GRAMMAR

VERB TO BE – Present Simple II  YOU  HE  SHE  IT  WE  YOU  THEY  AM  ARE  IS  ARE

PRESENT SIMPLE Full Forms of the verb to be Iama student. Heisa teacher. Sheisa journalist. Itisa book. Wearemechanics. Youarepilots. Theyarepolicemen.

AM – IS - ARE Long formShort formExampleNegationQuestion I amI'mI am late.I am not late.Am I late? You areYou'reYou are clever.You are not (aren't) clever.Are you clever? He isHe'sHe is happy.He is not (isn't) happy.Is he happy? She isShe'sShe is hungry.She is not (isn't) hungry.Is she hungry? It isIt'sIt is cold.It is not (isn't) cold.Is it cold? We areWe'reWe are late.We are not (aren't) late.Are we late? You areYou'reYou are sleepy.You are not (aren't) sleepy.Are you sleepy? They areThey'reThey are great.They are not (aren't) great.Are they great?

EXERCISE – PRESENT SIMPLE 1. She _________ in the house. 2. The dog and the cat __________ in the garden. 3. The woman __________ behind a tree. 4. I ____________ Kevin. 5. Carol and I ___________ friends. 6. It ____________ black. 7. My name _____________ Bob. 8. They ____________ nice girls. 9. The children ___________ in the shop. 10. He ____________ a teacher. is am are

EXERCISE 2 – PRESENT SIMPLE Write the question for each answer. 1.Where ____________________________? 1.The Eiffel Tower is in Paris. 2.Who ______________________________? 1.The best basketball player is Pau Gasol. 3.Where ____________________________? 1.She is from New Zealand. 4.What _____________________________? 1.This movie is Osmosis Jones. is the Eiffel Tower is the best basketball player Is she from movie is this

VERB TO BE – Past Simple II  YOU  HE  SHE  IT  WE  YOU  THEY  WAS  WERE  WAS  WERE

WAS - WERE Long formExampleNegationQuestion I wasI am late.I was not (wasn’t) late.Was I late? You wereYou are clever.You were not (weren't) clever.Were you clever? He wasHe is happy.He was not (wasn’t) happy.Was he happy? She wasShe is hungry.She was not (wasn’t) hungry.Was she hungry? It wasIt is cold.It was not (wasn’t) cold.Was it cold? We wereWe are late.We were not (weren't) late.Were we late? You wereYou are sleepy.You were not (weren't) sleepy.Were you sleepy? They wereThey are great.They were not (weren't) great.Were they great?

EXERCISE – PAST SIMPLE 1.Yesterday she _________ in the house. 2. Last week the dog and the cat __________ in the garden. 3. Two days ago the woman __________ behind a tree. 4. I ____________ in New York a month ago. 5. Carol and I ___________ friends, now we aren’t. 6. It ____________ black. 7. My house _____________ in Italy, now it is in France. 8. They ____________ nice girls. 9. Before the movies, the children ___________ in the shop. 10. He ____________ a teacher, now he is a Doctor. was were

EXERCISE 2 – PAST SIMPLE Write the question for each answer. 1.Where ____________________________? 1.She was in Paris. 2.Who ______________________________? 1.The best basketball player was Michael Jordan. 3.What ____________________________? 1.He was a teacher. 4.What _____________________________? 1.That movie was Space Jam. was she was the best basketball player was he movie was that

VERB TO BE TENSES II  YOU  HE  SHE  IT  WE  YOU  THEY  AM  ARE  IS  ARE PRESENTPAST  I  YOU  HE  SHE  IT  WE  YOU  THEY  WAS  WERE  WAS  WERE