Teacher Resource Disc

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1-1 Noun + is + noun: singular
1-2 Noun + are

My name is Akela.

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What’s your name?

Akela

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Kenya

What country are you from?

Akela

I’m from Kenya.

Nick

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What’s your name?

Kenya

Akela

My name is Nick.

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Greece

What country are you from?

I’m from Greece.

Kenya

Akela

Nick

Canada is a country.

1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR

(a) Canada is a country.

(a) Canada is a country.

Canada = a

(b) Sydney is a city.

(b) Sydney is a city.

1-1 NOUN

Brazil is a country.
Peru is a country.
Santiago is

1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR

(c) A butterfly is an

1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR

a chair

a woman

a school

a lion

a

1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR

a chair

a woman

a school

a lion

a

1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR

an elevator

an egg

an avocado

an elephant

an

an elevator

1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR

an egg

an avocado

an elephant

an

An apple is a fruit.
A bear is an animal.
A rose is

__ school is ___ building.
2. ___ horse is ___ animal.
3.

Colombia is a ______.
Argentina is a ______.
Sao Paulo is a ___.

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A printer is a ________.

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shape

machine

building

A square is a _______.

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shape

machine

building

A house is a ________.

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shape

machine

building

A triangle is a _______.

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shape

machine

building

Ducks are birds.

1-2 NOUN + ARE + NOUN: PLURAL

(a) Ducks are birds.

(a) Ducks are birds.

1-2 NOUN + ARE +

PLURAL: dogs, animals

(b) SINGULAR: a dog, an animal

a and

(c) SINGULAR: a city, a country
PLURAL:

cities,

(c) SINGULAR: a city, a country
PLURAL:

cities, countries

NOUN and NOUN + ARE + NOUN
(d) Italy and

A school is a building.

Schools are buildings.

singular

plural

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Elephants are
animals.

An elephant is
an animal.

singular

plural

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A swan is a bird.

singular

plural

Swans are birds.

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Carrots are vegetables.

yes

no

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Bees is insects.

yes

no

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I am a teacher.

1-3 PRONOUN + BE + NOUN

SINGULAR
(a) I am a teacher.

1-3 PRONOUN + BE + NOUN

PRONOUN

SINGULAR
(a) I am a teacher.
(b) You are a teacher.

1-3 PRONOUN

SINGULAR
(a) I am a teacher.
(b) You are a teacher.
(c) She is

SINGULAR
(a) I am a teacher.
(b) You are a teacher.
(c) She is

SINGULAR
(a) I am a teacher.
(b) You are a teacher.
(c) She is

SINGULAR
(a) I am a teacher.
(b) You are a teacher.
(c) She is

SINGULAR
I am a teacher.
You are a teacher.
She is a teacher.
He is

SINGULAR
I am a teacher.
You are a teacher.
She is a teacher.
He is

SINGULAR
I am a teacher.
You are a teacher.
She is a teacher.
He is

SINGULAR
I .
You ________ .
She _______ .

PLURAL

We _______ .
You _______ .
They _______

I’m a teacher.

1-4 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

AM

I + am I’m

I’m a teacher.

PRONOUN + BE

She’s a girl.

It’s a cat.

He’s a boy.

she + is she’s

he

You’re students.

They’re students.

We’re students.

you + are you’re

we + are we’re

ARE

PRONOUN

My teacher is a woman.

_____ nice.

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She’s

My dog has four puppies.

______ cute.

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They’re

_____ friendly.

You’re

I like you.

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______ students.

We’re

I have two sisters.

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I am not a teacher.

1-5 NEGATIVE WITH BE

(a) I am not a doctor.
(b) You are not a doctor.
(c)

They’re not
They aren’t

You’re not
You aren’t

It’s not
It isn’t

We’re not
We aren’t

(e) It

The women ______ nurses.

They’re doctors

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isn’t aren’t

they doctors

aren’t

______________.

This girl ____ a teacher.

She’s a student

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isn’t aren’t

she student

isn’t

______________.

_________.

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isn’t

It’s a cat

This animal _____ a dog.

isn’t aren’t

it cat

A fire is warm.

1-6 BE + ADJECTIVE

1-6 BE + ADJECTIVE

Adjectives describe nouns

An elephant is big.

A butterfly

NOUN + BE + ADJECTIVE
(a) An orange is round.

PRONOUN + BE + ADJECTIVE
(e) I am happy.
(f

He’s not clean.
He’s ____.

dirty

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small rich dirty

Deserts aren’t wet. They’re ___.

dry

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sad
sweet
dry

Ice cream __ ____.

cold

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cold
warm
small
big

is
are

is

A fire __ _____.

is

warm

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cold
warm
good
bad

is
are

The tree __ ____.
The bushes ___ _____.

short

are

tall
short
young
old

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Janet is at home.

1-7 BE + A PLACE

(a) Janet is here.
(b) Bill is at the library.

here =

outside.

there.

downtown.

upstairs.

downstairs.

here.

(c) Janet is

inside

upstairs

there

downtown

downstairs

one-word places

1-7 BE + A PLACE

outside

inside.

Jonas is outside.

1-7 BE + A PLACE

Luke is upstairs.

1-7 BE + A PLACE

PREPOSITION + NOUN

(d) Silvia is next to Jenny.

1-7 BE + A

Jara is .

1-7 BE + A PLACE

in the pool

Lia is .

1-7 BE + A PLACE

on the car

He is

downtown.
upstairs.
outside.

one word

She is

on the car.
at school.
in the

on

The plant is ___ the table.

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at under above on

Max is ________.

downtown

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downtown
here
outside

at
under
next to
on

Beth is ___ school.

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at

The table and chair are _____ the tree.

under

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at
under
above
on

An elephant is big.

1-8 SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS
WITH BE

1-8 SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS
WITH BE

3 basic completions

SUBJECT + BE

An eagle is a bird.

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correct?___

Eggs is healthy.

Eggs are healthy.

correct?___

no

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China and Japan are countries.

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correct?___

The lion is big.

correct?___

The lion are big.

no

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The boys are at the beach.

The boys is at the beach.

no

√

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