Basics

Let’s first keep this in mind:

How to use the verb ‘to be’

The verb ‘to be’ in the present tense:
Pay Attention: These are ‘Subject Pronouns’
I am …
I
You are …
You
He is …
He
She is … Singular Pronouns
She
It is …
It
We are …
We
You are …
You Plural Pronouns
They are …
They

Examples:
 I am a student.
 She is a student.
 You are a student.
 They are students.
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Mr. Houtate Yassine

Examples:

- I am a student.
- I am not a student.
- Am I a student?
- She is a student.
- She is not a student.
- Is she a student?
- They are students.
- They are not students.
- Are they students?

Articles :

- We use the indefinite article a/an with singular countable nouns.

Examples:

- It is a small school.
- He is a student.

We use an before words that begin with vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

Examples:

- She is an engineer.
- He is an honest man.

Mr. Houtate Yassine

The verb ‘to be’ in the past tense.

I was …

You were …

He was …

She was …

It was …

We were …

You were …

They were …

Examples:

 I was a student in 1990.  You were a student in 1990.

 She was a student in 1990.  They were students in 1990.

Mr. Houtate Yassine

 The verb ‘to be’ in the future tense.
I will be …

You will be …

He will be …

She will be …

It will be …

We will be …

You will be …

They will be …

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I will be … I will not be … Will I be …?
You will be… You will not be … Will you be…?
He will be … He will not be … Will he be…?
She will be… She will not be … Will she be …?
It will be … It will not be … Will it be …?
We will be … We will not be … Will we be …?
You will be … You will not be … Will you be…?
They will be … They will not be … Will they be …?

Examples:
 I will be a student next year.  Will you be my friend?
 She will be a student next year.  She will not be your friend.
 You will be a student next year.  Will they be tomorrow?
 They will be students next year.

Mr. Houtate Yassine