EXERCISES TO BE
AFFIRMATIVE
BejahtNEGATIVE
VerneintINTERROGATIVE
Frage
Long FormShort FormLong FormShort FormLong Form
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
OBS:
Iam here.Youare here.Heis here.
Weare here.Theyare here.
AmI here?
Areyou here?Ishe here?Arewe here?Arethey here?
Yes, I am.
Yes, I am.
Yes, he is.
Yes, we are.
Yes, they are.
No, Im not.
No, Im not.
No, he isnt.
No, we arent.
No, they arent.
First read about Ms Wood, then write about you.
Ms WoodI am Ms
Wood____________________________________________38
I am thrty-eight____________________________________________
vice presidentI am vice
president____________________________________________
EnglishI am English
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LondonI am from
London.____________________________________________
Fill in with: am, is or are.
1. I ------------ a teacher.
2. You ------------ a manager.
3. He ------------ a waiter.
4. She ------------ a nurse.
5. It ------------ a bike.
6. We ------------ here.
7. You ------------ managers.
8. They ------------ friends.
Make questions and give answers:
e.g.I / a teacher / yes.
You / a vice president / no
Am I a teacher?
Are you a vice president?
Yes, I am.
No, Im not.
1. it/ a bus/ yes.
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2. they/ hotels/ no.
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3. you/ a teacher/ yes.
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4. it/ an office/ no.
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5. Ms Wood/ a secretary/ no.
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6. Mr Chan/ at home/ yes.
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7. they/ actors/ no.
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8. you/ doctors/ yes.
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Write is or are as in the example:
Ms Ann WoodMr Victor ChanMs Paula SchneiderMs Angela PirelliMr
John HarrisMr Piet de Vries
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vice presidentvice presidentsecretarymanagermanagermanager
EnglishJapaneseGermanItalianAmerican Dutch
LondonTokyoMunichRomeSan Francisco Amsterdam
Ms Wood __is__ thirty-eight years old.
Ms Wood and Mr Chan _______ vice presidents. Ms Schneider
_______ a secretary. Ms Pirelli, Mr Harris and Mr de Vries _______
managers. Mr Chan _______ Japanese. Mr de Vries _______ Dutch. He
_______ from Amsterdam. Ms Pirelli _______ Italian. She _______
from Rome. Ms Wood _______ from London and Mr Chan _______ from
Tokyo. Mr Harris _______ American. He _______ from San Francisco.
Ms Wood and Ms Schneider _______ thirty-eight years old. Mr Chan
_______ forty-two and Ms Pirelli _______ fifty-three.Ask questions
and give answers:
e.g.Ms Wood / a vice president. Is Ms Wood a vice president?
Yes, she is.
Ms Wood / a doctor. Is Ms Wood a doctor? No, she isnt.
1. Mr Chan/ a manager.
________________________________________________________________2.
Mr Harris and Mr de Vries /managers.
__________________________________________________3. Ms Schneider/
American.
____________________________________________________________4. Ms
Pirelli/ from San Francisco.
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5. Ms Wood and Ms Schneider/ thirty-eight.
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6. Mr Chan/ Greek.
___________________________________________________________________7.
Mr Harris/ from San Francisco.
________________________________________________________8. Mr de
Vries/ a manager.
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9. Ms Pirelli/ from Rome.
______________________________________________________________10.
Mr Harris/ 30 years old.
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in with is, isnt, are or arent.
Ms wood __isn't__ a doctor.
She _________ a vice president. Mr Chan _________ a secretary.
He _________ a vice president. Ms Pirelli, Mr Harris and Mr de
Vries_________ vice presidents. They _________ managers. Ms
Schneider _________ from London. She _________ from Munich. Ms
Pirelli _________ thirty-eight years old. She _________
fifty-three. Ms Scheider _________ Italian. She _________ German.
Mr Harris _________ English. He _________ American. Ms Wood and Ms
Schneider _________ forty years old. They _________
thirty-eight.
Change to the plural as in the example.
e.g.It is a book. They are books.
I am manager.
___________________________
You are Spanish.___________________________
He is in a meeting.___________________________
She is with a customer. ___________________________
It is a good restaurant.___________________________
I am from Germany.___________________________
You are on holiday.___________________________He is at
lunch.
___________________________
She is in the office.___________________________
It is a taxi.
___________________________
I am not a taxi driver.___________________________
You arent near the museum.___________________________
He isnt in London.
___________________________
She isnt a waitress.
___________________________
It isnt near here.
___________________________
Am I tired?
___________________________
Are you happy?
___________________________
Is he with a customer?
___________________________
Is she at lunch?
___________________________
Is it a train?
___________________________Fill as in the example:
Long form
I am not a student.
1. They __________chairs.
2. We __________Spanish.
3. She __________thirty years old.
4. It __________an orange.
5. You __________from New York.
Short form
Im not a student.
1. They __________chairs.
2. We __________Spanish.
3. She __________ten years old.
4. It __________an orange.
5. You __________from New York.
Build sentences using the given words:holiday / she / on /
is
_________________________________________with / they / a /
customer / are
_________________________________________
are / officers / not / they /
police_________________________________________
s / lunch / she / at
_________________________________________
Ann / is / name / first / her
_________________________________________
you / are / how / ?
_________________________________________
nice / have / day / a
_________________________________________
president / Chan / is / vice / Mr /
the_________________________________________
is / his / 675-5023 / number /
phone_________________________________________
here / not / is / he
_________________________________________
is / the / much / calculator / how /
?_________________________________________
briefcases / the / how / are / much /
?_________________________________________
bar / snack / to / it / next / the /
is_________________________________________
the / right / turn / lights / at /
traffic_________________________________________the / it / bank / s
/ opposite
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station / past / go / the
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your / what / number / s/ phone /
?_________________________________________
along / Street / go / Market
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two / in / town / are / cinemas / there / your /
?_________________________________________
is / restaurant / here / there / Italian / near / an /
?_________________________________________
please / me / bank / me / you / the / can / the / to / tell /
excuse / way / ?
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