Grammar point
Am, is, are
11 free materials for adult English beginners on am, is, are, from Patina's live ESOL classes: 4 sheets, 2 readings, 2 listening exercises, 3 sentence builders. Use them on a phone, in print, or on a screen.
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Sheet
Am / Is / Are
Review. The verb English uses for everything: the four jobs it does, the full, short and negative forms, and where the verb moves in a question and a short answer.
Class 5 · Literature
Reading
Olga's Poem
Olga writes a haiku in class: three lines of am, is and are, five, seven, five. Read it, clap the beats, then write two lines about you.
Class 5 · Literature
Listening
Poetry Day
Olga is reading her poem to the class. Listen first with the script hidden, then read along, answer, and write the missing words.
Class 5 · Literature
Builder
Build It — The Future
A sentence machine: pick a subject, then choose the right am/is/are + going to yourself, then a verb and a family member.
Class 6 · Family Vacations
Builder
Build It — Flying With
A sentence machine: pick a subject, then choose the right am/is/are yourself, then an object pronoun.
Class 7 · At the Airport
Sheet
Is · Is Studying · Is Going to Study
Class 3's comparison with a third column. One little verb, three times: what is true, what is happening now, and what happens later.
Class 10 · Weather Forecasts
Builder
Build It: Weather Report
Build weather sentences. You choose the weather; the class argues about am, is or are.
Class 10 · Weather Forecasts
Reading
Weather Today
A TV weather report: it is cold today, it is raining right now, and it is going to snow.
Class 10 · Weather Forecasts
Listening
Call the Weatherman
A radio show. Wanda is calling Ricardo about the weather. Listen first with the script hidden, then read along, answer, and write the missing words.
Class 10 · Weather Forecasts
Sheet
People Words
Sixteen words to describe a person, from tall and bald to long black hair: he is tall, she has long hair.
Class 3 · Fashion
Sheet
Describe a Person: N-400 Part 3
Part 3 of the real citizenship form: height, weight, eye color, hair color. Describe a person with is and has, fill in the form for Florentina, then turn Mwajuma's form into sentences.
Class 3 · Fashion
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