VERB TO BE, PRESENT SIMPLE

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ACTIVITIES 1.-Rewrite the short form of the underlined words a)I am from German ___________________________________________ b) You are a doctor ___________________________________________ c) He is English ___________________________________________ d) She is seventeen ___________________________________________ e) It is an interesting point of view ___________________________________________ f) We are from Egypt ___________________________________________ g) You are very generous ___________________________________________ h) They are students ___________________________________________ 2.-Write the possible short forms of the negative form in the following sentences a) I am not / __________/ an engineer. b)You are not / __________/ __________/ fifty. c) He is not / __________/ __________/ American d) She is not / __________/ __________/ a teacher

e) It is not / __________/ __________/ necessary f) We are not / __________/ __________/ from Canada g) You are / __________/ __________/ intelligent h) They are / __________/ __________/ students

3.-Put the words in the correct order to form the questions then choose the answer that best suit you.

_______________________________________________________________

a)Yes, I am.

b)No, I’m not.

_______________________________________________________________

a)Yes, it is.

b)No, it isn’t.

_______________________________________________________________

a)Yes, she is.

b)No, she isn’t.

_______________________________________________________________

a)Yes, he/she is.

b)No, he/she isn’t.

ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 1 a)I’m from Germany b) You’re a doctor c) He’s English d) She’s seventeen e) It’s an interesting point of view f) We’re from Egypt g) You’re very generous h) They’re students ACTIVITY 2 a)I’m not b) You’re not----You aren’t c) He’s not------He isn’t d) She’s not-----She isn’t e) It’s not-------It isn’t f) We’re not----We aren’t g) You’re not---You aren’t h) They’re not--They aren’t ACTIVITY 3 1-Are you from Germany?

Ss’ own answers 2-Is your house purple?

Ss’ own answers 3-Is Julia Roberts your favorite actress?

Ss’ own answers 4.-Is your best friend from Mexico?

Ss’ own answers