Ee pup: TA be: positive and negative Positive (+) Full form Jam a student. You are a good cook, He is my trend. || She is Sparish ‘tis sunny | We are sisters They are from Japan. Contraction (> EKER Para student, You're 4 wood cook, Ho's ny tena, She's Spanish, Ws sunny. We're sisters, They're from Japan. Negative (-) Full form Contraction Fram nota student. 1m nota stent You are net 2 00d cook. | You aren'ta good cook. [He is not my friend. | He isn't my frend, | She is not Spanish, She isnt Spanish =| itis not sunry. | isnt sunny | We aren't sisters. (We are not sisters. They aren't from Japan, [They are not trom Japan. Remember to use the verb be to give information with 2 noun, adjective, preposition or adverb. ‘My name's Hamid. NOT My-nesre-Hamid, My teacher is nice. NOT My-teacher aloe. 1'm from China. NOT Hrom-Ghina- We are here. NOT We-here. ‘Always use a noun or 2 pronoun before positive and negative be: He's my teacher. NOT te-ray-teacher They're Spanish, NOT Are-Spanish We use contractions to help us speak quickly In contacto, the apostrophe (’) shows a letter is missing ae You are not ofa. > You aren't old. There are two different contractions for is not and are not is not isn't! 'S not He isn’t = He's not are not aren't! 'renot We aren't = We've not Tip Tip you's the same when we talk to one person or two or more We can use Safter one name but we don’t use re ater two peopl. names: You're a good cook. = one person Tam is my tien. > Tom's my friend, | You're good eooks. = two or more people Tam and Jo are my friends, NOT Tors anct- Jere piace 1B be: questions and short answers in questions with the verb be, we change the word order: They are Russian. > Are they Russian? ur teacher is from Berlin. Is our teacher from Berlin? Cma | he/she /it "136 In Wh questions, we use a question word before be. Where are you from? What is your name? Tip With positive short answers, we don't use contactors Yes, am. Yes, he is. Yes, we are (NOT ¥es-Her: Hes-he's, Veswerre.) cea Tip | We can use the contraction of is with question words: What is your name? > What's your name? | Where is he trom? Where's he from?~ ite the correct form of be (am / is/are) in these sentences } We ae —— very happy. > myiather 2 tax driver 5 My parents not old cari and Michael brothers, 3 PE rot good driver ¢ sho work today. 7 Cambridge not a big city ourcals hungry, write the sentence again with positive and negative ‘contractions. 1 She is Brazilian 4 They are at a party OM he's Brazilian, i abe fant Beaziian = 2 tise beautiful city. 8 lam bred, 43: Wo are from Berlin. 6 You are right. 1B be: questions and short answers 4 Put the words in the correct order to make questions. her {what / name 1's ? from /are / you / where ? American / are / you ? she! popular fis? names / are / what / your? friends / you / are ? is/ cold /it very? 8 fom //he /is / France? b Match questions 1-7 with short answers a-g, a No, he isn't No, they aren't No, you aren't Isshe taian? 2] Are you teachers? 3 CJ Are Robert and Helen here today? 4.5) Isita beautul ciy? J. Yes, she is. 52 Amt late? e No, I'm not 6G Isheon holiday? f Yes, we are. 7 Are you from England? Yes. itis. What's her name? x Grammar Focus nces with the correct positive (+) oF or pe senter ee ibe, Use contractions if possible negative (-) form of (4) ata concer. 2 Myc te ot d Write the correct sentences. ea Ss no's French. Ben Fy Busia - He's a doctor. ——————— 3. brothers 2 friends They'e my brothers. ——— 4 Londen > Rome Were from London. —— 5 good-ceok > very bad Cook rm a good cook. a @ DB Now go back to p.11 ¢ Complete the conversations with the correct form of be. Use contractions if possible. 1 A Hi, _‘m_ Manuel. B Hi, Manuel, Where you from? Al from Lima, in Peru, 2 A See that footballer. What his name? B He Philip Lahm. A Where he from? B He from Germany. 3. A Excuse me, where you from? B We trom Japan. We here for the World Cup. 4-8 Hi, my name Alice, and this my sister, Marta B Hi, Alice. Hi, Marta. you from England? ‘A No, we We ‘American. We from New York. B On really? My cousins from New York. dB Now go back to p.13