Unit 11
Language: ‘am’, ‘is’ and ‘are’
We use is when we are talking about one thing or person: One puppy is black . We use am after ‘I’: I am sad .
1 Complete these sentences with is or am . Example: I ___ hungry. â I am hungry. 1 I ______ tired. 2 Daddy_____ at home. 3 My friend ____ a good singer. 4 I _____ six. We use are for more than one thing or person: The puppies are brown . We use are after you : You are my friend .
2 Complete these sentences with is or are .
• Ask pupils to make up two sentences about themselves. E.g. I am hungry. Ask them to make up two sentences about a friend. E.g. She is tall. • Help pupils understand that we use are with ‘The puppies’ and also with ‘They’. Similarly, we use are with ‘My friend and I’ and also with ‘We’. • For more work on ‘am’, ‘is’ and ‘are’, see Workbook 1 page 63. 1 My teacher ______ kind. 2 You ______ my friend. 3 The door ______ green. 4 We ______ on the beach. 5 You ______ a good swimmer. Example: The boys ______ noisy. â The boys are noisy.
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