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Be

I can recognize and use the present tense of be.

Affirmative and negative

We're students. Affirmative Negative
Short form Short form

I am I'm not
You are You aren't

It is not It isn't

aren We are not We aren't
You are You aren't
They are They are not They aren't
Orv)
We usually use short forms when we speak. Long forms are more formal.

* 1 O7.1 Complete the sentences with the correct short form of be. Listen and check.

ÿ Im a student. 2 We _ friends. 4 She _ my sister. 6 It _ a cat.
1 They _ teachers. 3 He _ thirteen. 5 You _ short. 7 You _ in class nine.

* 2 Match the sentences 1-7 in exercise 1with the correct pictures a-h.

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