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EXERCISE 10-ORAL (BOOKS CLOSED): Complete the sentences with a form of be + a
studentlshrdents. Indicate the subject or subjects with your hand.
Example: ( . . . ) (The teach supplies the name of a student.)
Response: (Yoko) is a student. (The responding student indicates Yoko.)
1. (...) 6. (...)
2. (...)and(...) 7. (...)and(...)
3. I 8. They
4. (...)and1 9. You
5. We lo. (...)and(...)and(...)
Now identify the given people as students and, in addition, tell what country or
continent they are from.
11. (...)
+ (Yoko) is a student. She i shm Japan.
12. (...)and(..,)
4 (Luis) and (Pablo) are students. They are from South America.
13. (...)
14. (...)and(...)
15. Etc.
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NOTE
PRONOUN + BE + CONTRACTION When people speak, they often
I + am -+ I'm (a) I'm a student. push two words together. A
she + is + she's (b) She's a student.
he + is + he's (c) He's a student.
it + is -+ it's (d) It's a city.
YOU + are -+ you're (e) You'rea student.
we + are + we're You're students.
contraction = two words that
are pushed together.
Contractions of a subject
pronoun + be are used in both
speaking and writing.
PUNCTUATION: The mark in
they + are + they're (f) We're students. the middle of a contraction is
(g) me.'^ smdents. called an "aposnophe" (').
WriE an apostrophe above the line. Do not write an apostrophe on the line.
CORRECT:
/;* u ~&&t
USING BEAND HAM .
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