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Grammar
Verb to be / Possessive Adjectives
affirmative

negative

question

I am (I'm)
you are (you're)
he is (he's)
she is (she's)
it is (it's)

I'm not
you aren't
he isn't
she isn't
it isn't

am I ... ?
are you ... ?
is he ... ?
is she ... ?
is it... ?

we are (we're)

we aren't

are we ... ?

you are (you're)

they are (they're)

you aren't
they aren't

are you . .. ?
are they ... ?

possessive adjectives
My name is Steve.
Your name is Maria.
His name is John.
Her name is Carol.
Its name is Lassie.
Our names are Steve and Maria.
Your names are Mark and Jeff.
Their names are John and Carol.

Exercise 1: Introduce yourself to your classmates. Listen to their names and countries.
"Hi, my name is _______________. I'm from ___________."
Now, talk about your classmates.
"Her name is _______________. She's from ________________."

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Exercise 2: Fill in the correct form of the verb.

1. _____________________ you from Venezuela?
2. He __________________ a good student
3. Sandra and Bob ________________________from Boston.
4. I __________________ tired. (negative).
5. Susan ________________ sick today.
6. We ____________________ from Korea.
7. __________________ she in Level 121?
8. They ______________ in class today. (negative)
9. _______________ it a good restaurant?
10. My book _______________ new.

Exercise 3: Fill in the correct possessive adjective.

1. They're my teachers. _______________________ names are George and Bob.

2. He's my brother. ______________________ name is Peter.
3. She's my sister, Teresa. _________________________ nickname is Terry.
4. They're students. ______________________ school is in Roslindale.
5. I'm a doctor. _________________ office is in Cambridge.
6. Tom is my friend. __________________ birthday is in April.
7. This is my cat and this is _______________ favorite toy.
8. We are American, but ___________________ parents are from Mexico.
9. Sue and Linda are sisters. ________________ family is in Chicago.
10. Are you in Level 121? Is this _____________ book?

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Exercise 4: Fill in the missing word or words subject pronoun, verb to be or possessive adjective.

1.

Hi. _____________ name is Steve. ______________ a teacher.

___________ wife is a nurse. ___________________ name is Cathy.
__________________ last name is Baker."

2.

Hi ___________ name is Cathy. Steve is ________________husband.

__________________ a nurse and ____________ a teacher.
Richard and Anne are ________________ children. _________________
from New York."

Ann and Carlos are from Colombia. ______________last name is

Rivera. ________________ students at BSML. _______________
teachers are Barbara and Ines. ______________ classes are in Room 27.

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Exercise 5: Answer the questions. Then ask a classmate. Repeat his/her answer to the class.
example

A:
B:
A:

What's your favorite season?

My favorite season is summer.
His favorite season is summer.

1. What's your favorite season? _______________________________________________

2. What's your favorite day of the week?_________________________________________
3. What's your favorite fruit? _________________________________________________
4. What's your favorite dinner? ________________________________________________
5. What's your favorite dessert?________________________________________________
6. What's your favorite sport?. ________________________________________________
7. What's your favorite color? _________________________________________________
8. What's your favorite restaurant? _____________________________________________
9. Who's your favorite actor/actress? ___________________________________________
10. Who's your favorite singer? _______________________________________________

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Exercise 6: Use a possessive adjective to write a sentence about each picture.

car

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________
book

3. _________________________________________________
bicycle

wedding

ball

4. _________________________________________________

5. _________________________________________________

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Vocabulary
Days, Months, Seasons

Capitalize days of the week and months. Don't capitalize seasons.

Write the days of the week.

_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Write the months of the year.
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Write the four seasons.
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
summer
fall/autumn
winter
spring
season
month
day
date
year

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Fill in the sentences.

I was born in __________________________.

(month)
I was born on __________________________. (month, date)
I was born in the _______________________. (season)
Exercise 1: Fill in the calendar correctly for this month.

year

month

Sunday

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Exercise 2: Complete with the correct day of the week.

1. Today is Tuesday. Tomorrow is ______________________________
2. Today is Saturday. Tomorrow is ______________________________
3. Today is ____________________________. Tomorrow is Saturday.
4. Today is Tuesday. Yesterday was __________________________________
5. Today is Friday. Yesterday was ___________________________________
6. Today is ______________________________.Yesterday was Friday.
7. Yesterday was Tuesday. Tomorrow is _____________________________.
8. Yesterday was Monday. Tomorrow is _____________________________.

Exercise 3: Practice this conversation with a classmate.

A: When's your birthday?
B: It's in ________________________.

A: What's your favorite season?

B: It's _________________________.

Exercise 4: Write the months in words. The first one is done for you.
1. 7/95

July, 1995

2. 12/92

____________________________________________________________

3. 6/97

____________________________________________________________

4. 3/12

____________________________________________________________

5. 1/96

____________________________________________________________

6. 3/93

____________________________________________________________

7. 10/11

____________________________________________________________

8. 9/91

____________________________________________________________

9. 5/09

____________________________________________________________

10. 11/94

____________________________________________________________
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Exercise 5: Unscramble the words.

Take the letters in the circles and unscramble them to find the secret word :

Exercise 6: Cross out the word that is different.

1,
2.

April
Tuesday

spring
Friday

September
January

3.

winter

May

fall

4.

Monday

Sunday

July

5.

summer

Saturday

Sunday

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Exercise 7: Complete the series.

1. Monday ________________ Wednesday

5. fall ______________________spring

2. summer ________________ winter

6. January _________________ March

3. July ___________________ September

7. Friday __________________ Sunday

4.Wednesday_______________ Friday

8. November ______________ January

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Exercise 8: Circle the twelve words from this lesson and write them on the lines. Words can go
vertically or horizontally.
A

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

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Idiomatic Expressions
Introductions
Mary:
Salvatore:
Mary:
Salvatore:
Mary:
Salvatore:
Mary:
Salvatore:

Hello. I'm Mary Koponakis.

Nice to meet you. My name is Salvatore Costa.
Where are you from?
I'm from Italy. Are you from Spain?
No, I'm not. I'm from Greece.
Are you a teacher?
No, I'm not. I'm a student. Are you a teacher?
No. I'm a scientist.

Exercise 1: Fill in the missing words.

Jorge:

Hello, My ____________________ is ___________________ .

Takako: ________________ to _________________ you, Jorge. Im ________________.

Jorge: __________________________________________________________________?
Takako: I'm from Japan. ________________ you _________________ Italy?
Jorge: No, ________________________________. Im from Spain.
Takako: ___________________________________ a teacher?
Jorge: No, _________________________. Im a _____________________. And you?
Takako: Im __________________________________________.

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Introducing a friend
Sandy: Hello George!
George: Hi, Sandy. How are you?
Sandy: Good, thanks. And you?
George: Fine, thanks. Sandy, this is my friend, Pat. Pat, this is Sandy.
Sandy: Nice to meet you, Pat.
Pat: Nice to meet you too, Sandy.
George: Were going to a movie and we're late. See you soon.
Sandy: Nice to see you. Have a good weekend!
Exercise 1: Practice introducing your classmates to each other.
Exercise 2: Write questions for the answers.
1. _______________________________________________________________________
My name is Margaret Flynn.
2. _______________________________________________________________________
I'm from England.
3. _______________________________________________________________________
I'm fine, thanks.
Exercise 3: Answer the questions.
1. What is your name? _______________________________________________________
2. How are you today? _______________________________________________________
3. Where are you from? ______________________________________________________

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