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be, subject pronouns

Beth, this is Peter. We're neighbours. Peter,


Beth is a new student at our school.

o Statements
Positive I am Cm)
You / We / They ................. Cre)
He / She / It is C .)
Negative I am not
You / We / They ................. (aren't)
He / She / It ................. (isn't)

Questions Short answers


Yes, I .
No, I'm not.
Yes, you / we / they are.
No, you / we / they aren't.
Yes, he / she / it .
No, he / she / it isn't.

Wh- questions
What/Who am I?
Where / Who . you? / we? / they?
Where / Who is ................ ? / ?/ ?
e Read the information.

be Subject pronouns
• We can use a noun, an adjective or • We can use subject pronouns (I, you, he,
a phrase with a preposition after be: she, it, we, they) instead of a name or
I'm a student. He's tall. noun:
They're in the kitchen. Peter's in my class. He's my friend.
• In the negative, there are two short forms The boys are at home. They're in the
for ;s not and are not: garden.
She isn't English. / She's not English. • We use it for things and animals. But we
We aren't thirsty. / We're not thirsty. often use he and she for pets, when we
• We usually use the short form of the verb know the gender of an animal.
when we speak. This is Cosmo. He's my cat.
I'm not very hungry. Lucy isn't here. This is Bello. She's my cat.
• When we answer yes to a question, we
can't use the short form of the verb.
A: Are these your glasses?
B: Yes, they are. V Yes, tfete~lFe.

e Complete with am, is or are.


I Peter and Harry ..ar.e neighbours.
2 Beth a reporter for TeenLink.
3 Here's a copy of TeenLink. It the new school magazine.
4 Cosmo and Bella Harry's cats.
5 Look, there's Lucy. She Peter's sister.
b Hi, I Kim. What's your name?
7 My friend and I in the school football team.
8 Hurry up! you late for school!

• Complete with one word.


A: Hello. 1.1 •m Kate and this is my brother. His
name 2 David. We 3 from London.
B: Hi. I' 4 Sarah.

2 A: What's this?
B: s 's a present for Sam. It b his birthday today.

3 A: Where's Michael?
B: 7. 's in his room. And Eva 8 in the living room.
A: Eva.? N 0, sh"e Isn t. q .. . the garden
,Sin.

4 A: Look. Here are the photos from my birthday party.


B: Wow! 10 're great.
A: This is Anna. She 11 .............•... my best friend. And this is my brother, Matt.
12 're twins.

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