pet. It 13) 14) sense Very friendly. > Post a comment and tell me about yout b) Now post your comment to Amanda. Use the verbs be or have got to talk about you.