Welcome B: Are you in a band?

 

The verb be: affirmative

1Complete the sentences with the affirmative form of be. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

• 1I  fifteen.

• 2We  into hip hop music.

• 3Holly  from the UK.

• 4They  South African.

• 5You  good at sport.

• 6It  a great band.

• 7Scott  my friend.

• 8David and Liam  into football.

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The verb be: affirmative

2Complete the text with the affirmative form of be. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

Hi. My name is Ethan. I 

¹

 

fifteen and 

I ²

 

American. My home 

³

 

in New York. It 

⁴

 

a great city! In this photo, I 

⁵

 

with Olivia and Ellie. They 

⁶

 

my friends. Olivia 

⁷

 

at the same school as me, but Ellie 

⁸

 

at a different school. We 

⁹

 

in a rock band. We 

¹⁰

 

really into rock!

The verb be: negative

3Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 

• 1I isn't'm not from Europe.

• 2Caitlin and Jack isn'taren't at the same school.

• 3We aren'tisn't into sport.

• 4Tom isn'tam not fourteen.

• 5It aren'tisn't a great city.

• 6You are notis not in a band.

The verb be: negative

4Rewrite the sentences using the negative form of be. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1My name is Tara.

• 2I'm Russian.

• 3My home is in Moscow.

• 4My friends are at a concert.

• 5We're into samba music.

• 6You're in a samba band.

The verb be: questions and short answers

5Put the words in order to make questions. 

You need to use correct punctuation in this task.

• • you
  • into tennis
  • are
  • ?

  1

• • from Glasgow
  • is
  • he
  • ?

  2

   

• • at the same
  • we
  • school
  • are
  • ?

  3

   

• • good at
  • am
  • music
  • I
  • ?

  4

   

• • they
  • into baseball
  • are
  • ?

  5

   

• • fifteen
  • you
  • are
  • ?

  6

   

• • good
  • Eva
  • at sport
  • is
  • ?

  7

   

The verb be: questions and short answers

6Match the questions to the short answers. 

Am I good at tennis?

Are you into football?

Is Jack sixteen?

Is Jess from London?

Are we in the same class?

Are they American?

• Yes, you are. You're great!
• No, they aren't.
• No, we aren't. You're in 8A and I'm in 8B.
• No, I'm not. I don't like it.
• Yes, he is.
• No, she isn't. She's from Bristol.

The verb be: questions and short answers

7Complete the conversation with the correct form of be. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

EmilyHi! I ¹ Emily. What's your name?

YannMy name ² Yann. Nice to meet you.

Emily³ you from the UK?

YannNo, I ⁴. I ⁵ from France.

EmilyAh! You ⁶ French!

YannYes! And you? ⁷ you British?

EmilyNo, I ⁸ British. I ⁹ Australian.

YannWhat are you into, Emily?

EmilyI ¹⁰ into music. I ¹¹ in a band with Amy.

Yann¹² she your friend?

EmilyNo, she ¹³. She ¹⁴ my sister.

Yann¹⁵ you famous in Australia?

EmilyNo, we ¹⁶! But, we ¹⁷ good!

8  CHALLENGE! Complete the profile for you. Then write sentences with the correct form of be.    Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).  Save the file to your computer.  Upload your file.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.