Unit 1: VERB TO BE

Teacher: Ms. Yajaira Lavado

ENGLISH SUBJECT PRONOUNS

Singular Plural
1st person I WE

2nd person YOU YOU

HE
3rd person SHE THEY

IT
Practice 1
Change the subject
noun(s) to subject
pronouns.
 Subject Be

BE I am

you are

he
AM
she is

IS it
we
ARE are
they
 Contractions

In a contraction, an apostrophe (’) replaces a letter.

I am a student.
I’m a student.

Sam is from China.

Sam’s from China.

They are excited.

They’re excited.
 Complete the sentences
Practice 2 with the verb To Be
 Negatives  Not
Subject + Be
Contraction
+ Not

am not I’m not X

are not you’re not you aren’t

he’s not he isn’t

is not she’s not she isn’t

it’s not it isn’t

we’re not we aren’t

are not they’re not they aren’t
 Make negative
Practice 3 contractions for these
sentences.
Example:

He is happy. He’s not happy. He isn’t happy.

Answer 1 Answer 2

1. They are teachers.

2. I am from the U.S.

3.
We are single.
Practice 4
Complete the sentences
with the negative form
of To Be
 Questions
The verb be comes before the subject
in questions.

She is at school .
Is she at school ?

They are young .

Are they young ?
Short Answers
 Practice 5

Complete the questions

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