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AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

Long Form Short Form Long Form Short Form Long FormIYouHe She It We You They

First read about Ms Wood, then write about you.

Ms Wood I am Ms Wood ____________ ________________________________38 I am thrty-eight ____________ ________________________________vice president I am vice president ____________ ________________________________English I am English ____________ ________________________________London I 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, I’m not.

1. it/ a bus/ yes.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. they/ hotels/ no.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. you/ a teacher/ yes.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. it/ an office/ no.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5. Ms Wood/ a secretary/ no.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6. Mr Chan/ at home/ yes.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7. they/ actors/ no.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8. you/ doctors/ yes.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Write “is” or “are” as in the example:Ms Ann Wood Mr Victor Chan Ms Paula

SchneiderMs Angela Pirelli Mr John Harris Mr Piet de Vries

38 42 38 53 45 44vice president vice president secretary manager manager manager

English Japanese German Italian American DutchLondon Tokyo Munich Rome San 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 isn’t.1. Mr Chan/ a manager. ________________________________________________________________2. Mr Harris and Mr de Vries /managers. __________________________________________________3. Ms Schneider/ American. ____________________________________________________________4. Ms Pirelli/ from San Francisco. _______________________________________________________5. Ms Wood and Ms Schneider/ thirty-eight. _______________________________________________6. Mr Chan/ Greek. ___________________________________________________________________7. Mr Harris/ from San Francisco. ________________________________________________________8. Mr de Vries/ a manager. _____________________________________________________________9. Ms Pirelli/ from Rome. ______________________________________________________________10. Mr Harris/ 30 years old. _____________________________________________________________

Fill in with “is”, “isn’t”, “are” or “aren’t”.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 aren’t near the museum. ___________________________He isn’t in London. ___________________________She isn’t a waitress. ___________________________It isn’t 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 formI 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 formI’m 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 _________________________________________

station / past / go / the _________________________________________

your / what / number / ‘s/ phone / ? _________________________________________

along / Street / go / Market _________________________________________

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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