TO BE
I’m 30 years old. I’m medium-
height and friendly. I’m not lazy,
Hi! I’m Lucía. I’m your
I’m hard-working.
English teacher and I’m
here to help you. How
are you?
My sister is Camila. She’s Social
We use the verb “to be” to talk Educator and she’s 30 years old.
about: age, describe
appearance, personality,
nationality, feelings.
+ affirmative - negative
Short form Long form Short form Long form
I’m I am I’m not I am not
You’re You are You aren’t You are not
He/She/it ‘s He/She/ it is He/She/it isn’t He/She/ it is not
We We We We
You ‘re You are You aren’t You are not
They They They They
+ questions Examples
Question Short answer -A: How old are you?
Yes, I am. B: I’m 12 years old.
Am I…?
No, I’m not.
Yes, you are. -I’m medium-height, so I’m not tall.
Are you…?
No, you aren’t. -My sister and I are really smiley.
Yes, he/she/it is.
Is he/she/it …? -She’s really friendly and hard-working.
No, he/she/it isn’t.
you -A: Are you an adventurous person?
Yes, you/we/they are.
Are we …?
No, you/we/they aren’t. B: No, I’m not.
they
Have got
You can recognize me because I’ve got
curly and brown hair. I haven’t got
Hi! I’m Lucía. I’m your short nor long hair, but I’ve got
English teacher again. medium height hair.
We use the verb “have got” to My sister has got curly and brown
show possession. hair, and she’s got long hair. Also,
she’s got a beautiful smile and
narrow nose.
+ affirmative - negative
Short form Long form Short form Long form
I’ve got I have got I haven’t got I have not got
You’ve got You have got You haven’t got You have not got
He/She/it ‘s got He/She/ it has got He/She/it hasn’t got He/She/ it have not got
We We
You ‘ve got You have got We We
They They You haven’t got You have not got
They They
Examples
+ questions
-A: How many brothers or sisters have you got?
Question Short answer
B: I’ve got 1 sister.
Yes, I have.
Have I got…?
No, I haven’t. -I haven’t got small eyes, I’ve got big eyes.
Yes, you have.
Have you got…? -My sister and I have got round eyes.
No, you haven’t.
Yes, he/she/it has. -She’s got a beautiful smile.
Has he/she/it got…?
No, he/she/it hasn’t.
-A: Has she got light hair?
you
Yes, you/we/they have.
Have we got …? B: No, she hasn’t. She’s got dark hair.
No, you/we/they haven’t.
they
To be / have got - practice
TO BE
1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb to be in affirmative. You can use short or long
forms.
a) I ________ an English student. f) The car ___ black
b) You _________ a good person. g) Dan ___ happy
c) We ________ singers. h) Lissa ___ tall
d) He _________ a teacher. i) The movie ___ funny
e) They _________ angry. j) Lissa and Martha ___ nice
2. Now, write the sentences in exercise 1 in negative. Use short forms.
a) …………………………………………………….. f) ……………………………………………………..
b) …………………………………………………….. g) ……………………………………………………..
c) …………………………………………………….. h) ……………………………………………………..
d) …………………………………………………….. i) ……………………………………………………..
e) …………………………………………………….. j) ……………………………………………………..
3. Inside each cloud, write the personal pronouns (I, you, he/she/ it, we, they) correspond to each to
be form.
‘M / AM ‘S / IS
‘ RE / ARE
To be / have got - practice
TO BE
4. Correct the mistakes in each of the sentences below.
a) I is at school now. a) ……………………………………………………..
b) Are hard-working. b) ……………………………………………………..
c) It aren’t long. c) ……………………………………………………..
d) He are very helpful. d) ……………………………………………………..
e) You are 11 years old? e) ……………………………………………………..
f) My brother and I is short. f) ……………………………………………………..
have got
1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb have got in affirmative. You can use short or
long forms.
a) I _______________ long hair. f) The English teacher ___________________ green eyes.
b) You ________________ a beautiful smile. g) James _______________ wavy hair.
c) We ____________________ a wide nose. h) Patricia ________________ almond eyes.
d) She ________________ curly hair. She’s got straight hair. i) My siblings _______________ a small mouth.
e) They _________________ thin eyebrows. j) Math teachers _______________ beard.
2. Now, write the sentences in exercise 1 in negative. Use short forms.
a) …………………………………………………….. f) ……………………………………………………..
b) …………………………………………………….. g) ……………………………………………………..
c) …………………………………………………….. h) ……………………………………………………..
d) …………………………………………………….. i) ……………………………………………………..
e) …………………………………………………….. j) ……………………………………………………..
3. Inside each cloud, write the personal pronouns (I, you, he/she/ it, we, they) correspond to each
have got form.
has got
have got
To be / have got - practice
Have got
4. Correct the mistakes in each of the sentences below.
a) I has got good marks. a) ……………………………………………………..
b) My Social Science teacher has short hair. b) ……………………………………………………..
c) My best friends and I hasn’t Christmas homework. c) ……………………………………………………..
d) He have got a wide nose. d) ……………………………………………………..
e) She has got an old sister? e) ……………………………………………………..
f) My sister and I got medium-height hair. f) ……………………………………………………..
To be and have got
1. Change the sentences to questions.
1. Naomi is at school.
Is Naomi at school?_____________________
2. Tom and Susan are in class.
____________________________________________
3. They’ve got small ears.
____________________________________________
4. He is very good-looking.
____________________________________________
5. She’s got light hair.
____________________________________________
2. Write questions with the words below. Use to be or have got forms.
1. Tom / 2 dogs.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. February / only 29 days.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. the students / tired today.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. how old / your parents.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
To be and have got
3. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1. isn’t / shy / James /.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. hair / light / She / hasn’t got /.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. aren’t / The / pencils / pencil case / in /.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. has / hair / Chris / What colour / got / ?
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