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D. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the
verb to be.

My family very large.
There seven children
in my family. We a
noisy and happy family. My three sisters
good at sports. They
all on the basketball
team. My three brothers
clever. They always top of
their class. I sporty and
clever, so I very lucky!
My mother a doctor.
She’s very busy. My father’s not a doctor. He
a nurse. My grandfather
sixty years old. He’s a
good cook. Spaghetti is his favourite meal.
It our favourite meal, too.

E. Look at the passage above. Circle the subject pronouns you find.

F. Replace the underlined words with the subject pronouns in the boxes.

he x2 it x2 she x2 they we

1. My TV is broken.
2. Mr Rogers says “Be kind.”

3. Marla is a beautiful girl.
4. I think my dad is great!
5. Fran and Chick are my grandparents.
6. Are you and I in the same football team?
7. Miss Garcia is Spanish.
8. Greek food is really good.

G. Complete the conversation with subject pronouns.
A: How are you?
B: 1 am doing well, thank you. How are you?
A: Great, thanks. Are 2 friends with Lia?

B: Yes, I am.
A: Is 3 from the Netherlands?
B: Yes, 4 is.
A: That’s good. 5 am, too.
B: That’s interesting. 6 and Lia are from the same country!

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