The Verb Be

THE VERB TO BE Shamama

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The Simple Present of the verb To Be:

am are is

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Personal /Subject Pronouns

I You He She We They It

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Personal Pronouns are used as subjects

I am You/We /They are He/She/It is

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Affirmative Without Contractions With Contractions Full Form Short Form I am I’m (I’m tall) You are

You’re

He is She is

He’s She’s

It is

It’s

We are

We’re

They are

They’re

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Negative Without Contractions With Contractions Full Form Short Form I am not I’m not (tall) You are not

You aren’t

He is not She is not It is not

He isn’t She isn’t It isn’t

We are not

We aren’t

They are not

They aren’t

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Affirmative Questions No Contractions with Affirmative Questions Am I ..(a student)? Are you ……….? Is he ………..? Is she ……….? Is it …………? Are we ………? Are they ……….?

THE VERB Short answers: • • • •

Am I tall? Is she tall? Are you a student? Are they students?

TO BE

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Short answers: • Am I tall? are. • Is she tall? isn’t. • Are you a student? • Are they students? aren’t.

Yes, you No, she Yes, I am. No, they

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Negative Questions Without Contractions With Contractions Full Form Short Form Am I not..? X Are you not..(happy)?

Aren’t you..?

Is he not...? Is she not..? Is it not..?

Isn’t he..? Isn’t she..? Isn’t it..?

Are we not..?

Aren’t we..?

Are they not..?

Aren’t they..?

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USES

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To say who we are: • I’m a teacher. • They are my sisters. • We are doctors.

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To talk about people’s age: • My sister is 9 years old. • How old are you?

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To talk about the weather: • It’s cold today. • It isn’t raining today.

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To talk about the time: • It’s ten o’clock. • Am I late?

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To describe people, places and things: • He is funny. • Riyadh is a big city. • It is a wooden table.

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Make affirmative sentences (Roger - 26 years old – postman)

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Make a negative sentence (not teachers)

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Ask an affirmative question

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Give a short answer

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Ask a negative question

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We use identifiers as subjects with verb ‘to be’ • This/That is a table. • These/Those are books. • Here/There is a pencil. •