Unit 1 Making friends: Lesson A Getting to know you Present of be (review) Yes-No questions and short answers To ask Yes-No questions, use be + subject (noun / pronoun): Are you from a big family? In affirmative short answers, use Yes + pronoun + full form of be: A Are you from a big family? B Yes, I am. I'm one of six children. In negative short answers, use No + pronoun + contraction of be + not: B No, I'm not. There are only two of us.

Information questions Information questions are questions that start with question words like: What Where Who When How old To ask information questions, you can use Question word + be + subject (noun / pronoun): Where are your parents from? Remember, you can contract is to 's in questions: What's your name? The answer to information questions is not yes or no.

Statements In affirmative statements, use subject (noun / pronoun) + a form of be: A Where are your parents from? B They're from Peru. In negative statements, use subject (noun / pronoun) + a form of be + not: A Where are your parents from? Lima? B No, they're not from Lima. Remember, you can use aren't when are not is difficult to say: My parents aren't from Peru. You can use isn't when 's not is difficult to say: My boss isn't from Peru.

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Unit 1 Making friends - Starting a conversation To start a conversation with a stranger you can: talk about things you can see or hear, like the weather or the place you are in It's cold tonight. There are a lot of people out here tonight. ask general questions Do you come here a lot? say your name By the way, my name's Chris.

Unit 1 Making friends Actually You can use actually in different ways: To give new information A Do you come here a lot? B Yeah, I do, actually. (The new information is "I come here a lot.") To give surprising information Actually, I kind of like cold weather. (The surprising information is "I like cold weather." Most people don't like the cold.) To correct things people say or think A So, you're American? B Well, actually, I'm from Canada.