Verb to be

Verb to be

Welcome to your first lesson! Today we're learning the verb to be.

How to use the verb to be?

• Use it to talk about existence or location. I am a doctor / I am at the airport.

• Use it to make introductions (name, age, profession, origin).

• Use it to make descriptions. She is beautiful and smart.

Be careful!

• To talk about existence: Pronoun + Verb To Be + Noun. She is a teacher.

• To talk about location: Pronoun + Verb To Be + Noun (Place). I am at home.

• To describe: Pronoun + Verb To Be + Adjective. That house is expensive.

Multiple Choice

If I want to describe, I...

• Put an adjective after the verb to be

• Put an adjective before the verb to be

• Put a noun after the verb to be

• Put a noun before the verb to be

Multiple Choice

How do we use verb to be? Choose the correct answer

• It's only used to talk about existence and location.

• We use it to make descriptions but it's not useful to make introductions.

• It's use to describe and introduce also, to express existence and location.

• None of the above

Conjugation of verb to be

• I am - I am not

• You are - You are not

• She/He/It is - She/He/It is not

• We are - we are not

• They are - they are not

Multiple Choice

What's the conjugation for pronouns 'you, we, they'?

• Is

• Am

• Are

Multiple Choice

What's the conjugation for pronouns 'she, he, it'?

• Am

• Is

• Are

The Formulas

• Affirmative: Pronoun + Verb to be + Noun/Adjective - She is fancy.

• Negative: Pronoun + Verb to be + not + Noun/Adjective - She is not fancy.

• Question: Verb to be + Pronoun + Noun/Adjective + ? - Is she fancy?

The Formulas - Short Answers

• Affirmative: Yes + , + Pronoun + Verb To Be / Yes, she is.

• Negative: No + , + Pronoun + Verb To Be + Not / No, she is not.

Contractions

• I am - I'm

• You are - You're

• She is - She's

• He is - He's

• It is - It's

• We are - We're

• They are - They're

Multiple Choice

What's the contraction for 'I am'?

• I'am

• I ' am

• I'm

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

What's the contraction for 'We are'?

• We're

• We'e

• We'r

• Were