A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Sub pro 1
1. Put the words in the right order.
1) my sister / she / is
2) black / my cat / is
3) my mum /pretty / is
4) is / it / an apple
5) pupils / are / we
6) a dentist / is / my dad
7) is / an umbrella / it
8) you / clever / are
9) I / tall / am
10) red / my bike / is
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2. Complete with am, is or are.
1) I _______ a pupil.
2) She _______ a teacher.
3) It _______ a book.
4) They _______ my friends.
5) We _______ cousins.
6) I _______ eight years old.
7) He _______ a policeman.
8) They _______ tall.
9) You _______ pretty.
10) It _______ a wolf.
11) Mary _______ my best
friend.
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I am We are
You are You are
He is They are
She is
It is
Replace the subjects with personal pronouns he, she, it, we,
you, they.
1) My mum is a doctor. She is a doctor.
2) Jake and Mike are twins.
3) Jake and I are brothers.
4) My car is red.
5) James is a good pupil.
6) Your sister and you are stupid.
7) My dog is very clever.
8) Your shoes are dirty.
9) The cake is yummy.
10) Jane and her sister are short.
11) Your teacher is nice.
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Complete the sentences.
1) Is it a cow? No, it isn’t. . It’s a zebra.
2) Is she your sister? No, . my friend.
3) Are they clever? No, . stupid.
4) Are you eight? N0, . nine.
5) Is it your bike? No, . Jake’s.
6) Are they teachers? No, . nurses.
7) Is your teddy red? No, . brown.
8) Is Jake a student? No, . a teacher.
9) Is her cat brown? No, . white.
10) Are you sad? No, . sleepy.
11) Is your teacher nice? . .
Find the mistake, cross it out
and correct it.
1) Jane am my best friend. is
2) Is you cold? ___
3) My shoes am so dirty. ___
4) Jane and Mike is brother and
sister. ___
5) She is a boy. ___
6) They ares excellent
pupils. ___
7) Jane and I am cousins. ___
8) They is an orange. ___
9) Lemon and orange is fruit. ___
10) Your teacher and my teacher
be good friends. ___
11) My parent’s restaurant are
very popular. ___
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Verb to be is very important verb in English
language. It’s important for you to learn it
because you will need it for other tenses
like Present Continuous. If you learn it now,
it will be much easier for you later.