Professional Documents
Culture Documents
To Be
I Am Was
He/She/It Is Was
To Be + Adjective
An adjective is a word that gives us a description about something or someone.
Ex : John is old.
TO BE + ADJECTIVE
Some examples of To be + adjective:
I am tired.
You are nervous.
He is tall.
She is happy.
It is round.
We are cold.
You are hot.
They are angry.
TO BE + NOT + ADJECTIVE
John is old.
What is the opposite of old?
Young.
To make a negative sentence we use TO BE + NOT + ADJECTIVE
John is not young.
I am not tired.
You are not nervous.
Remember you can make a contraction of are not … which becomes aren’t and is not which
becomes isn’t
You are not nervous. OR
you aren’t nervous.
He is not tall.
She is not happy.
It is not round.
We are not cold
You are not hot.
They are not angry.
QUESTIONS – TO BE + ADJECTIVE
We can also make questions with To Be and an adjective.
He is happy. (This is an affirmative sentence)
To make a question we change the order of To Be…
Instead of he is… it becomes Is he….?
Is he happy?
And then you can give a short answer:
Yes, he is. OR No, he isn’t.
Another example:
She is nervous.
To make this a question, it becomes…
Is she nervous?
And then you can give a short answer:
Yes, she is. OR No, she isn’t.
Another example:
They are confused.
To make this a question, it becomes…
Are they confused?
And then you can give a short answer:
Yes, they are. OR No, they aren’t.