Verb To be: 1st part (am/are/is)

Tema: Verb To be: 1st part (am/are/is) Lun Mar 19, 2007 5:48 pm

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Be (am/are/is/)

We can use adjectives, nouns or expressions of place after be.
Use Capital letter. e.g: I'm your mother.
You = singular and plural.
Use he for a man, she for a woman, and it for a thing.
Use they for people and things.
In contractions ' = a missing letter, e.g. 'm = am.
Use contractions in conversation.

Positive sentences: Subject + verb to be + adjective(s)

She is late - She's late
I am hungry - I'm hungry
They are pilots - There're pilots

Negatives: Subject + verb to be + not + adjectives.

She is not late = She isn't late
I am not hungry = I'm not hungry
They are not pilots = They arent's pilots.

Questions : Verb to be + subject + adjectives.

Is she late?
Am I hungry?
Are they pilots?

Remember: flower

Put not after the verb to make negative -
You can also contract are not and is not like this:
- You are not italian = You're not Italian = You aren't Italian.
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In questions, put be before you, he, ect.

We use a special structure with be - there is/ there are - to introduce things: to say that they exist.
Forms: there is/there are + verb to be + adjectives

There is a strange woman at the door - There's a strange woman at the door.

There are many room here - There're many rooms here.

If you need excercises then here find it!

Tema: Re: Verb To be: 1st part (am/are/is) Lun Mar 19, 2007 6:46 pm

Exercises to practice:

Try this small test.

The correct answer. Cross the wrong.I am / are tired

Mary is/are very happy today
Are/is/do you hot?
There is/ it is a new secretary in the office.
Are you/Is you a good time ?

Correct :tick:or not ?

I'm not:tick: / Iman't girl

Yourent / You're not
He's / heis
they're / theyar
were/ we are
I am not / I'mn't
Shes / She's

Note: write this excercises in your notebook.

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