People and Family

People and Family

Summary

Personal Pronouns (Important info.)

• I (Remember, it is always in Capital letter)

• You (Singular and Plural)

• He (Just men in singular)

• She (Just women in singular)

• It (Animals and things in SINGULAR)

• We (Includes the speaker)

• They (People, animals and things in PLURAL)

Personal Pronouns and verb BE

• I am (I'm)

• You are (You're)

• He is (He's)

• She is (She's)

• It is (It's)

• We are (We're)

• They are (They're)

Negative form

• Just add NOT after verb BE.

• Contractions AREN'T (Are not) and ISN'T (Is not) are possible.

• No contraction for AM NOT.

Interrogatigative form

• Am I ...?

• Are you ...?

• Is he ...?

• Is she ...?

• Is it ...?

• Are we ...?

• Are they ...?

Short Answers

• Yes, I am. / No, I'm not.

• Never use contractions in AFFIRMATIVE short answers.

Exercises

Correct the sentences.

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The children is at school.

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Susan and Samuel are students?

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Maria and I am from Peru.

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Is the cats black?

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Your father aren't a teacher.

The Possessive noun

• Add ('S) to the possessor: - John's house.

• With two or more possessors, just add ('S) to the last one: - Susana and Maria's books.

• When the possessor is in plural (Teachers, students, parents, grandparents, etc.) just add the apostrophe (') - My parents' house.

Family: Vocabulary

Look at the family tree, read the sentences and complete the sentences.

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Selma is Lisa's ...

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Bart is Abraham's ...

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Maggie is Marge's ...

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Herb is Bart's ...

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Bart, Lisa and Maggie are Homer's ...

Possessive Adjectives

• I            My

• You        Your

• He          His

• She         Her

• It            Its

• We         Our

• They      Their

Exercises

Complete with the correct Possessive Adjective.

Multiple Choice

Homer is Marge's husband. Marge is ... wife.

• my

• his

• her

Multiple Choice

Marge and Homer are Lisa's parents. Lisa is ... daughter.

• her

• your

• their

Multiple Choice

Bart is Lisa's brother. Lisa is ... sister.

• his

• her

• their

Multiple Choice

Marge is Bart's mother. Is Bart ... son?

• his

• your

• her

Multiple Choice

We are students. Mr. Smith is ... teacher.

• your

• our

• their

Questions used in classes.

• How are you?

• How's it going?

• How's everything?

• Who's she/he?

• Who are they?

• What's your/his/her name?

• How do you spell that?

Exercises

Answer the questions.

Multiple Choice

How are you?

• My father.

• P-E-T-E-R

• Not bad

• Elizabeth

Multiple Choice

How do you spell that?

• My father.

• P-E-T-E-R

• Not bad

• Elizabeth

Multiple Choice

What's her name?

• My father.

• P-E-T-E-R

• Not bad

• Elizabeth

Multiple Choice

Who's he?

• My father.

• P-E-T-E-R

• Not bad

• Elizabeth