1.1 To Be

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

To Be

Wat weet je al?

1. 'Te' zijn
2. Ik ben
3. Jij bent
4. Hij is
5. Zij is
6. Het is
7. Wij zijn
8. Jullie zijn
9. Zij zijn

1. 'To' be
2. I am
3. You are
4. He is
5. She is
6. It is
7. We are
8. You are
9. They are

Aantekeningen: To be

onderwerp	I	he, she, it	you, we, they
positief (+)	am ('m)	is ('s)	are ('re)
negatief (-)	am not ('m not)	is not ('s not) (isn't)	are not ('re not) (aren't)
vragend (?)	Am I?	Is he? Is she? Is it?	Are you? Are we? Are they?

Exercise 1

Choose the correct answer

1.1) My best friend ___ a nice guy.

1. am
2. is
3. are

1.2) My cousins ___ twins.

1. am
2. is
3. are

1.3) Our teachers ___ not always interesting.

1. am
2. is
3. are

1.4) Our class ___ the best class.

1. am
2. is
3. are

1.5) My classmates ___ a bunch of weirdos.

1. am
2. is
3. are

1.6) I ___ the king of Five Nights At Freddy's.

1. am
2. is
3. are

1.7) Bob ___ the best guitar player in the world.

1. am
2. is
3. are

1.8) Sarah and Dave __ a cute couple.

1. am
2. is
3. are

Exercise 2

Type the correct answer

Only type the verb (werkwoord) not the whole sentence

2.1) My uncle ___ (to be) an employee at Nintendo.

2.2) We ___ (to be)all amazing.

2.3) Tesseract and BTBAM ___ (to be)some of my favourite bands.

Band names:

British English = Are

American English = Is / Are

2.4) My favourite sport ___ (to be)football.

2.5) My hobbies ___(to be) playing videogames and watching series.

Ontkenningen

I am --> I am not --> I'm not

He is --> he is not --> he's not --> he isn't

you are --> you are not --> you're not --> you aren't

Exercise 3

Choose the correct contraction (verkorting)

That is Tom.
___ my friend.

1. He's n't
2. He isn't
3. He's not
4. You're not

My parents don't like rap music.
___ are fans of techno either.

1. Their
2. They're not
3. Theren't
4. They aren't

___ not a fan of pizza.

1. I amn't
2. I'm not
3. I aren't
4. I isn't

Jennifer and Joss ___ good at playing videogames.

1. 're not
2. aren't
3. isn't
4. 's not

Vragen

I am --> Am I?

He is --> Is he?

you are --> Are you?

Exercise 4

Turn the sentences into questions

His friend is very nice.

You are the best at football.

She is thirteen this year.

I am good enough to be a professional.

They aren’t very good at football.

Joris and Tom are the best.

Extra challenge

Make 2 sentences (+), 2 questions (?) and 2 negations (-) with 'to be' using the given subject (onderwerp)

Each sentence must have at least 5 words

Sherry (+)

Tom Jones (-)

The player (?)

Your parents (?)

His siblings (+)

The boys (-)

vragen ??