READING and WRITING

READING and WRITING

By Claudilene Melendrez

FREE WRITING (review)

It is a way to help you get ideas for your writing. Freewriting is called "free" because you write without thinking about the rules. When you freewrite, you don't worry about grammar, spelling, punctuation, or writing in complete sentences. You just think about your ideas. You don't worry if they are good ideas or bad ideas.

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Simple present of be

You can use the simple present of be to talk about yourself and other people. ​

​SIMPLE PRESENT OF BE

You can use the simple present of be to talk about yourself and other people.

​Be

am

are

is

​are

are

are​

Subject​

I​

You

He. She, It

We

You (plural)

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​}​ a student

}​ students

​• You can use be with nouns.

I am a student.

• You can use be with adjectives.

He is single.

• You can use be + from to talk about where you are from.

I am from Canada.

Reza is from Iran.

My husband and I are from New York.

Note: To make the negative, put not after be

I am not a student. I am a teacher.

He is not single. He is married.

They are not from Iran. They are from New York.

Subject | Subject

​Contraction

the process of becoming smaller.

Subject | Subject

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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SIMPLE PRESENT OF BE​

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​CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

We often use contractions with be. We use contractions in informal writing todescribe ourselves and other people.​

I'm single.

He's interested in Brazilian music.

They're from Canada.

We use contractions with negative sentences, too.

I'm not single.

He isn't interested in Brazilian music.

They aren't from Canada.

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Open Ended

Practice 2