“To Be” with Tense
The verb “To
Be” has 3 forms in present continuous tense: Am, Is, Are
Singular Nouns
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Be Verb
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Contracted
Form
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Example
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I
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Am
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I’m
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I’m your friend.
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You
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Are
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You’re
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You’re a good boy.
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He
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Is
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He’s
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He’s honest.
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She
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Is
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She’s
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She’s beautiful.
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It
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Is
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It’s
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It’s marvelous.
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Name (Rahim)
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Is
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Rahim’s
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Rahim’s pen.
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Plural Nouns
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We
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Are
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We’re
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We’re your students.
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You
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Are
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You’re
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You’re all intelligent.
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They
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Are
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They’re
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They’re not that bad.
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1.
QnA:
What
is this? It is a pen.
What´s
that? It´s an ambulance.
What
are these? They
are books.
What
are those? They´re
cars.
Is
this a pen? Yes, it is. It´s a pen.
Is
that a house? Yes,
It is. It´s a house.
Are
these books? Yes,
they are. They´re books.
Are
those cars? Yes,
they are.They´re cars.
Who
is that man? He´s
Mr. Jones, the new instructor.
Who´s
that woman? She´s
Miss Black, the secretary.
Who
are those men? They´re
Bob, Jim and Tom, the students.
Where
is Bob? He´s
at home.
Where´s
the car? It´s
in the garage.
Where´s
the book? It´s
on the desk.
Where
are the cars? They´re in the car park.
Where
are the students? They´re in the lab.
How
are you? I´m
fine, thanks.
How´s
John? He´s
much better, thanks.
How are the
children? They´re very well,
thank you.
# Negative
Formats:
I am not I´m not
You are not You aren´t You´re not
He is not
He isn´t He´s not
She is not She isn´t She´s not
It is not It
isn´t It´s not
We are not
We aren´t We´re
not
They are not They aren´t They´re not
Is not = isn´t are
not = aren´t
I
am not a pilot. ---------------------------- I´m
not a pilot
They
are not students. They
aren´t students. They´re not students.
He
is not here He isn´t here. He´s
not here.
They
are not there They aren´t there. They´re
not there.
It
is not a train. It
isn´t a train. It´s not a train.
Bob
is not very well He isn´t very well. He´s
not very well.
The students are
not in the lab They aren´t in the
lab. They´re not in the lab.
2.
QnA
with NOT (Isn’t & Aren’t):
Is
this a pen? No,
it isn´t. (It´s not a pen.) It´s a pencil.
Is
that a tank? No,
it isn´t. (It´s not a tank.) It´s a truck.
Are
these books? No, they aren´t. (They´re not
books.) They´re magazines.
Are
those chairs? No, they aren´t. (They´re not
chairs). They´re tables
3. Interrogative:
Am
I? Aren´t
I?
Are
we? Aren´t
we?
Are
you? Aren´t
you?
Are
you? Aren´t
you?
Is
he? Isn´t
he?
Is
she? Isn´t
she?
Are
they? Aren´t
they?
Is
it? Isn´t
it?
Am
I right? Aren´t
I right?
Are
you all right? Aren´t
you tired?
Is
he a captain? Isn´t
she a nurse?
Are
they busy? Aren´t
they happy?
Is
my answer correct? Isn´t this question correct?
Exercises
Use
the correct form of the verb TO BE (am/is/are)
1.
The teacher ______ in the classroom now.
2.
Doctor Smith _____ busy right now.
3.
John and Mary _____ good friends.
4.
The train _____ ten minutes late.
5.
The men ______ tired.
Answer
these questions, as in the example
Is Tom a pilot? Yes, he is. He´s a pilot.
1. Are you in the office? Yes, ____________
_________________________________
2. Is that man Mr. Clark? Yes, ____________
___________________________________
3. Are we ready to go? ________________
_______________________________________
4. Am I a good instructor? ________________
____________________________________
5. Are the students in class? ________________ __________________________________
Answer the questions as in the example:
Are they instructors? (students) No, they are not.
(They aren´t instructors) They ´re students
1. Are the boys angry? (hungry) No, _________________
( _________________________ )
2. Are you thirsty? (hungry) ____________________ (
_________________________ )
3. Is Bob at home? (at work) ____________________ (
_________________________ )
4. Are the children happy? (sad) ____________________ (
_________________________ )
5. Is your brother a doctor? (an engineer) ____________________
( _________________________ )
Ask questions, as in the example below:
The Browns - at home Are the
Browns at home?
1. The manager / in his office
___________________________________________________
2. Peter and John / in class ___________________________________________________
3. The course / interesting
___________________________________________________
4. Your friends / from Canada
___________________________________________________
5. The computer / connected to the Internet
______________________________________________
Ask questions using the WH-words What?, Who?,
Where?, How?, as in the example:
It´s a plane. What´s this? o
What´s that?
1. It´s a knife
_________________________________________________________
2. They´re books _________________________________________________________
3. The cigarettes are in the bag
_________________________________________________________
4. I´m fi ne, thanks
_________________________________________________________
5. The cat´s under the sofa _________________________________________________________
Complete and practice these dialogues with a
partner.
1)
Robert : How do you do? My name ______ Robert Brown.
Jack
: How do you do? My name ______ Jack Richardson. Where ______ you from, Mr.
Brown?
Robert
: I ______ American. I ______ from Appleton, Wisconsin.
Jack
: Oh. That ______ very interesting.
2)
Frank
: Hello. My name ______ Frank. What ______ your name?
John
: My name ______ John. How ______ you?
Frank
: I ______ fi ne, thanks. ______ you a student here?
John
: No, I ______ not. I ______ an instructor.
Frank
: Oh. Pleased to meet you, Sir.
3)
Peter
: Hello, Mike
Michael
: Hello, Peter. Who______ that girl?
Peter
: She ______ Mary. She ______ a new student.
Michael
: Where ______ she from?
Peter
: She ______ from Australia.
Michael
: ______ she single?
Peter
: No, she ______ ______. She ______ married.
Michael
: Oh. That´s bad news.
4)
Jack
: Where ______ you, Jim?
Jim
: I ______ here, in the library.
Jack
: ______ you alone?
Jim
: No, I ______ ______. I ______ with my friend Janet. Come and meet her.
Jim
: This ______ Janet. She ______ my classmate . She ______ from London.
Jack
: Hello, I ______ glad to meet you, Jane. How ______ you?
Janet : I ______
fi ne, Jack. I´m glad to meet you, too.
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