This document contains information about Daniela Reyes, a student enrolled in the 5th semester of the Plurilingual program at the University of Central Ecuador's School of Languages. It provides exercises on forming sentences using the verbs "to be" in positive and negative forms, including filling in short forms of verbs and choosing the correct form of "am, is, are" to complete sentences. Students are asked to write out sentences describing pictures using forms of the verb "to be."

1. UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL
ECUADOR
FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA, LETRAS Y
CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN
ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS
NOMBRE: DANIELA REYES
CURSO: 5to SEMESTRE
PLURILÍNGÜE
AÑO LECTIVO
2011-2012

2. TO BE VERB

3. AM, IS, ARE

4. I´m 10 My
My name is
favourite
Mafalda
color is red
My
i´m favourite
American sport is
basket
My father is My mother
a doctor is teacher

5. POSITIVE FORM

6. I Am I´m
He Is He´s
She She´s
It It´s
We are We´re
You You´re
They They´re

7. NEGATIVE FORM

8. I Am not I´m not
He He´s not or he isn´t
She Is not She´s not or she isn´t
It It´s not or it isn´t
We We´re not or we aren´t
You Are not You´re not or you aren´t
They They´re not or they
aren´t

9. EXAMPLES
• POSITIVE FORM:
• I´m 20 years olld. My sister
is 21.
• My causin is very tall. He is
a singer.
• Jackie is afraid of mouses.
• It´s seven o´clock. You are
late again.
• Your wallet and keys are on
the table.

10. EXAMPLES IN NEGATIVE FORM:
• I´m not hungry. I´m very thirsty.
• Josue isn´t at work right now. He´s at home.
• It isn´t rainy today. The sun is shaining.

11. EXERCISES
• WRITE THE SHORT FORM
a) She is ________________________
b) They are ______________________
c) He is not ______________________
d) We are ________________________
e) I am not _______________________

12. • WRITE AM, IS OR ARE:
1. My father ____ happy right now.
2. I ___ very busy in this moment.
3. My brothers____ at school today.
4. My mother _____ an engineer. She ____ a
teacher.
5. My boyfriend _____ in Quito right now. He
___ at Mexico city.

13. • WRITE COMPLETE SENTENCES: USE
IS/ISN´T/ARE/AREN´T.
a) (your house very beautiful)______________.
b) (my sister a journalist)__________________.
c) (my pencil in my bag)___________________.
d) (she at home tonight)__________________.
e) (kerly 15 years old)____________________.

14. • WRITE SENTENCES FOR THE PICTURES:
They ______________________________________________________

15. • He________________________.
It____________________________.