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A1 1 Student's Book 124 125
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+ = positive form Full form
Contraction
I am your teacher. You are in room 7. He is Mike. She is Hannah. It is a school. We are
students.
You are in Class 2. They are teachers.
I'm your teacher. You're in room 7. He's Mike. She's Hannah It's a school. We're
students.
You're in Class 2. They're teachers.
• Always use a subject pronoun (you, he, etc.) with a verb, e.g.
It's a school. NOT is a school. They're teachers. NOT Are teachers. Always use
capital I, e.g. He's Mike and I'm Sally. NOT i'm Sally. With other pronouns only use
a capital letter when it's the first word
in a sentence.
• you = singular and plural.
• Use he for a man, she for a woman, and it for a thing.
• Use they for people and things.
Contractions
• In contractions '= a missing letter, e.g. 'm = am.
• We use contractions in conversation and in informal writing, e.g. an
email to a friend.
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GRAMMAR BANK
1A
b Write the sentences with contractions.
3 They
a Complete with am, is, or are.
I am Mike. 1 We
from London. 2 He
early.
teachers. 4 Today Wednesday. 5 I
sorry. 6 It
a hotel. 7 You
in room 402. 8She
a student. 9 My name _Carla. 10 I
in a taxi.
He is late.
He's late. 1 It is Friday. 2 They are in school. 3 I am very well.
4 You are in my class. c Write the sentences with a subject pronoun and a
contraction.
Mike and Hannah are students. They're students. 1 John is in room 5. 2 Sam
and I are early. 3 Julia is a teacher. 4 The school is in Madrid.
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1B
a Write the sentences in the negative.
She's Australian. She isn't Australian. 1 I'm British. 2 They're Brazilian. 3 It's in South
America. 4 You're French.
c Complete the dialogue. Use contractions if
possible. A Hi. I'm Mark. B Hello Mark. My name 1 Maria. A2 you Spanish,
Maria? B No. 13 from Mexico. A 4 you from Mexico City? B No. 15 from
Tijuana. A6 Tijuana near Mexico City? B No, it? . It 8 in the north. A 9
you a student? B No. I 10 a teacher. <p.7
Yes, I am.
b Make questions and short answers.
you English? ? Are you English? 1 Iin room 10? 2 / it Italian? 3 they
students? ? 4 he from the USA? ? 5 / you sure?
1C
a Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective.
My name's Darly. I'm from Brazil. 1 The students are from Italy. names
are Susanna
and Tito. 2 She's in my class. name is Rebecca. 3 We're in class 2. teacher
is Richard. 4 London is famous for parks. 5 How do you spell surname,
Anna? 6 This is my teacher. name is Brad. 7. I'm from London. address is
31, Old Kent Road. 8 Sit down and open_ books, please. 9 Laura is in
my class. desk is near the window. 10 We're from Liverpool. surname is
Connor.
b Circle the correct word.
Mark and Simon are friends. They Their are in class 2. 1 She's a new student.
She Her name's Ipek. 2 Is they/their teacher British? 3 My name's
Soraya. I'm in you your class. 4 Where are you/your friends from? 5
We're French. We Our names are Marc and Jacques. 6 Is she/her
German? 7 Peter is a teacher. He His is from Ireland. 8 What's he his name?
9 I'm Karen. I/ My surname is White. 10 She Her is from Barcelona.
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