The verb

to be

GRAMMAR

LEVEL NUMBER LANGUAGE

Beginner A1_1017G_EN English

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Goals

■ Can identify the forms of

the verb 'to be' in the
present tense.

■ Can produce very simple

sentences with the verb 'to
be' in the present tense.

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
It is…

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The present tense of the verb to be

■ Use to be to talk about name, age, adjectives, jobs, nationality and more.
■ This is the verb to be in the present tense.

I am I am Peter.

You are You are 18.

He / she / it is He / she / it is friendly.

We are We are Japanese.

You are You are students

They are They are a family.

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The verb to be

The man is tall.

The boy is short.

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Match the sentences to pictures

1. They are a family.

2. He is friendly.

3. It is a zebra.

4. I am Peter.

A B C D
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Choose the correct form of to be

1. I _____________ English.

a. am b. is

2. It _____________ a nice day.

a. is b. am

3. Michael and I _____________ friends.

a. am b. are

4. They _____________ animals.

a. are b. is

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Make a sentence

I am… You are…

He is… She is…

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Short form of to be

Use the short form of to be in conversations and informal writing.

I am I‘m

You are You‘re

He / she / it is He‘s / she‘s / it‘s

We are We‘re

You are You‘re

They are They‘re

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Short form of to be

Here are some examples of the short form:

I am a student. I‘m a student.

You are my friend. You‘re my friend.

They are brother and sister. They‘re brother and sister.

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 Complete the dialogue

be
Hi Deirdre, how _____________ it going?
is
I’m
_____________ doing well, thanks.
And you?
Is You’re
I’m fine, thanks. _____________ you free
tonight?
Are
I’m
Yes, _____________ .

am I am
Angela and I _____________ going to the
cinema. Do you want to come?
are
are
Sounds great! What time _____________
you meeting?
be
is
The film _____________ at 8:00, so we can
meet at 7:00. See you later!
am

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Complete the sentences

1. It _______________ a house.

2. _______________ is yellow.

3. It is _______________ .

4. It __________ nice.

It small

is is

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Match the boxes

Form three sentences from the words below.

England. She is a doctor.

is She She

from happy. is

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Which sentence is different?

I’m fine, thanks. You’re in this class.

He’s from Madrid. We are friends.

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Rewrite the sentences with the short form of to be

__________________________________
1. I am very happy.
__________________________________

__________________________________
2. He is my brother.
__________________________________

__________________________________
3. We are doing well today.
__________________________________

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Think of a sentence

Think of a sentence for each of the words below.

Tell your teacher.

I’m You’re He’s

She’s It’s You’re

We’re They’re …

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Guess the object

■ Think of an object (e.g. an apple).

■ Ask questions of the other students.

■ Try to guess their object!

Is it big? Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.

Is it blue? Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.

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Reflect on the goals

Go back to the second slide of the lesson and check

if you have achieved all the goals of the lesson.

yes no

_______________________________ _______________________________
_______________________________ _______________________________

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Reflect on this lesson

Think about everything you have seen in this lesson.

What were the most difficult activities or words? The easiest?

+ _______________________________
_______________________________

+ _______________________________
_______________________________

– _______________________________
_______________________________

– _______________________________
_______________________________
If you have time, go over
the most difficult slides again

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Exercise p.6
1. D – 2. A – 3. B – 4. D
Exercise p.7
1. a – 2. a – 3. b – 4. a
Exercise p.11
Is – I’m – are – I am – are – are – is
Exercise p.12
1. is – 2. It – 3. small – 4. is
Exercise p.13
She is a doctor. – She is from England. – She is happy.
Exercise p.14
We are friends.
Exercise p.15
1. I’m very happy. – 2. He’s very happy. – 3. We’re doing well today.
Answer key
Homework

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Complete the table

I am

You _______________

He _______________

She _______________

It _______________

You _______________

We _______________

They _______________

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Text at the beginning

Go back to the text on page 3

and find examples of
the grammar topic of this lesson in it.
Write them down.

Copy parts of the text

that are examples of

topic of the lesson.

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Find the verbs

Find the verbs in this lesson and write them down.

Which are new? Do you know all of them?
Look these words up.

Verbs

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Sentences in the first person plural

Choose five sentences from this lesson.

Copy them and write them about you and a friend.

Examples:

I don’t understand

→ My friend Maria and I don’t understand.

He has a book

→ We have a book

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Easy or difficult?

Is the grammar topic of this lesson…

easy or difficult?
Write down what is difficult for you and what is easy.

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Exercise p. 22
are – is – is – is – are – are - are
Homework answer key
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