I YOU HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY A pronoun takes the place of a noun. The personal pronouns are: I YOU HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY Person Singular Plural first I we second you you third he (male) they third she (female) third it (neutral) he she it it Singular they Plural Plural Forms we you and I he and I Elizabeth and I the team and I you you and Tim you and the man you and the team they Tim and Elizabeth the people Tim and the dog the tables the dog and the cats the dogs the two pens Examples I am a teacher. I live in Argentina. We are here to learn. We want to learn soon. You are not a teacher. You don't live in Argentina. You are students. You study English. Bill is married He has two children They live in Italy. They don't speak English. Mary is not married. She doesn't have any children.. It is late already. I have a house. It is big.

grammar Verb "to be" exercises AFFIRMATIVE I'm = I am You're = You are 1. Algo que, al principio, le resulta difícil de entender a todo estudiante es que, en castellano, el infinitivo de los verbos tiene tres terminaciones: ar (cantar), er (beber) e ir (dormir). Más adelante observarás que los verbos ingles es tienen gran variedad de terminaciones. Por ese motivo - con el único objetivo de unificación - a los verbos en inglés se les antepone la preposición to para indicar que están "en infinitivo" (ejemplo, to be = ser o estar ). 2. En inglés el verbo viene si empre precedido por el pronombre personal (sujeto de la oración). En castellano no ocurre lo mismo: al comenzar una oración podemos decir soy estoy , (sujeto tácito o implícito) en reemplazo de yo soy yo estoy , . AFFIRMATIVE Subject + verb to be Normal Contracted I am I'm You are You're He is He's She is She's It is It's We are We're They are They're I'm = I am You're = You are She's = She is He's = He is It's = It is   exercises 9. They ……... in school. 10. He ........ a student. 11. I ........ an Englishman. 12. We ……... in the library. 13. They …….. at home. 14. Tony ………. in a restaurant. 15. I ........ 30 years old. 16. The dog ……... in the garden. 1. You are a good student. 2. Sam …………. at home. 3. I ………….15 years old. 4. The cat……….. in the garden. 5. They ………. in a restaurant. 6. He ……. a teacher. 7. I ………..an Italian. 8. We ……… at a concert.    

exercises INTERROGATIVE Verb to be + subject Am I? Are you? Is he? Is she? Is it? Are we? Are you? Are they? exercises 1. …… she a good student? 2. …… they at home? 3. …… I crazy? 4. …… he a nice guy? 5. …… we English? 6. …… I English? 7. …... Thomas a teacher? 8. …… we on the right bus? 9 …… you in Buenos Aires? 10 . ……. she in El Salvador? 11 . …… he Martin Lynch? 12 . ……. they in Bolivia? 13 . …… we in Perú? 14 . …… Argentina in America? 15 ……. she Nicole? 16 ……. Lisa and Michelle in Mexico?

exercises NEGATIVE 1. He .…... in a cinema. He is at home. 2. I ………………. a teacher. I am a student. 3. We ………………… Italians. We are Belgians. 4. She ………….. at the concert. She is at the pub. 5. They …………………… good students. They have bad marks. 6. Tom ……….... my cat. It is his cat. 7. I .......... from Italy. I am from Belgium. 8. They ……….. in the garden. They are inside. 9. My brothers ............ in the army. They are students. 10. Tina ............... Brazilian. She's Spanish. 11. We …………... in France. We're in Belgium. 12. Mike and Tom .......... interested in volleyball. They like basketball. 13. It ... cold today. It's warm. 14. Fluffy ……….. my cat. It is his cat. 15. I ………... short. I'm tall. 16. The car .......... slow. It is fast.