Universidad de Los Lagos GUIA APOYO VERB TO BE

Marcela Trapp Valdés VOCABULARY

I. Complete with the verb to be: am, is, are, then write negative sentences:

1. Mary ___________a technician.______________________________________________________

2. We ____________ students.________________________________________________________

3. They _________________ teachers.___________________________________________________

4.I________________ a good friend.____________________________________________________

5.Peter and John_________________ engineers .___________________________________________

6.It _______________ imposible._______________________________________________________

7.Computers_______________ intelligent.________________________________________________
8.He________________ Peter.__________________________________________________________

9.The monitor ______________on the desk.______________________________________________

10.The keyboard__________________ in my house.________________________________________

11.You____________________smart.___________________________________________________

12.Peter Mary and I________________at ULA.____________________________________________

II. Look at the underlined parts of these sentences. Tick the correct ones, and rewrite the wrong ones:
1._____ They not are in class._________________________________________________
2._____ Are you tired?_______________________________________________________
3._____ He is from Germany?________________________________________________
4._____ Where you are now?_________________________________________________
5.______ We are not in England.______________________________________________
6._____ I not in class._______________________________________________________
7._____ Are he sad?_________________________________________________________
8._____ I’m really cold.______________________________________________________
9._____ John and Peter are from Ireland.________________________________________
10._____ Where’s the cafeteria ?_______________________________________________
11.______ These books isn’t bad.________________________________________________
12.______Is are it cold.________________________________________________________
III. Read and circle the correct answer:

1. What’s your first name? 5. How old are you?

a) It’s Peter. a) He’s your brother.
b) I’m 15 years old. b) I’m 23 years old.
c) I live in Paris. c) I’m good.

2. What’s this? 6. What are these?

a) They are my parents. a) He’s in Chicago.
b) This is an eraser. b) My car is blue.
c) We’re students. c) These are my new shoes.

3. How are you? 7) Good morning, students.

a) I study here. a) Hello, Mrs Smith.
b) They are hungry. b) Good night.
c) I’m great, thanks. c) Good evening, Mr. Jones.

4. What’s Santiago like? 8) Where are you from?

a) I like it a lot. a) She’s from Scotland.
b) I live in England. b) They are from France.
c) It’s modern and interesting. c) I’m from Germany.

IV. Complete with the correct possessive adjective MY YOUR HIS HER ITS OUR THEIR

1. My name’s John and this is_____________ pet.

2. We live in Santiago and this is _______________ house.
3. You study here and this is _________________ school.
4. Peter has a car and ______________ car is green.
5. The cat is white and ________________ tail is brown.
6. They have a new bike and _______________ bike is beautiful.
7. Jenny plays with ______________ ball.

V. Complete the conversations:

1. A: Hello! Tim. How are you?

B: I_________ ___________, thanks.

2. A: Where________ your ________ ________?

B: He________from Chile.

3. A: How _________________are you?

B: I__________ __________years old.

4. A What________ your _______________name?

B: My ______________name______ Fuentes.
VI. Translate de following words into Spanish:
1. signal:__________________________
3. store:__________________________
5. keyboard:___________________________
7. miniaturize:______________________
9. process:_________________________
11.access:_________________________
13. create:_________________________
15. load:___________________________
17. improve:________________________
19. turn off:__________________________
21. retrieve:___________________________
23. save:___________________________
2.keep______________________________
4. make:_____________________________
6.record:____________________________
8. enter:_____________________________
10.produce:__________________________
12. provide:__________________________
14. speed:___________________________
16. accept:___________________________
18.switch off:_______________________
20.send:____________________________
22. print:___________________________
24. type:____________________________

VII. Match a word in A with its opposite in B:

A B
1. addition _____empty
2. input _____easy
3. old _____intelligent
4. cheap _____ subtraction
5. small _____modern
6. long _____large
7. forward _____reliable
8. quick _____out put
9. simple _____short
10. number _____complex
11. full _____expensive
12. difficult _____rewind
_____slow
_____letter

VIII.Match A and B, English and Spanish:

A B
1. STORE _____MANTENER
2. MINIATURIZE _____ALMACENAR
3. PROVIDE _____USAR
4. DO _____TENER
5. KEEP _____HABLAR
6.WORK _____PROVEER
7. USE _____TRABAJAR
8. READ _____HACER
9. HAVE _____ACHICAR
10. SPEAK _____LEER