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NAME: _______________________ DATE: _________________

Grammar Self-check
(Unit 1, page 4)

GRAMMAR. Be: singular statements

Look at these statements.

Affirmative statements Negative statements

I am Tony. / Im Tony. I am not Tim. / Im not Tim.
You are an engineer. / Youre an engineer. You are not an architect. / Youre not an
architect.
He is a teacher. / Hes a teacher. He is not a student. / Hes not a student.
She is a nurse. / Shes a nurse. She is not a doctor. / Shes not a doctor.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
1. What form of be do we use with the pronoun I? ________
2. What form of be do we use with the pronouns you, we, and they? ________
3. What form of be do we use with the pronouns he, she, and it? ________

Look at these contractions.

Contractions
I am Im
He is Hes
She is Shes

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Answer these questions.
1. Whats the contraction of You are? ___________
2. Whats the contraction of It is? ___________

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Look at these articles.

Articles a / an
a teacher
an actor

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Complete these grammar rules.
1. The article a is used in front of ___________ nouns.
singular / plural
2. The article an is used in front of ___________ nouns.
singular / plural
3. The article a is used in front of words that begin with _______________.
consonants / vowels
4. The article an is used in front of words that begin with _______________.
consonants / vowels

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