Unit 4 Verb-be

1. be 동사

be동사는 주어의 인칭에 따라 am, are, is로 나누어진다.

am	I am 12 years old.
are	You are dancers.
is	He is very kind.

1. be동사의 형태는 다음과 같다.

1인칭	단수 : I am a girl. 복수 : We are boys.
2인칭	단수 : You are a doctor. 복수 : You are farmers.
3인칭	단수 : He is Mr. Smith. She is Jane. It is a car. 복수 : They are children.

2. be동사 뒤에 not을 붙이면 부정문이 된다.

I am not Sally.	I am not a girl.
We are not boys.	They are not boys, too.
She is not Jane.	She is not a nurse.

3. 주어와 동사의 위치를 바꾸면 의문문이 된다.

Am I a girl?	→	Yes, I am / No, I am not.
Are you doctors?	→	Yes, we are. / No, we are not.
Is she Jane?	→	Yes, she is. / No, she is not.

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1.	I a boy.	2.	You a singer.
3.	He Peter.	4.	You singers.
5.	We cooks.	6.	They socks.

A. Write am, are or is.

1. It        a tree.

2. You          friends.

3. I          a pianist.

4. He          a fisher.

5. They          pineapples.

6. We           doctors.

7. Hi, I          Judy.

8. It         a dog.

9. You          a student.

10. He         a pilot.

11. They          rabbits.

12. I         a dentist.

13. She          beautiful.

14. It        a house.

15. We         tennis players.

16. You           good girls.

B. Read and complete sentences.

1. Is she a teacher? No,               . She         a nurse.

2. Are they singers?  Yes,                  . They        singers.

3. Is it an orange?  No,                . It         an apple.

4. Are you a farmer? Yes,                    . I         a farmer.

5. Are they baseball players?  Yes,                    . They       baseball players.

6. This is Mrs. Simpson.                a banker.

7. Tom and Susan are teacher.                             English teachers.

8. Are you a soldier? No,                          .

9. She and I are hairdressers.                       friends.

10. Is it a big mouse? Yes,                         .

11. This is Jason. He         a student. He         an English teacher.

12. They             lions. They               under the tree.

13.        she at home? No, she          in the hospital.

14. It       a violin. Kate        a famous violinist.

15.            they potatoes? No, they                . They               tomatoes.

16.       she a doctor?  No,                    .

17.         they cats? Yes,                     .

18.         you students? No,                       .

19.         he Mr. Baker? No,                       .

20.         it a big tree? No,                       .

21.        you a boxer?  Yes,                        .

C. Read and correct the errors.

1. They is playing baseball.

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2. Are she a teacher?

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3. It isn't not a baby panda.

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4. We is all students.

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5. He are an artist.

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D. Make sentences like an example.

It is a uniform. → It is not a uniform. / Is it a uniform?

1. I am Korean.

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2. You are a driver.

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3. He is Willy.

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4. She is a model.

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5. It is a bicycle.

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6. We are smart.

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7. They are brown bears.

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8. They are hungry.

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9. He is a policeman.

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10. You are good children.

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E. Translate into English.

1. 그녀는 유명한 디자이너입니다. (famous, designer)

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2. 당신이 Johnson씨 입니까? (Mr.)

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3. 그것은 새 텔레비전입니다. (new, television)

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4. 우리는 용감합니다. (brave)

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5. 그들은 과학자가 아닙니다. (scientist)

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