am/is/are Unit A My name is Lisa. C that s = that is there s = there is here s = here is

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1 Cambridge Universy Press Un am/is/are A My name is Lisa. m. m not married. m American. m from Chicago. My favoure colour is blue. m a student. My favoure sports are football and swimming. My fatr is a doctor and my motr is a journalist. LSA m interested in art. B posive am ( m) ( s) is ( s) ( s) ( re) are ( re) ( re) negative am not ( m not) ( s not or isn t) is not ( s not or isn t) ( s not or isn t) ( re not or aren t) are not ( re not or aren t) ( re not or aren t) short form m cold. Can close t window, please? m years old. My sister is 9. Steve is ill. He s in bed. My brotr is afraid of dogs. t s ten o clock. You re late again. Ann and are good friends. Your keys are on t table. short forms m tired, but m not hungry. Tom isn t interested in polics. He s interested in music. Jane isn t a teacr. S s a student. Those people aren t English. Ty re Australian. t s sunny today, but isn t warm. m afraid of dogs. C that s = that is tre s = tre is re s = re is Thank. That s very kind of. Look! Tre s Chris. Here s r key. Thank. Here s r key. Thank. am/is/are (questions) Un tre is/are Un 7 a/an Un short forms Appendix

2 Exercises Un. Wre t short form ( s / aren t etc.). is... s is not... am not... are... that is... are not.... Wre am, is or are. T atr... is nice today. Look! Tre... Carol.... not rich. My brotr and... good tennis players. This bag... avy. 7 Emily... at home. Her children... at school. Tse bags... avy a taxi driver. My sister... a nurse.. Complete t sentences. Steve is ill.... He s in bed. m not hungry, but... thirsty. Mr Thomas is a very old man Tse chairs aren t beautiful, but... comfortable. T atr is nice today.... warm and sunny.... late. No, m not. m early! 7 Catrine isn t at home.... at work r coat. Oh, thank very much.. Look at Lisa's sentences in A. Now wre sentences about rself. (name?) My... (favoure colour or colours?) (from?)... My... (age?)... (interested in?) (job?) Wre sentences for t pictures. Use: afraid angry cold hot hungry thirsty... S s thirsty. He Ty Wre true sentences, posive or negative. Use is/isn t or are/aren t. ( / hot today)... t isn t hot today. or... t s hot today. ( / windy today) t... (my hands / cold) My... (Brazil / a very big country)... (diamonds / cap)... (Toronto / in t US)... Wre true sentences, posive or negative. Use m / m not. 7 (tired)... m tired. or... m not tired. 8 (hungry)... 9 (a good swimmer)... 0 (interested in football)... Addional exercise (page )

3 Un am/is/are (questions) A posive am question am? What s r name? David. is are is are?????? Are married? How old are? Are a student? No, 'm single.. Yes, am. Am late? No, re on time. s r motr at home? No, s out. Are r parents at home? No, re out. s cold in r room? Yes, a ltle. Your shoes are nice. Are new? We say: s at home? / s r motr at home? (not s at home r motr?) Are new? / Are r shoes new? (not Are new r shoes?) B Wre? / What? / Who? / How? / Why? Wre is r motr? s at home? Wre are from? Canada. What colour is r car? t s red. How old is Joe? He s. How are r parents? Are ll? Tse postcards are nice. How much are? This hotel isn t very good. Why is so expensive? what s = what is who s = who is how s = how is wre s = wre is What s t time? Who s that man? Wre s Lucy? How s r fatr? C Short ansrs Yes, am. is. m s s No, s not. or No, isn t. That s my seat. No, isn t. are. re re re aren t. Are tired? Yes, am. Are hungry? No, m not, but m thirsty. s r friend English? Yes, is. Are tse r keys? Yes, are. That s my seat. No, isn t. am/is/are Un questions Un what/which/how Un 7

4 Exercises Un. Find t right ansrs for t questions. Wre s t camera? A London.... G s r car blue? B No, m not.... s Linda from London? C Yes, are.... Am late? D My sister.... Wre s Ann from? E Black.... What colour is r bag? F No, s black Are hungry? G n r bag How is George? H No, s American Who s that woman? Very ll Make questions wh tse words. (is / at home / r motr)... s r motr at home? (r parents / are / ll)... Are r parents ll? (interesting / is / r job)...? (t shops / are / open today)...? (from / wre / / are)...? (interested in sport / / are)...? 7 (is / near re / t post office)...? 8 (at school / are / r children)...? 9 ( / are / late / why)...?. Complete t questions. Use What / Who / Wre / How How are r parents?... t bus stop?... r children?... tse oranges?... r favoure sport?... t man in this photograph?... r new shoes? Ty re very ll. At t end of t street. Five, six and ten..0 a kilo. Skiing. That s my fatr. Black.. Wre t questions (name?)... What s r name? (American?)... (how old?)... (a teacr?)... (married?)... (wife a lawyer?)... (from?)... (r name?)... (how old?)... PAUL Paul. No, m Australian. m 0. No, m a lawyer. Yes, am. No, s a designer. S s talian. Anna. S s 7.. Wre short ansrs (Yes, am. / No, isn t. etc.). Are married?... No, m not. Are r hands cold?... Are thirsty?... s dark now?... s cold today?... Are a teacr?... Addional exercises (pages )

5 Un A am doing (present continuous) m eating. We re running. S s eating. t s raining. Ty re running. S isn t reading. T sun isn t shining. Ty aren t walking. T present continuous is: am/is/are + doing/eating/running/wring etc. am (not) m working. m not watching TV. is (not) -ing Maria is reading a newspaper. S isn t eating. (or S s not eating.) T phone is ringing. are (not) We re having dinner. You re not listening to me. (or You aren t listening ) T children are doing tir homework. B am/is/are + -ing = something is happening now: m working s aring a hat re playing football m not watching television past Please be quiet. m working. (= m working now) Look, tre s Sarah. S s aring a brown coat. (= is aring now) T atr is nice. t s not raining. Wre are t children? Ty re playing in t park. (on t phone) We re having dinner now. Can phone later? You can turn off t television. m not watching. Spelling ( Appendix ): now come coming wre wring dance dancing run running s sting swim swimming lie lying future am/is/are Un are doing? (questions) Un am doing and do Un 8 What are doing tomorrow? Un

6 Exercises Un. What are tse people doing? Use tse verbs to complete t sentences: eat have lie play s wa... S s eating an apple.... on t floor. He... for a bus.... breakfast. Ty... football.... on t table.. Complete t sentences. Use tse verbs: build cook go have stand stay swim work Please be quiet.... m working. Wre s John? He s in t kcn. He.... You... on my foot. Oh, m sorry. Look! Somebody... in t river. We re re on holiday. We... at t Central Hotel. Wre s Sue? S... a shor. 7 Ty... a new hotel in t cy centre at t moment now. Goodbye.. Look at t picture. Wre sentences about Jane. Use S s -ing or S isn t -ing. Jane (have dinner)... Jane isn t having dinner. (watch television)... S s watching television. (s on t floor) S... (read a book)... (play t piano)... (laugh)... 7 (ar a hat)... 8 (wre a letter).... What s happening now? Wre true sentences. ( / wash / my hair)... m not washing my hair. ( / snow)... t s snowing. or... t isn t snowing. ( / s / on a chair)... ( / eat)... ( / rain)... ( / learn / English)... 7 ( / listen / to music)... 8 (t sun / shine)... 9 ( / ar / shoes)... 0 ( / read / a newspaper)... 7

7 Un A are doing? (present continuous questions) posive am is are doing working going staying etc. question am is are doing? working? going? staying? etc. What are doing? Are feeling OK? Yes, m fine, thanks. s raining? Yes, take an umbrella. Why are aring a coat? t s not cold. What s Paul doing? He s reading t newspaper. What are t children doing? Ty re watching television. Look, tre s Emily! Wre s going? Who are waing for? Are waing for Sue? B C Study t word order: Short ansrs is/are + subject + -ing s working today? s Paul working today? (not s working Paul today?) Wre are going? Wre are those people going? (not Wre are going those people?) am. m Yes, is. s s No, s not. or No, isn t. are. re re re aren t. Are going now? Yes, am. s Paul working today? Yes, is. s raining? No, isn t. Are r friends staying at a hotel? No, aren t. Ty re staying wh me. 8 am doing Un What are doing tomorrow? Un questions Uns 7

8 Exercises Un. Look at t pictures and wre t questions. ( / watch /?) ( / go / now?)... Are watching? ( / rain?) No, can turn off. Yes, see tomorrow. No, not at t moment. ( / enjoy / t film?)... (that clock / work?) ( / wa / for a bus?) Yes, s very funny. No, s broken. No, for a taxi.. Look at t pictures and complete t questions. Use: cry eat go laugh look at read What... are Wre reading?...? What......? Why... What......?...? Why......?. Make questions from tse words. Put t words in t right order. (is / working / Paul / today)... s Paul working today? (what / t children / are / doing)... What are t children doing? ( / are / listening / to me)...? (wre / r friends / are / going)...? (are / watching / r parents / television)...? (what / Jessica / is / cooking)...? 7 (why / / are / looking / at me)...? 8 (is / coming / t bus)...?. Wre short ansrs (Yes, am. / No, isn t. etc.). Are watching TV?... No, m not. s raining?... Are aring a watch?... Are sting on t floor?... Are eating something?... Are feeling ll?... Addional exercise (page ) 9

9 Un A do/work/like etc. (present simple) We read a lot. like ice-cream. Ty re looking at tir books. Ty read a lot. He s eating an ice-cream. He likes ice-cream. Ty read / likes / work etc. = t present simple: /// read like work live watch do have // reads likes works lives watcs does has Remember: works / lives / rains etc. work in a shop. My brotr works in a bank. (not My brotr work) Lucy lives in London. Her parents live in Scotland. t rains a lot in winter. have // has: John has a shor every day. Spelling ( Appendix ): -es after -s / -sh / -ch: -y -ies: also: pass passes finish finis watch watcs study studies try tries do does go goes B C We use t present simple for things that are true in general, or for things that happen sometimes or all t time: like big cies. Your English is good. You speak very ll. Tim works very hard. He starts at 7.0 and finis at 8 o clock in t evening. T earth goes round t sun. We do a lot of different things in our free time. t costs a lot of money to build a hospal. always/never/often/usually/sometimes + present simple Sue always gets to work early. (not Sue gets always) never eat breakfast. (not eat never) We often go away at ekends. Mark usually plays football on Sundays. sometimes walk to work, but not very often. 0 don t (negative) Un Do? (questions) Un 7 am doing and do Un 8 always/usually/often etc. (word order) Un 9

10 Exercises Un. Wre tse verbs wh -s or -es. (read)... reads (fly)... (have)... (think)... (dance)... (finish).... Complete t sentences about t people in t pictures. Use: eat go live play play sleep Our house. Tennis is my favoure sport. We love films. My piano.... He plays t piano.... tennis. Ty... in a very big house.... to t cinema a lot.... a lot of fru.... seven hours a night.. Complete t sentences. Use: boil close cost cost like like meet open speak teach wash Maria... speaks four languages. T shops in t cy centre usually... at 9 o clock in t morning. T Cy Museum... at o clock in t evening. Tina is a teacr. S... matmatics to ng children. My job is very interesting.... a lot of people. Peter s car is always dirty. He never Food is expensive. t... a lot of money. 8 Shoes are expensive. Ty... a lot of money. 9 Water... at 00 degrees Celsius. 0 Julia and are good friends.... r and... me.. Wre sentences from tse words. Use t right form of t verb (arrive or arrives etc.). (always / early / Sue / arrive)... Sue always arrives early. (to t cinema / never / / go)... (work / Martina / hard / always)... (like / chocolate / children / usually)... (Julia / parties / enjoy / always)... (often / people s names / / forget)... 7 (television / Tim / watch / never)... 8 (usually / dinner / / have / at 7.0)... 9 (Jenny / always / nice clots / ar).... Wre sentences about rself. Use always/never/often/usually/sometimes. (watch TV in t evening)... usually watch TV in t evening. (read in bed)... (get up before 7 o clock)... (go to work/school by bus)... (drink coffee in t morning)...