THE VERB

TO BE
SARAY
 THE VERB TO BE

The Simple Present of the verb

To Be:

am
are
is
THE VERB TO BE
Personal /Subject Pronouns
I
You
He
She
We
They
It
THE VERB TO BE

Personal Pronouns are used

as subjects
I am
You/We/They are
He/She/It is
 THE VERB TO BE
Affirmative
Without Contractions With Contractions
Full Form Short Form
I am I’m (I’m tall)
You are You’re

He is He’s
She is She’s
It is It’s

We are We’re

They are They’re

 THE VERB TO BE
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 He isn’t
She is not She isn’t
It is not It isn’t

We are not We aren’t

They are not They aren’t

 THE VERB TO BE
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 TO BE

Short answers:

• Am I tall?
• Is she tall?
• Are you a student?
• Are they students?
 THE VERB TO BE

Short answers:

• Am I tall? Yes,
you are.
• Is she tall? No, she
isn’t.
• Are you a student? Yes, I
am.
• Are they students? No, they
aren’t.
 THE VERB TO BE
Without Contract Contractions
Full Form Short Form
Am I not..? X

Are you not..(happy)? Aren’t you..?

Is he not...? Isn’t he..?

Is she not..? Isn’t she..?
Is it not..? Isn’t it..?

Are we not..? Aren’t we..?

Are they not..? Aren’t they..?

THE VERB TO BE

USES
 THE VERB TO BE
To say who we are:
• I’m a teacher.
• They are my
• sisters. We are
doctors.
 THE VERB TO BE

To talk about people’s

age:

• My sister is 9 years old.

• How old are you?
 THE VERB TO BE

To talk about the

weather:

• It’s cold today.

• It isn’t raining
today.
 THE VERB TO BE

To talk about the time:

• It’s ten o’clock.

• Am I late?
 THE VERB TO BE

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

Make affirmative sentences

(Roger - 26 years old – postman)

He is a postman
He is twenty six years
old.
His name is Roger
Make a negative sentence (not
teachers)
 THE VERB
TO BE
Ask an affirmative
question
 THE VERB
TO BE
Ask a negative question
 THE VERB TO BE
We use identifiers as subjects
with verb ‘to be’

• This/That is a table.
• These/Those are books.
• Here/There is a pencil.
•
 EXERCISES
• Complete las oraciones con am, is o are.
1. The weather __ very nice today.
2. I __ not tired.
3. My brother and I ___ good tennis player.
4. Ann __ at home but her children __ at scholl.
5. I __ a student. My sister __ an architec.

• Escriba las frases completas utilizando am/is/are.

1. (My shoes very dirty) my shoes are very dirty.
2. (Your cigarettes in your bag) _________________________________.
3. (This restaurant very expensive)_______________________________.
4. (Those flowers very beautiful.__________________________________.
 EXERCISES
• Escriba preguntas usando am/ is / are.

1. Your mother at home. _____________________.

2. This hotel expensive.________________________.
3. The park open today.______________________.

• Escriba preguntas con what / who / how / where / why usando am / is /

are.
1. (What colour your car)_________________.
2. (Where my key)________________________.
3. (How old his father)_____________________.
4. (who your favourite actor)______________.
5. (why Jhon angry with me)_______________.