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A1

Be: questions and short answers – English Grammar Exercises for A1

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1. Underline the correct words to complete the questions.

  • 1)
    Where you are / are you / is you from?
  • 2)
    Is he / He is / Are he married?
  • 3)
    Are she / She is / Is she from London?
  • 4)
    You are / You is / Are you here with your family?
  • 5)
    Is you / Are you / You are Turkish?
  • 6)
    What their names are / is their names / are their names?
  • 7)
    Are Enzo / Is Enzo / Enzo is Spanish?
  • 8)
    Is Joe and Mel / Joe and Mel are / Are Joe and Mel American?

2. Complete each short answer with the correct form of be. Use contractions where possible. (Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.)

  • 1)
    A Are you Indian?
  • B Yes, I am
  • 2)
    A Is David a good tennis player?
  • B No, .
  • 3)
    A Are you and your brother here on holiday?
  • B No, .
  • 4)
    A Is New York a friendly city?
  • B No, .
  • 5)
    A Are you from Edinburgh?
  • B No, .
  • 6)
    A Is Julia British?
  • B Yes, .
  • 7)
    A Are your friends cool?
  • B Yes, .
  • 8)
    A Are Alan and Sue here today?
  • B No, .

3. Complete the conversations. Use contractions ‘s, ‘re and isn’t if possible.

  • A My friend Tony (1) ) ’sEnglish. He (2) ) very kind.
  • B (3) ) he from London?
  • A Yes, he (4) ) .
  • A My friends, Joe and Mel, (5) ) American. They (6) ) very warm and friendly.
  • B (7) ) they married?
  • A No, the (8) ) They (9) ) just good friends.

4. Underline and correct the mistake in each sentence.

  • 1)
    My mother and father is from Moscow. are
  • 2)
    She really’s friendly.
  • 3)
    Donatella are Italian.
  • 4)
    Im’ from Paris, the capital of France.
  • 5)
    You are Italian or Spanish?
  • 6)
    There from San Francisco.
  • 7)
    A Is you and your friends American?
  • B No, we are’nt.
  • 8)
    A Are Maria from Rio de Janeiro?
  • B Yes, she’s.

5. Write questions for the answers. Use the word in italics to start your question.

  • 1)
    Are ? No, I’m not. I’m Brazilian.
  • 2)
    Is ? Yes, she’s very kind.
  • 3)
    Are ? No, they aren’t. They’re from Germany.
  • 4)
    What’s ? My name’s Abdul Aziz.
  • 5)
    Where ? I’m from Poland.

6. Write questions and short answers.

  • 1)
    you Russian? Yes
  • 2)
    she your sister? No
  • 3)
    they friendly? Yes
  • 4)
    you both from the USA? No
  • 5)
    he well-known? No

7. Complete the conversation with one word in each gap. A contraction (I’m, you’re, he’s) is one word.

  • A Hello. What’s (1) ) name?
  • B I’m Juan.
  • A (2) ) you from Spain?
  • B No, (3) ) from Mexico.
  • A And that woman over there. Is (4) ) your sister?
  • B No, she (5) ) She’s a student at my school.
  • A OK. And (6) ) she from?
  • B She’s Italian. (7) ) from Venice.

8. Put the words in the correct order to make questions..

  • 1)
    her / what / name / ’s ? What’s her name?
  • 2)
    from / are / you / where ?
  • 3)
    American / are / you ?
  • 4)
    she / popular / is ?
  • 5)
    names / are / what / your ?
  • 6)
    friends / you / are ?
  • 7)
    is / cold / it / very ?
  • 8)
    from / he / is / France ?

9. Match questions 1–7 with short answers a–g.

  • 1)
    dIs she Italian?
  • 2)
    Are you teachers?
  • 3)
    Are Robert and Helen here today?
  • 4)
    Is it a beautiful city?
  • 5)
    Am I late?
  • 6)
    Is he on holiday?
  • 7)
    Are you from England?
  • a)
    No, he isn’t.
  • b)
    No, they aren’t.
  • c)
    No, you aren’t.
  • d)
    Yes, she is.
  • e)
    No, I’m not.
  • f)
    Yes, we are.
  • g)
    Yes, it is.

10. Complete the conversations with the correct form of be. Use contractions if possible.

  • 1)
    A Hi, I ’m Manuel.
  • B Hi, Manuel. Where you from?
  • A I from Lima, in Peru.
  • 2)
    A See that footballer. What his name?
  • B He Philip Lahm.
  • A Where he from?
  • B He from Germany.
  • 3)
    A Excuse me, where you from?
  • B We from Japan. We here for the World Cup.
  • 4)
    A Hi, my name Alice, and this my sister, Marta.
  • B Hi, Alice. Hi, Marta. you from England?
  • A No, we We American. We from New York.
  • B Oh really? My cousins from New York.

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