Verb to be

Positive Sentences
Subject + Main Verb + _________.

Grammar Rules:

 Main Verb - the present tense of the verb "to be" (am/are/is) is used.

 Subject Main Verb Complement

1st Person singular I am tall.

1st Person Plural (Others+I) we are students.

2st Person You are happy.

(Female) She
3st Person Singular (Male) He is happy.
(thing) It

3st Person Plural (Female, male or thing) They are busy.

Negative Sentences
Subject + Not + Main Verb + _________.

Grammar Rules:

 "Not" - is added after the main verb.

 Main Verb - the present tense of the verb "to be" (am/are/is) is used.

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Subject Main Verb Not Cmpl.

1st Person I am not upset.

2st Person You are not tall.

3st Person Singular My boss is not old.

3st Person Plural My dog is not tired.

Questions
Main Verb + Subject _________.

Grammar Rules:

 Main Verb - stays in the base form.

 Subject - the subject comes after the after the main verb.

Main Verb Subject

1st person Am I good at English?

2nd person Are you a good cook?

3rd person singular Are the girls good students?

3rd person plural Is your sister in school?

Exercises:

1. Complete the following sentences using the verb “be” in its correct affirmative form.

Eg: The students are in class.

A. I __________ a business student.

B. She __________ from Colombia.
C. They ________ Brazilian.
D. We _______ tall.
E. My friends and I _________ very happy.
F. My colleagues and I _______ thrilled to welcome you to the office.
G. The manager _________ next door.
H. The P.A. _______ at Human Resources with Mike.

2. Transform the previous set of sentences from exercise number 1 into its negative form.
Eg: The students are in class.  The students are not/aren’t at home.

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B..
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
 COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES
1. Complete the missing country or nationality as needed.
COUNTRY NACIONALITY COUNTRY NACIONALITY
Australian Egypt
Japan Russia
The UK Polish
American Thai
Italian Germany
Turkish Brazilian
China Peru
Spain France
Indian Canadian
Vietnamese Burmese

2. Put the nationalities into the correct column

-n, -an, -ian -ese -ish other

3. Find 3 Peruvian companies and 5 international companies and the country where they are from.

Peruvian companies: International Companies:

4. Find 5 occupations in business and add the articles “a” or “an” where they belong
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