Present Simple of the verb BE ( Revision Exercises)

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How Pokemon became a global hit

Pokemon X and Y - the sixth generation of the monster-battling video game - is released worldwide on Saturday. Created by Satoshi Tajiri, it was originally pitched as an insect-catching game.

The world of Pokemon was revealed on 27 February 1996 when Pocket Monsters Red and Green launched in Japan. Pocket Monsters spent more than five years in development and was originally called Capsule Monsters.

The world of Pokemon was revealed on 27 February 1996 when Pocket Monsters Red and Green launched in Japan. Pocket Monsters spent more than five years in development and was originally called Capsule Monsters.

Retitled Pokemon for its worldwide release, the game made its way to North America in 1998 and the UK a year later. Nintendo briefly considered scrapping some of the 'cute' Pokemon, fearing Western players wouldn't like them.

Luckily Western audiences adored the cute Pokemon and electric mouse Pikachu swiftly became the poster-boy of the series.

The ability to trade and battle Pokemon with friends via a data cable made the game a best-seller. More than 245 million Pokemon video games have been sold worldwide since 1996.

The video game spawned a hugely successful anime series charting the adventures of Pokemon trainer Ash Ketchum and his trusty Pikachu. It debuted in the US in 1997 and to date more than 800 episodes have been made. The series has been broadcast in 160 countries.

From CBBC  newsround

Malala Yousafzi has been tipped for Nobel Peace Prize

Malala Yousafzai , the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban on her way to school has been tipped to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

If Malala wins the 16-year-old will be the youngest person ever to win the award.

Malala has been nominated for her work to get education for girls in Pakistan.

The education campaigner is among the favourites to win  the award at the event in Sweden.

Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela have won the award in the past.

Malala has been fighting for girls' right to education in Pakistan and all over the world. She's a really brave girl who said in the United Nations meeting that she is not going to give up her dreams though she has received threats from the fundamentalist Talibans what made her family move to London where they live now. 

White lion cubs born in South Korea

So cuuuuuute!

These two rare white lion cubs have been born at a zoo in South Korea.

There's only about three hundred white lion cubs left in the world so it's no surprise they're a big hit with visitors.

The cubs are being raised by the zookeepers for now. They'll be introduced to the rest of the lion family when they're seven months old.

From CBBC newsround