| How Are You? Beginning English with the Verb "To Be" | |
Read the conversations below:
Ken: Hello, My name's Ken. What's your name?
Jack: Jack. How are you?
Ken: I'm fine, and you?
Jack: Great. Where are you from?
Ken: I'm from Seattle.
Ken: Where is that girl from?
Jack: She's from Japan
Ken: How old is she?
Jack: She's twenty-six
Complete the conversation. Click on the arrow to see the answer.
The above conversations used the verb "to be". Look at the conjugation charts of the verb "to be"
Positive
| I | am | from Seattle. |
| He She It |
is | from Toronto. |
| We You They |
are | from Japan. |
Negative
| I | am not (I'm not) | from Seattle. |
| He She It |
is not (isn't) | from Toronto. |
| We You They |
are not (aren't) | from Japan. |
Questions
| Where | am | I | from? |
| Where | is | he she it |
from |
| Where | are | we you they |
from? |
Read the text below
My name is Ken Beare and I'm a teacher. My address is Green Street, 19 and my telephone number is 0587 678 5439. I'm 39 years old and I'm married. My daughter, Katherine, is two and half years old. My wife, Barbara, is Italian. She is a bank teller.
Write a short paragraph about you!
Continue Learning for Beginners Unit 1 Learning the Basics: Numbers, ABC's and the Verb 'to Be'
