Flash on Grammar be
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Rewrite these sentences in the negative or affirmative forms, like the examples.
Affirmative
Negative
I ’m He/She/It ’s Scottish. You/We/They ’re
I ’m not He/She/It isn’t Scottish. You/We/They aren’t
Interrogative
Short answers
Am I Is he/she/it Scottish? Yes, I am./No, I’m not. Are we/you/they We use the verb to be to give information about: - who we are/what we do: I’m Antonio. I’m a student. - where we are: I’m in London. - where we come from: I’m from Manchester. Wh- questions + be
What’s your name? Where’s your bag?
Who are our students? WB p. 4
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Complete with the correct form of be.
1 ‘___ Is this the train to Florence?’ ‘Yes, it is.’ 2 I ______ Portuguese, where _______ you from? 3 They are on holiday, they _________ at work. 4 ‘Are they brother and sister?’ ‘No, _________ .’ 5 ‘Is Pam English?’ ‘No, _________ .’
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Match the questions and answers.
1 What’s your name? 2 Where’s your bag? 3 Where are the tickets? 4 Where are you from? 5 Where is São Paulo? 6 Where are we?
a b c d e f
We’re in London. It’s in Brazil. I’m from Ireland. They’re on the seat. It’s on the chair. My name’s Emma.
have got Affirmative
Negative
I/You/We/They ’ve got I/You/We/They haven’t got a car. a car. He/She/It ’s got He/She/It hasn’t got Interrogative
Short answers
Have I/you/we/they a car? Yes, I have./No, I haven’t. Has he/she/it We use has/have got to talk about: - possession: They’ve got a Bed and Breakfast. - family relations: I’ve got a big family. - physical features: I’ve got blue eyes. WB p. 6
1 I’ve got a cousin. I haven’t got a cousin. 2 You haven’t got a laptop. You have got a laptop. 3 I haven’t got a passport. ____________________ 4 They haven’t got a daughter. ________________ 5 She’s got a ticket. _________________________ 6 They’ve got an MP3 player. _________________
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Complete the questions and short answers with have/has got.
1 ___________ Has he got a dog? Yes, he ______. 2 ___________ a laptop? No, we ______ . 3 ___________ a diary? No, she ______ . 4 ___________ a comb? Yes, I ______ . 5 ___________ three children? Yes, they ______ . 6 ___________ a map? No, he ______ .
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Complete the dialogue with have/has got.
Inspector (1) ________ you ________ a ticket, sir? Man Yes, I (2) ________ . Here it is. Inspector I see. But this is a second class ticket. Man Is it? Yes, you’re right. Inspector Yes, but this is a first class carriage. Man Yes, it’s nice. Inspector But you (3) ________ a first class ticket, sir. Man No, I haven’t. What about this lady. (4) ________ a first class ticket? Inspector Yes, she has. Man Hmm. And these gentlemen. (5) ________ first-class tickets? Inspector Yes, they have. (6) ________ all got first-class tickets, but you haven’t!
Possessive adjectives I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
my
your
his
her
its
our
your
their
This is my sister, Jenny. Have you got your mobile phone? WB p. 8
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Complete the text with possessive adjectives. Hi, I’m Paul and this is a photo of ________ two friends. The boy is ________ best friend. ________ name is Michael. The girl is ________ girlfriend. ________ name is Laura. The dog in the photo is a Labrador. ________ name is Seta.
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