The Gnat & the Bull

A Gnat flew over the meadow with much buzzing for so small a creature and settled on the tip of one of the horns of a Bull. After he had rested a short time, he made ready to fly away. But before he left he begged the Bull's pardon for having used his horn for a resting place.

"You must be very glad to have me go now," he said.

"It's all the same to me," replied the Bull. "I did not even know you were there."

We are often of greater importance in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbor. The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

The Wolf & the Crane

A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. He could get it neither up nor down, and of course he could not eat a thing. Naturally that was an awful state of affairs for a greedy Wolf.

So away he hurried to the Crane. He was sure that she, with her long neck and bill, would easily be able to reach the bone and pull it out.

"I will reward you very handsomely," said the Wolf, "if you pull that bone out for me."

The Crane, as you can imagine, was very uneasy about putting her head in a Wolf's throat. But she was grasping in nature, so she did what the Wolf asked her to do.

When the Wolf felt that the bone was gone, he started to walk away.

"But what about my reward!" called the Crane anxiously.

"What!" snarled the Wolf, whirling around. "Haven't you got it? Isn't it enough that I let you take your head out of my mouth without snapping it off?"

Expect no reward for serving the wicked.

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The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse

A Town Mouse once visited a relative who lived in the country. For lunch the Country Mouse served wheat stalks, roots, and acorns, with a dash of cold water for drink. The Town Mouse ate very sparingly, nibbling a little of this and a little of that, and by her manner making it very plain that she ate the simple food only to be polite.

After the meal the friends had a long talk, or rather the Town Mouse talked about her life in the city while the Country Mouse listened. They then went to bed in a cozy nest in the hedgerow and slept in quiet and comfort until morning. In her sleep the Country Mouse dreamed she was a Town Mouse with all the luxuries and delights of city life that her friend had described for her. So the next day when the Town Mouse asked the Country Mouse to go home with her to the city, she gladly said yes.

When they reached the mansion in which the Town Mouse lived, they found on the table in the dining room the leavings of a very fine banquet. There were sweetmeats and jellies, pastries, delicious cheeses, indeed, the most tempting foods that a Mouse can imagine. But just as the Country Mouse was about to nibble a dainty bit of pastry, she heard a Cat mew loudly and scratch at the door. In great fear the Mice scurried to a hiding place, where they lay quite still for a long time, hardly daring to breathe. When at last they ventured back to the feast, the door opened suddenly and in came the servants to clear the table, followed by the House Dog.

The Country Mouse stopped in the Town Mouse's den only long enough to pick up her carpet bag and umbrella.

"You may have luxuries and dainties that I have not," she said as she hurried away, "but I prefer my plain food and simple life in the country with the peace and security that go with it."

Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.

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Greetings Armand and other friends,

Sot po ju paraqes nje mesim te ri, te cilin ndiqeni me kujdes edhe ne qofte se do te kini pyetje, i diskutojme, kur te mbrini ne mesim diten e djele.

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Foljet besoj se i dini cfare jane! Nese nuk i dini, pyesni mesuesen e gjuhes shqipe t'ju ndihmoje te kuptoni se cfare jane foljet. 

Ne sot do te punojme vetem me nje folje. Folja e zgjedhur per sot eshte folja "to be ". Ne gjuhen tone kjo folje ka kuptimin " te jesh".

Ne gjuhen angleze kjo folje ka disa kuptime, por sot le te mesojme vetem dy kuptime te saj. Kjo folje paraqitet nje here si folje kuptimplote me kuptimin "ekzistoj,jam, gjendem" edhe ne nje rast tjeter sherben si folje ndihmese per te shrehur e ndertuar njesi te caktuara gjuhesore, te cilat do ti shikojme si me poshte. 

Ju uroj nje mbremje te mire.

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1 Be: Present Simple (1) (I am,I’m not) 

( Folja "be" ne kohen e tashme ka tre forma te ndryshme: am;are;is;)

1 Here are some examples of be in the Present Simple: 

( Me poshte kini disa shembuj per te ilustruar foljen "be" ne kohen e tashme )

This is my brother.He’s ten years old. 

I’m a student.These are my books. 

They aren’t at home.They’re at the theatre. 

2 We form the Present Simple of be like this: 

( Zgjedhimi i kesaj folje ne kohen e tashme ne formen deftore eshte si ne tabele:

POSITIVE
	Full form	Short form
Singular	I am	I’m
	You are	You’re
	He/she/it is	He’s/she’s/it’s
Plural	We are	We’re
	You are	You’re
	They are	They’re
NEGATIVE
	Full form	Short form
Singular	I am not	I’m not
	You are not	You aren’t
	He/she/it is not	He/she/it isn’t
Plural	We are not	We aren’t
	You are not	You aren’t
	They are not	They aren’t

3 In speech, we usually use the short forms: 

( Ne gjuhen e folur ne zakonisht perdorim format e shkurtera te perdorimit te kesaj folje)

She’s my sister.   He’s my brother. 

I’m from Italy.      They’re German. 

4 We use be: 

(Ne e perdorim foljen "be" per :

• To say who we are:   

( per te thene se kush jemi )

I’m Steve and this is my friend Bill. We’re from Scotland. 

I’m Janet and these are my sisters. This is Sandra and this is Patricia.  

Sandra and Patricia are doctors. 

   

• To talk about the weather: 
• (per te treguar motin )

It’s cold today. 

It’s a beautiful day. 

It’s usually hot here! 

It isn’t very warm today. 

• To talk about the time:
• ( e perdorim kur duam te flasim per kohen, per oren ) 

It’s ten o’clock. 

It’s half past four. 

You’re late! 

• To talk about places: 
• ( e perdorim kur duam te flasim e te tregojme vende, vendndodhje )

Milan is in the north of Italy. 

John and Mary are in Yorkshire. 

• To talk about people’s ages: 
• (E perdorim per te treguar moshen e njerezve)

My sister is six years old. 

Practice 

( Zgjidhni ushtrimet e meposhteme ) 

1. Maria is from Albania. She is writing about herself and her family. Put full forms of be in the gaps. 
2. I _am______ a student from Albania. 
3. My parents are not      (not) rich. 
4. My father _____________a teacher. 
5. My mother ___________(not) Albanian. 
6. She __________________from America. 
7. I ____________________twenty years old. 
8. My little brother_____________ two. 
9. My older brothers ______________(not) students. 
10. They _____________in the army. 
11. It ________________often very hot in Albania. 

1. Now fill these gaps.This time, use short forms of be, as in the examples. 
2. I’m     a doctor. 
3. I’m not ______(not) a bank manager. 
4. She __________(not) a teacher. 
5. He ______________a student. 
6. They___________ at home. 
7. They ____________ (not) in the park. 
8. It _______________ (not) cold today. 
9. It________________ very hot. 
10.  We ________________ from Paris. 
11. We ___________________ (not) from Bordeaux. 
12. You ___________________( not) twenty-one. 
13. I________________________ twenty-four. 

C . Look at these pictures. These people are saying who they are. Write sentences, choosing the correct jobs from the box, as in the example. 

policeman, an artist, a teacher, a film star, a scientist, a photographer. 

a pop star	a farmer	a bank manager	a  footballer	a dentist	a doctor
a policeman	an artist	a teacher	a film star	a scientist	a photographer

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Names:	Paolo, Federico
Nationality:	Italy
Jobs:	Policeman, footballer

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

1 

Names:	Bjorn, Liv
Nationality:	Sweden
Jobs:	Doctor, film star

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

2 

Names:	Maria, Pedro
Nationality:	Mexico
Jobs:	Teacher, pop star

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

3 

Names:	Jim, Mary
Nationality:	Australia
Jobs:	Bank manager, artist

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

4 

Names:	Tomoko, Akira
Nationality:	Japan
Jobs:	Dentist, photographer

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

5 

Names:	Rajiv, Vikram
Nationality:	India
Jobs:	Scientist, farmer

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

D . Choose words from the box to put in the gaps. 

He’s	She’s	They’re	It’s (x3)
are	Is	We	isn’t

1. My parents live in Scotland They’re  teachers. 
2. New York ________ in England._________ in America. 
3. Paul is from Germany.__________ German. 
4. My sister is a doctor.___________ thirty years old. 
5. ___________six o’clock! ____________ are late. 
6. _______very cold today.Let’s stay at home. 
7. Look at the time!Chris and Mary _____________ late.