Be verbs
- I am busy now. Please call me
later.
- He was ill last week. So, he
was absent.
- I will be at home next week.
- They were absent yesterday.
- He is on leave today.
- She was employed in Colombo
last year.
- Roshan has been married for
ten years.
- We have been busy since
morning.
- He had been employed there for
five years.
- They will have been busy for
two months since tomorrow.
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Pronoun
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Present
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Past
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Future
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I
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am
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was
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will
be/shall be
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He
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is
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was
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will
be
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She
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is
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was
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will
be
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It
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is
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was
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will
be
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We
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are
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were
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will
be/shall be
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You
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are
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were
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will
be
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They
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are
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were
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will
be
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I
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have
been
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had
been
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will
have been/shall have been
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He
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has
been
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had
been
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will
have been
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She
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has
been
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had
been
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will
have been
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It
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has
been
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had
been
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will
have been
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We
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have
been
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had
been
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will
have been/shall have been
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You
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have
been
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had
been
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will
have been
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Activity
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Present
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Past
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Future
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I
am busy now.
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I
was busy last week.
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I
will be busy tomorrow.
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He
is employed now.
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He
was employed last year.
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He
will be employed next month.
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You
were absent yesterday.
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Ravi
will be at home tomorrow.
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I
was at home last night.
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They
are happy now.
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The
bus will be late.
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1. I
have been busy since morning. Therefore, I am tired now.
2. She
is ill. So, she has been absent for two weeks.
3. She
was ill. Hence, she had been absent for two weeks.
4. Since
tomorrow, I will have been absent for three weeks.
5. Since
tomorrow, I shall have been absent for three weeks.
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Activity
Present
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Past
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Future
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- He
is employed.
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He
was employed.
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He
will be employed.
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- He’s
employed.
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He
was employed.
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He’ll
be employed.
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- He
is not employed.
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He
was not employed.
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He
will not be employed.
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- He’s
not employed.
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He
was not employed.
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He’ll
not be employed.
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- He
isn’t employed.
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He
wasn’t employed.
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He
won’t be employed.
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- Is
he employed?
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Was
he employed?
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Will
he be employed?
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- Is
he not employed? Isn’t he
employed?
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Was
he not employed?
Wasn’t
he employed?
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Will
he not be employed?
Won’t
he be employed?
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Activity
Short
Answers- A
- Are you employed?
Yes,
I am. / Yes, I’m.
No,
I am not. / No, I’m not.
- Is he married?
Yes,
he is. /Yes, he’s.
No,
he is not. /No, he’s not.
No,
he isn’t.
- Was she busy?
Yes,
she was.
No,
she was not. No, she wasn’t.
- Were they happy?
Yes,
they were.
No,
they were not.
No,
they weren’t.
- Will he be at
home next week?
Yes,
he will. /Yes, he’ll.
No,
he will not. /No, he won’t.
- Has he been
busy since last week?
- Yes, he
has. / Yes, he’s.
- No, he has
not. /No, he hasn’t.
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Activity
Short
Answers- B
- He
is late. I am also late. He is late and so am I.
- They
are busy. We are also busy. They are busy and so are we.
- She
was absent last week. They were also absent last week.
- She
was absent last week and so were they.
- He
will be on leave tomorrow. I will also be on leave tomorrow.
- He
will be on leave tomorrow and so will I.
- She
has been absent for two weeks. He has also been absent for three weeks.
- She
has been absent for three weeks and so has he.
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Activity
He is late. I am also late. He is late
and so am I.
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Activity
- The child
--- (be) hungry. He is crying.
- Mala ---
(be) absent last week.
- He --- (be)
at home tomorrow.
- I am a
clerk. I ------------- (be) employed for ten years.
- She is
married. She ------------ (be) married for five years.
- They are
ill. They ----------- (be) absent since last Monday.
- Where
------ (be) you last week?
- Since 2008,
he --- (be) employed in Colombo for two years.
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Tag
questions
- I am late,
am I not?
- I am late,
aren’t I?
- I am not
late, am I?
- He is busy,
isn’t he?
- He is not
busy, is he?
- You are
married, aren’t you?
- You are not
married, are you?
- She was
absent, wasn’t she?
- She wasn’t
absent, was she?
- They were
hungry, weren’t they?
- They
weren’t hungry, were they?
- He will be
on leave, won’t he?
- He won’t be
on leave, will he?
- I shall be
on leave, shan’t I?
- I shan’t be
on leave, shall I?
- You have
been absent for two days, haven’t you?
- You haven’t
been absent for two days, have you?
Activity
1.
Tea is hot, isn’t it? Tea is not hot, is it?
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Question words
What When
Which What time
Who At what
time
Whom How
Whose How many
Where How much
How
far How
long
How
often How
old
- What is your problem?
I
have no money today.
- Which is your pen?
The
red one is mine.
- Who is your manager?
He
is Mr. R.S. Ranaweera.
- Whom are you interested in?
I
am interested in children.
- Whose book is this?
It
is Ravi’s.
- Where are you from?
I
am from Mihintale.
- When are you free?
I
am free after dinner.
- What time are you free?
I
am free after dinner.
- At what time are you free?
I
am free after dinner.
- Why is he sad?
His
father is ill.
- How are you?
I
am fine .Thank you.
- How many students are there in
your class?
There are 40 students in it.
- How much is your bag?
It
is Rs.500/=.
- How far is it to the town from
here?
It
is two kilometers.
- How long have you been employed?
I
have been employed for ten years.
- How often is he absent?
He
is absent once a week?
- How old are you?
I
am 20 years old.
Activity
1. My
brother is Neel.
Who
is your brother?
2. I
am interested in Music.
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Activity
1. I
am busy.
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is--------------------------------------------------------------
3. She
is -------------------------------------------------------------
4. We
are------------------------------------------------------------
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are-----------------------------------------------------------
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are ---------------------------------------------------------
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relaxed/married/unmarried/employed/unemployed/
ready
Activity
14.
He is ------------------- (at home/on
leave/abroad/upstairs/downstairs/in Colombo/in the
office--------------------------------------------------------------
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Activity
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She is employed. She is a
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Activity
honest
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dishonest
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clever
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lazy
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thirsty
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cunning
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tactful
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late
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early
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tasty
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short
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tall
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in
India
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at
the fair
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in
the bathroom
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engineer
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driver
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student
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