17. Institución .Educativa.Particular: “CAMINO DE FE”
Englishcourse teacher: AnnFranchescaCruz Farro
Country Nationality
They're from Korea. They're Korean
She's from Mexico. She's Mexican
1. Listen and practice. Notice the stressed syllables.
America American Spain Spanish
MexicoMexican Sweden Swedish
Korea Korean Ireland Irish
Canada Canadian China Chinese
Hungary Hungarian Portugal Portuguese
Brazil Brazilian Japan Japanese
2. Listen and underline the stressed syllables.
Then practice the words.
Colombia Colombian India Indian
Egypt Egyptian Cambodia Cambodian
England English Turkey Turkish
Italy Italian Venezuela Venezuelan
PolandPolish Vietnam Vietnamese
Lebanon Lebanese Peru Peruvian
3.Pair work Complete the dialogues with the correct country
or nationality. Then practice them.
A: I'm from ...........................
B: Oh, so you're Hungarian.
A: Is Mr. Lee from Korea?
B: No, he's ............................
He's from China.
A: Your newspaper is in Spanish.
B: Yes, it's a ..........................
newspaper. I'm from Mexico.
A: We're from Peru.
B: Oh, so you're ..........................
A: That's right.
A: Are you Vietnamese?
B: No, I'm not from .......................
I'm from Cambodia.
A: Are you from ..........................?
B: Yes, we're Japanese
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4. Class activity Guess the country for each nationality..
Country Nationality Country Nationality
...................... Nepalese ………………... Cuban
...................... Bolivian ......................... Sudanese
..................... . Panamanian ………………… New Zealander
.................... .. Indonesian ………………… French
VERB TO BE FORMS OF BE
I am in New York now. Location
He a mechanic. Classification
She from Canada. Place of origin
Boston is a city. Definition
It hot today. Weather
It 6 : 30. Time
We at school. Location
You are six years old. Age
They big. Description
LANGUAGE NOTE:
Use the verb be for the following: location, classification, place of origin, definition, weather, time,
age, or other description.
EXERCISE 1 Write the correct form of be in the sentences below
Example: He is a painter. I am a student.
1. I _______ 20 years old.14. Italy and Spain_____countries.
2. My father ______a businessman.15. They from_____ Japan.
3. He _____ always busy.16.I____at school.
4. My mother _____ a teacher.17.You_____at work.
5. She ______ intelligent. 18. He_____in his room.
6. New York _____ exciting.19. My sister_____a doctor.
7. It _____ cold in the winter.20. My brother______in Lima.
8. What time is it? It ____ 5:15.21.They_____children.
9. We _______ in Mexico. 22. She_____funny.
10. You ______ my friend. 23. I_____from Peru.
11. You ______ tall. 24. The birds______in the trees.
12. Dogs ______ animals. 25. My mother______beautiful.
13. Dogs and cats ______ good pets.26. He_____my best friend.
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EXERCISE 2 Circle the correct sentence.
Example: China in Asia. / China is in Asia.
1. You happy. / You are happy.
2. I is friendly./ I am friendly.
3. January and February are cold. / January and February am cold.
4. It is hot today. / It are hot today.
5. My mother from Chicago. / My mother is from Chicago.
6. They are from Chicago. / They is from Chicago.
7. It be 4:45 p.m. / It is 4:45 p.m.
8. He am 25 years old. / He is 25 years old.
9. A fly is an insect. / A fly are an insect.
10. She be my sister./ She is my sister.
11. Dr. Jones a dentist./ Dr. Jones is a dentist.
12. She am at work./ She is at work.
13. You is 25 years old. / You are 25 years old.
14. We is at the hospital right now. / We are at the hospital right now.
15. Jill and James are at work. / Jill and James is a work.
16. It is lunchtime. / It lunchtime.
17. Brazil is a beautiful country. / Brazil are a beautiful country.
18. The car in the parking lot. / The car is the parking lot.
19. They are very sad. / They is very sad.
20. I am a driving teacher. / It is a driving teacher.
EXERCISE 3 : Fill in the blanks to make statements.
Example: (place of origin) We are from Indonesia.
1. (time) I is _______________ now
2. (location) I am in / at
__________________________
3. (weather ) I is _______________
4. (place of origin) I am from
________________________
5. (description) I am from
_____________________
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Subject Pronouns
Chicago is very big My friend and I are in California.
It is in Illinois. WE are in Los Angeles.
My sister is married. My cousins are in Mexico.
She is very happy. Theyare in Mexico City.
My father is at work. China and Korea are countries.
He is busy. Theyare in Asia.
LANGUAGE NOTES:
1. The subject pronouns are I, you, we, they, he, she, and it.
2. subject pronouns can take the place of the subject noun.
EXERCISE 1 Fill in the blanks with the correct pronoun.
Example: Daniel and Yoshio are students. They are students.
1. The pencil is lost. __________ is lost.
2. Julie is a doctor. ___________ is a doctor.
3. The mother is asleep.__________ is asleep.
4. The father is in his room. ___________is in his room.
5. My brother and I like sports. ____________like sports.
6. My cousins are in Mexico.___________ are in Mexico.
7. Amy is my favorite singer. ___________ is my favorite singer
8. Joshua is a hard worker. _____________ is a hard worker.
9. Karen and Lisa are my best friends. __________ are my best friends.
10. Tom and Paul aren't friends. ___________aren´t friends.
11. Donald is my teacher. __________ is my teacher.
12. Bombay is in India. ___________ is in India.
13. Carrots and potatoes are vegetables. __________ are healthy foods.
14. You and I are so happy together. __________ are so happy together.
15. Maria is a dancer. ___________ is dancer.
16. Your English is very good. ___________ is very good.
17. I am tired. _________ am sleepy.
18. Tito and Allen are brothers. _________ are brothers.
19. My uncle is on vacation in Hawaii.__________ is on vacation in Hawaii.
20. The cat and the dog are good friends. ___________ are good friends.
21. My mother is a teacher. ___________ is a teacher.
22. You and Iare from the same school. __________ are from the same school.
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23. English is a difficult language. ___________ is a difficult language.
24. France and Italy are countries. __________ are countries.
25. Rome is a city. _________ is in Italy.
EXERCISE 2 Circle the correct answer.
Example: He / We are good friends.It / She is cold and rainy today.
1. They / I am in the house right now.
2. They / He are at home with me.
3. We / It is time for dinner.
4. It / She is a city in Europe.
5. It /We are on vacation.
6. They / It is delicious.
7. He / They are in the same class.
8. I/You am a student.
9. He / It is about 4:00 a.m.
10. We / He are cousins.
11. She / You is a doctor.
12. We / They are difficult languages.
13. It / He is a big city.
14. You / He are at work.
15. They / She is interesting.
16. It / You is really interesting.
17. We / They are big countries.
18. You / He is my best friend.
19. They/ It.. are my favorite colors
Exercise 3 Write the correct form of beafter each subject pronoun.
Example: We ___areon a trip to New York City.
1. They _______in Australia.
2. He _________a teacher.
3. It __________stormy today.
4. You ________at home.
5. She ________ 25 years old.
6. We ________from China.
7. I ________ from Argentina.
8. It _______ a small school.
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PRACTICE 3 Contractions with Be
FULL FORM CONTRACTION EXPLANATION
I am I´m in New York City
You are You´re at home
It is It´sbeauiful.
She is She´s happy.
He is He´s busy.
We are We´re tired.
They are They´re on vacation.
My daughter is My daughter´s with me.
New York is New York´s busy
Traffic is Traffic´s terrible.
My husband is My husband´s at home.
EXERCISE 1 Rewrite these sentences using contractions. If a contraction in
not possible, do not rewrite sentence.
Examples: They are at school. They´re at school. __
They church is big. __________________
1. I am happy. _____________________________________________________
2. We are at home. _________________________________________________
3. School is interesting. ______________________________________________
4. English is easy. __________________________________________________
5. He is tired. ______________________________________________________
6. It is a nice day today. _____________________________________________
7. my name is Junko. _______________________________________________
8. My house is big. _________________________________________________
9. You are nice. ____________________________________________________
10. She is my sister. _________________________________________________
EXERCISE 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of be. Make a
contraction whenever possible. Not everysentence can have a
A contraction is a short form
of a subject or subject
pronoun + am, is, or are.
We can make a contraction with
most nouns and is.
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contraction.
Example: Jackie ´s busy today. The girls are on vacation.
1. George and Michael _____________________ brothers. They live in Florida.
2. Florida _______________ a warm state in the United States. It _____________ in
the south.
3. Their house _________________ near the beach. It ________________ a big
house with a swimming pool.
4. George and his father ___________________ tall. Michael ________________ not
so tall.
5. Maurice ___________________ their father´s name. He ________________ a
write.
6. This __________________ their dog, Pooch. Pooch __________________ very
small.
7. Pooch __________________ a good swimmer. She __________________ always
happy.
8. Maurice ____________________ a good swimmer too.
9. Pooch and Maurice _________________ in the pool now.
10. Michael and Jackie __________________ in the kitchen.