VERB TO BE (II):

IDENTITY, PROFESSIONS & NATIONALITY

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EXERCISES
 Identity

1) Complete the dialogue between William and Sue:

William: _____ ______ Pam?

Sue: No, ______ ______.
William: ______ ______ Sharon?
Sue: ____, _____ ______.
William: _____ _____ Sue?
Sue: Yes, _____ ______.

 Professions

2) Re-arrange the letters and write his/her professions:

a. ROCTOD b. NGRESI c. SUB RIVERD d. LPOIT

e. SINTEN YERPLA

a. __________________________________.

b. __________________________________ .

c. __________________________________ .

d. __________________________________ .

e. __________________________________ .

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  Nationality

3) Who are they? Introduce these people and say where they are from providing
their countries and nationalities. Look at the example:

Nancy Campbell She is Nancy Campbell.

New York She is from the US. She is American.

Patrick Gallager ____________________________ .

Dublin ____________________________ .

Sarah Watson ____________________________ .

London ____________________________ .

Piero Neviani _____________________________ .

Rome _____________________________ .

Cristina López ____________________________ .

Madrid ____________________________ .

James Cumming ____________________________ .

Sidney ____________________________ .

4) Where are they from? Look at the examples and make questions:

Kumiko > Japanese

Where is Kumiko from? She is from Japan.

Kate and William > German

________________________________________ ? ___________________________ .

Pierre > French

________________________________________ ? ___________________________ .

Xu li > Chinese

________________________________________ ? ___________________________ .

Veronika > Russian

________________________________________ ? ___________________________ .

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ANSWERS
1)

William: Are you Pam?

Sue: No, I’m not.
William: Are you Sharon?
Sue: No, I’m not.
William: Are you Sue?
Sue: Yes, I am.

2)

a. DOCTOR  He is (He’s) a doctor.

b. SINGER  She is (She’s) a singer.
c. BUS DRIVER  He is (He’s) a bus driver.
d. PILOT  He is (He’s) a pilot.
e. TENNIS PLAYER  She is (She’s) a tennis player.

3)

He is Patrick Gallager.
He is from Ireland. He is Irish.

She is Sarah Watson.

She is from United Kingdom. She is English.

He is Piero Neviani.
He is from Italy. He is Italian.

She is Cristina López.

She is from Spain. She is Spanish.

He is James Cumming.
He is from Australia. He is Australian.

4)

Where are Kate and William from? They are (They’re) from Germany.

Where is Pierre from? He is (He’s) from France.

Where is Xu li from? She is (She’s) from China.

Where is Veronika from? She is (She’s) from Russia.

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