IB GRAMMAR: be, possessives and pronouns

  

 Grammar Reference

be

 

Affirmative	Negative
I am (short form: I’m)	I am not
you are	you are not
he/she/it is	he/she/it is not
we are	we are not
you are	you are not
they are	they are not

 

Interrogative	Short answers
Am I?	Yes, I am. / No, I am not.
Are you?	Yes, you are. / No, you are not.
Is he/she/it?	Yes, she is. / No, she is not.
Are we?	Yes, we are. / No we are not.
Are you?	Yes, you are. / No, you are not.
Are they?	Yes, they are. / No, they are not.

 

Short forms

I am – I’m     you are – you’re     we are – we’re     they are – they’re     I am not – I’m not     is not – isn’t     are not – aren’t

 

We don’t use short forms in affirmative short answers.

Yes, I am (Not Yes I’m)

 

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be, possessives and pronouns: Exercise 1

Complete the sentences. Use the affirmative form of be.

1

You  from Australia.

2

My English teacher 

 Mr Simpson.

3

Tom and Betty 

 in my class.

4

I 

 seventeen years old.

5

My pencil  in my bag.

6

We  at home.

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be, possessives and pronouns: Exercise 2

Write sentences. Use the negative form of be.

1

This coffee / hot

This coffee isn't hot.

2

Sam / in the classroom

3

We / eighteen years old

4

They / from New Zealand

5

I / hungry

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be, possessives and pronouns: Exercise 3

Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then match the questions with answers a–f.

1

Martin / name / your / is / ?

 

2

you / are / Ireland / from / ?

 

3

at / home / is / dad / your / ?

 

4

teachers / and Harry / are / Neil / ?

 

5

Joanna / and I / American / are / ?

 

6

Sarah / is / hungry / ?

 

a	Yes, he is.
b	No, they aren’t.
c	No, it isn’t.
d	Yes, she is.
e	Yes, we are.
f	Yes, I am.

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be, possessives and pronouns: Exercise 4

Look at the information in the chart. Then play the recording and listen to six sentences. Are they true or false?

1

True

False

2

True

False

3

True

False

4

True

False

5

True

False

6

True

False

Name	Liam	Clare
Age	18	19
City / country	New York, USA	Chicago, USA
Favourite food	pizza	ice cream

 

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be, possessives and pronouns: Exercise 5

Write true short answers.

1

Is your English teacher a man?

2

Is your Workbook green?

3

Is yellow your favourite colour?

4

Are your school friends British?

5

Are you at school?

Grammar Reference

Possessive adjectives

 

Subject pronouns	Possessive adjectives
I	my
you	your
he	his
she	her
it	its
we	our
you	your
they	their

 

Possessive adjectives have the same form when used with a singular or plural noun.

My book.

My books.

 

When we talk about body parts or clothes, we often use possessive adjectives.

Close your eyes.

Put on your jacket.

 

 

its and it’s
Note:

The dog has got its food.

It’s a black dog.

 

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be, possessives and pronouns: Exercise 6

Write the possessive adjectives for the personal pronouns.

1

I 

my

5

it 

2

you 

6

we 

3

he 

7

you 

4

she 

8

they 

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Demonstrative pronouns

 

We use this and these to refer to objects which are near us.

This is a pen.

These are my trainers.

 

We use that and those to refer to objects which are not near us.

That’s my house.

Those are nice flowers.

 

We use this to introduce someone.

This is Tom.

We use that to talk about something that somebody has just said.

‘Are you Catherine?’

‘That’s right.’

 

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be, possessives and pronouns: Exercise 7

Match 1–6 with pictures a–f below. Complete the sentences with this, that, these and those.

a  These are your pens.	b
c	d
e	f

 

1	… is my mum.
2	… are your pens.
3	… is his bike.
4	… are our sisters.
5	… is my schoolbag.
6	… are our books.

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