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1 - 1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR
NOUN + IS + NOUN
(a) Canada is a counhy.
"Smgular" means "one, not two or more." (^). ;$ (^) 4% In (a): Canada = a singular noun I ,,<. ,. ~. is = a singular verb -^ - countly = a singular noun (b) Mexico is a counny.
(c) A cat is an animal.
A frequently comes in front of singular nouns. In (b): a comes in front of the singular noun carntly. A is called "an article." A and an have the same meaning. They are both articles.
A is used in front of words that begin with consonants: b, c, d, f; g, h,
j, k, etc. Examples: a bed, a cat, a dog, afriend, a girl An is used in front of words that begin with a, e, i, and _o._* Examples: *an animal, an ear, an island, an o f i e *An* The (^) lettersis also (^) sometimesa, e, i, o, and used u are in calledh n t of ''vowe18." words that begm with u. See Chaa 4-7. All of the other letters in the alphabet are called "consonants."
W EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences. Use an ARTICLE, a or an.
- A horse is Qn animal.
- English is language.
- Chicago is ' '- 'city.
- Korea is country.
- Europe is continent.
- dictionary is book.
- hotel is building.
- bear is animal.
- bee is insect.
- ant is insect.
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EXERCISE 3: Complete the sentences. Use an ARTICLE (a or an) and the words in the list.
animal (^) continent insect city country (^) language
- Arabic is a l a n g ~ ~ g e 9. A bee is
- Rome is a citv. 10. South America is
- A cat is an animal. 11. A dog is
- Asia is 12. China is
- Tokyo is. 13. Russian is
- Spanish is. 14. A cow is
- Mexico is. 15.Aflyis
- London is A ,. *
EXERCISE 4-ORAL: Complete the sentences with your own words. T h i i of more than
one possible completion.
1.... is a language.
+ English is a language.
-* Spanish is a language.
-* Arabic is a language.
3.... is a city. 4.... is a continent. 5... .is an animal. 6... .is an insect.
USING B E A N D H A V E W 3
an insect a continent an animal a country a country an animal an insect
a continent a city a country a country a city
EXERCISE 6: Complete the sentences with is or are and one of the nouns in the list. Use the
correct singular form of the noun (using a or an) or the correct plural form.
animal country laWage city continent insect machine
1. dog ix an m a 1
- DOES are animals
- Spanish
- Thailand and Viet Nam
- Thailand (^) ,<,
- Butterflies , ,
- A butterfly ,^ t.^ 'A^.^ '
- An automobile
- Automobiles
- London (^) , I!.. I .',I, ,.,... 14. London and Baghdad f : , .. , ,
EXERCISE 7-ORAL: Complete the sentences with your own words.
Example:... a country. ..)%.l.Z Response:^ (Brazil is) a country. ,^ &^ ,.,,^ ,^ ,^ ,^.^!^ .'." ''.. ,.^ ."^ ' '" '^ ' ...
1... .a country. 6.... cities. 1 1.... countries in Asia. 2... .countries. 7.... animals. 12.... a city in Europe.
- ...languages. 8.^.^..^ an insect.^ 13.... a plant. 4. *... a language. 9.... a peninsula. (^) 14.... a vegetable. I. ...a city. 10.... streets in this city. 15.... a season.
USING B E A N D HAVE H 5
is a country
are continents
is a continent
are citys is a city are animals is an animal
are languages
is a machine are machines is a city are citys
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 t e a c h supplies the name of a student.)
Response: (Yoko) is a student. (The responding student indicatesYoko.)
- (... ) a n d (... ) 7. (... ) a n d (... )
3. I 8. They
- (... ) a n d 1 9. You
- We lo. (... ) a n d (... ) a n d (... ) Now identify the given people as students and, in addition, tell what country or continent they are from. 1 1. (... )
- (Yoko) is a student. She i s h m Japan. 12. (... ) a n d (.. , ) 4 (Luis) and (Pablo) are students. They are from South America.
- (... ) 14. (... ) a n d (... )
- Etc.
ARE
PRONOUN + BE + CONTRACTION When people speak, they often
I + am -+ I'm ( a ) I'm a student. push two words together. A contraction = two words that she + is + she's (b) She's a student. are^ pushed together.
he + is + he's ( c ) He's a student.
it + is -+ it's (d) It's a city. pronoun Contractions of a + be are used^ subject in both
YOU + are -+ you're ( e ) You'rea student. speaking^ and^ writing.
we + are + we're You're students. (^) 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 H A M. 7
