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Setting the context: THE FIRST DAY STEVE: Do you need some help? You seem lost. MIGUEL: Thanks, I am lost! Im looking for the foreign student office. Can you help me? STEVE: Sure, Im going near there. Do you want to come with me? By the way, my names Steve. Whats yours? MIGUEL: Im Miguel STEVE: Where do you come from, Miguel? MIGUEL: I come from Colombia. Im here to study architecture. Are you from here? STEVE: No, Im not from Madison. Im from Canada, from Toron to. I started college in Canada, but Im finishing my degree here. MIGUEL: What are you studying? STEVE: Im majoring engineering. Im taking a lot of computer courses now. Theyre very crowded this semester. MIGUEL: Do you live in a dorm? STEVE: No, I dont Im here with my wife and baby daughter. We have an apartment on the other side of town. Where do you live? MIGUEL: I was in a hotel, but Im moving into Meyer Dormitory this afternoon. STEVE: Theres the foreign student office. Good luck!
THE VERB BE
FORMS Long Forms AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS I am a student. She is at the college. We are in the library. Im here. Shes here. Were in the library. NEGATIVE STATEMENTS I am not a teacher. He is not at the college. They are not in the library. Im not there. He isnt there. They arent in the library.
Contracted Forms
QUESTIONS Yes/No Am I late? Questions and Short Answers Is she at the college? Are they in the library?
POSSIBLE ANSWERS Yes, I am. Yes, you are. No, Im not. No, you arent. Yes, she is. No, she isnt. Yes, they are. No, they arent.
QUESTIONS Yes/No Do I have classes tomorrow? Questions and Short Answers Do I study a lot? Does she have classes tomorrow? Does she study a lot?
POSSIBLE ANSWERS Yes, I do. / No I dont. Yes, you do. / No, you dont. Yes, she does. / No, she doesnt. Yes, she does. / No, she doesnt.