UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR

FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA, LETRAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN

ESCUELA DE IDIOMASNOMBRE: DANIELA REYES

CURSO: 5to SEMESTRE PLURILÍNGÜEAÑO LECTIVO

2011-2012

TO BE VERB

AM, IS, ARE

My name is Mafalda

My favourite

color is red

I´m 10

i´m American

My favourite sport is basket

My father is a doctor

My mother is teacher

POSITIVE FORM

I Am I´m

He SheIt

Is He´sShe´sIt´s

We You

They

are We´reYou´re

They´re

NEGATIVE FORM

I Am not I´m not

He SheIt

Is notHe´s not or he isn´t

She´s not or she isn´tIt´s not or it isn´t

WeYou

TheyAre not

We´re not or we aren´tYou´re not or you aren´tThey´re not or they aren

´t

EXAMPLES• POSITIVE FORM:• I´m 20 years olld. My sister

is 21.• My causin is very tall. He is

a singer.• Jackie is afraid of mouses.• It´s seven o´clock. You are

late again.• Your wallet and keys are on

the table.

EXAMPLES IN NEGATIVE FORM:• I´m not hungry. I´m very thirsty.• Josue isn´t at work right now. He´s at home.• It isn´t rainy today. The sun is shaining.

EXERCISES• WRITE THE SHORT FORMa) She is ________________________b) They are ______________________c) He is not ______________________d) We are ________________________e) I am not _______________________

• WRITE AM, IS OR ARE:

1. My father ____ happy right now.2. I ___ very busy in this moment.3. My brothers____ at school today.4. My mother _____ an engineer. She ____ a

teacher.5. My boyfriend _____ in Quito right now. He

___ at Mexico city.

• WRITE COMPLETE SENTENCES: USE IS/ISN´T/ARE/AREN´T.

a) (your house very beautiful)______________.b) (my sister a journalist)__________________.c) (my pencil in my bag)___________________.d) (she at home tonight)__________________.e) (kerly 15 years old)____________________.

• WRITE SENTENCES FOR THE PICTURES:

They ______________________________________________________

• He________________________.

It____________________________.