BE, POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS, PRESENT SIMPLE

A. Study the present forms of the verb TO BE:

I	am	I’m (not)	Russian
You We They	are	You’re (not) We’re (not) They’re (not)
He She It	is	He’s (not) She’s (not) It’s (not)

B. Match personal and possessive pronouns in two columns.

Personal pronouns	Possessive pronouns
He	Your
They	His
You	Its
I	Their
We	Her
She	Our
It	My

C. Make true sentences using the correct form of the verb to be and possessive pronouns.

1. I __________ Spanish.

2. He _________ American. _____ company _______ in France.

3. They ________ from Italy. ________ customers _____ from all over the world.

4. My work colleagues _________ my friends.

5. English __________ important in ______ present job.

6. We like _______ job. It _______ very interesting and challenging.

7. My husband works in IT area. ________ company ________ a website for people with small businesses.

D. Put the correct form of the verb TO BE at the correct place in the sentence.

1. His English very good. His English IS very good.

2. Where they from?

3. What her name?

4. My office in Paris, but I not French.

5. Mrs Lopez a lawyer.

6. Alex and Rob from Italy.

E. Complete the information about Facebook with forms of the verb TO BE.

Millions of people … on Facebook every day and now it … a multi-billion dollar American company. It … a website for friends, but they … not only American. They … from all over the world. So … Facebook a friendly company? Mark Zuckerberg, the company CEO, tells us more…

Interviewer: So where … your company exactly?

Zuckerberg: It … in Palo Alto, California.

Interviewer: You … a CEO, so … you at work all the time?

Zuckerberg: Yes, I … , but my work colleagues … also my friends. For example, Dustin Moskovitz, Head of Engineering, … a friend from college. And Adam D’Angelo … my Chief Technology Officer, we … old friends from school.

F. Study Present Simple tense.

Affirmative

I speak French. He speaks French.

Negative

I don't speak French. He doesn't speak French.

Interrogative

Do you speak English?

Does he speak Italian?

G. Make the present simple tense (choose positive, negative or question)

1. (we / not / work late) ____________________________________________

2. (they / think it's a good idea for their business) ________________________

3. (he / know how to develop this project?) _____________________________

4. (why / I / have to do this job?) _____________________________________

5. (she / not / work at the weekends) __________________________________

6. (you / love studying languages?) ___________________________________

7. (we / not / get a high salary) _______________________________________

8. (you / understand the question?) ____________________________________

9. (she / not / want to go to the company party) __________________________

10. (I / like getting new experience) ___________________________________

H. CJ is a Korean company with different business areas. Read the information about it and complete the gaps with verbs in Present Simple.

	We produce / produces and cooking oil. The company have / has restaurants, cafes, and food shops. It provide / provides meals for restaurants, schools, and hospitals.
	We export / exports medicines to countries around the world. And we develop / develops new biotechnological products.
	The company produce / produces films for the Korean market and abroad. We import / imports films from foreign production companies … and we have / has eight cable TV channels … and a chain of cinemas.
	We provide / provides shopping service. We have / has a logistics centre. It provide / provides transport and delivery services.