ESL Helpful Handouts

Be
Contractions

I am You are He is She is We are They are

I’m You’re He’s She’s We’re They’re

Fill in the blank with the correct contraction.

1. I am a doctor. _____I’m____ a doctor.

2. He is a doctor.
3. We are doctors.
4. They are doctors.
Occupations
____________ a doctor.
artist
____________ doctors.
baker
____________ doctors.

5. She is a doctor. ____________ a doctor. bank teller

6. You are a doctor. ____________ a doctor. computer
Rewrite each sentence with the pronoun and the correct form of Be. programmer
1. I’m an artist. __________I am an artist._______________
dentist
2. She’s a baker. ____________________________________
doctor
3. He’s a computer programmer. ____________________________________

4. We’re dentists. ____________________________________ firefighter

5. They’re firefighters.
6. You’re a bank teller.
7. They’re office assistants.
8. I’m a nurse.
____________________________________ mechanic
____________________________________
nurse
____________________________________
office assistant
____________________________________

9. He’s a mechanic. ____________________________________ salesperson

10. She’s a teacher. ____________________________________ teacher

This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson.