1. E.S.P.A
PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND THE VERB
“TO BE”

2. * A pronoun takes the place of a noun *
I we
you you
he they
she
it

3. P r a c t i c e
Underline the pronoun in each sentence below
a. They are playing tennis
b. I am watching T.V.
c. He reads a book every night
d. It is a big cat
Write the pronoun that can be used instead
of the underlined noun.
Example: The teacher is angry. He is angry
a.The children are in the garden. ________
b. Rose and John are family. ___________
c. Charles is very smart. _______________
e.The car is in the garage. _____________

4. Check your p r a c t i c e
Underline the pronoun in each sentence below
a. They are playing tennis
b. I am watching T.V.
c. He reads a book every night
d. It is a big cat
Write the pronoun that can be used instead
of the underlined noun.
Example: The teacher is angry. He is angry
a.The children are in the garden. _They_______
b. Rose and John are family. __They_________
c. Charles is very smart. __He_____________
e.The car is in the garage. __It___________

5. Fill in the blanks using the pronoun
that best fits the sentence
____ is my mother
____ are in the classroom
____ is my favorite priest
____ is beautiful car
____ are watching T.V.
P r a c t i c e

6. __She __ is my mother
___We/you /they_ are in the classroom
_He___ is my favorite priest
__It__ is beautiful car
_We/you /they___ are watching T.V.
P r a c t i c e
Check your answers

7. I am
He is
you are
are
they are
She is
it is
we

8. I am a student
Contraction/short form
I´m a student
Negative form
I am not a student
I´m not a student

9. FULL FORMFULL FORM SHORT FORMSHORT FORM
You are very smart you´re very smart
We are cousins we´re cousins
You are good tennis players you´re good tennis
players

10. FULL FORMFULL FORM SHORT FORMSHORT FORM
He is very smart He´s very smart
She is my cousin She´s my cousin
He is my teacher He´s my teacher

11. NEGATIVE FORMNEGATIVE FORM SHORT NEGATIVE FORMSHORT NEGATIVE FORM
You are not very smart you aren´t very smart
We are not cousins we aren´t cousins
You are not good tennis players you aren´t good tennis players
They are not good students they aren´t good students

12. She is a nursea nurse
**
Is she a nurse?a nurse?
IS – ARE SENTENCESIS – ARE SENTENCES QUESTIONSQUESTIONS
He is an excellent teacher Is he an excellent teacher?
She is in the bedroom Is she in the bedroom?
They are in the garden Are they in the garden?
* When changing is-are sentences to questions, use the
cross rule where the verb in the questions goes to the
beginning of the sentence.

13. Now you can do the following online
exercises:
● Click on the following links:
● Affirmative sentences
● Negative sentences
● yes / no questions