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W EXERCISE 26-ORAL: Is and are are often contracted with nouns in spoken English.
Listen to your teacher say the contractions in the following sentences and practice
saying them yourself.
1. Grammar is easy. 9. My money is in my wallet.
("G~ammar's easy.")
10. Mr. Smith is a teacher.
2. Rita is a student.
11. Tom is at home now.
3. My book is on the table.
12. The sun is bright today.
4. My books are on the table.
13. My roommate is from Chicago.
5. The weather is cold today.
14. My roommates are from Chicago.
6. My brother is twenty-one years old.
15. My sister is a student in high school.
7. The window is open.
8. The windows are open.
QUESTION STATEMENT In a question, be comes in front of
the subject.
BE + SUBJECT SVBJBCT + BE
(a) 18 she astudent? She ir a student. Punctuation: A question ends with a
(b) Are they at home? They cr+8 at home. question mark (?).
A statement ends with a period (.).
When people answer a question, they usually give only a "short answer" (but sometimes they give a "long
answer" too). Notice in the short answers below:
After yes, be is not contracted with a pronoun.*
After no, two conuactions of be are possible with no differences in meaning.
(c) Is she a student? + Yes, #he w.* (She's a student.)
+ No, .he's not. (She's not a student.) OR:
+ No, she isn't. (She isn't a student.)
(d) Aw they at home? -+ Yes, they am.* (They're at home.)
+ No, theyam not. (7'hey're not at home.) OR:
-+ No, they aren't. (They arm't at home.)
USING BEAND HAVE 21