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Source: Judy DeFilippo and Charles Skidmore, Skill Sharpeners 1

Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE

To Be Verb and Contractions Fill-in Worksheet

Using the Verb To Be

LanguageObjectiveUsethefullformandthecontractionformoftheverbtobe insentences.

Fill in the missing words. The first one is done for you.

I am (Im) She is (Shes) We are (Were) They are (Theyre)

He is (Hes) It is (Its) You are (Youre)

1. Hello. I am Binh. I from Vietnam.

2. This is my class. We from different countries.

3. She Anna. She from Greece.

4. He Amin. He from Lebanon.

5. They Luis and Rosa. They from Mexico.

Write the correct form of the verb to be in the blanks. The first one is done for you.

1. The desk is on the left.

2. The students in the gym.

3. We from London, England.

4. You not Chinese.

5. The girls tired.

6. It 3:00.

7. His first name Paul.

8. Mary and Henry nervous about the test.

9. I angry at the boys.

10. My friends from Canada.

11. They homesick for their country, Mexico.

12. September before October.

13. Marjorie wearing a T-shirt today.

14. We all students.

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SKILL OBJECTIVE: Reviewing present forms ofto be. Ask students,Where are you from? Where is (Paco,Binh) from? Where are(Tomas and Gina) from? Where are you and (Ali) from? Use the responses to build a chart on the board with all the present forms ofto be (I am from .. .,He is from . . .,etc.). Review the chart together. Part A: Do this as an oral exercise before assigning it asindependent written work. Part B: Go over the first two sentences as an oral exercise before assigning the Part as independent work.

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