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TO BE : AM, IS, ARE

 To be bermakna adalah, namun kadang tidak dapat


diterjemahkan
 To be merupakan kata kerja (bantu)
 To be merupakan penghubung kata antara subjek dan
jenis kata lainnya seperti adjective, noun dan adverb
 To be juga digunakan dalam tenses (simple present,
progressive, simple past,dll)
 Pada umumnya To be digunakan sebagai kata hubung
antara subjek dan predikat dalam kalimat
TO BE : AM, IS, ARE
SUBJECT TO BE

PRESENT PAST

I AM WAS

YOU ARE WERE

WE/THEY ARE WERE

HE/SHE/IT IS WAS
KATA PENGHUBUNG ANTARA SUBJECT DAN KATA BENDA
(NOUN)

 S + to be + Noun
 He is a football player
 She is an architect
 It is a cat
 They are teachers
 We are students
 You are a pilot
 I am a dancer
KATA PENGHUBUNG ANTARA SUBJECT DENGAN KATA SIFAT
(ADJECTIVE)

 S + to be + Adjective
 He is smart
 She is kind
 The flower is beautiful
 They are funny
 We are happy
 You are sad
KATA PENGHUBUNG ANTARA SUBJECT DENGAN KATA
KETERANGAN (ADVERB)

 S + to be + keterangan waktu/tempat
 She is at the park
 He is at the hospital
 The dinner is at 7 PM
 We are at the restaurant
 They are at the school
 You are in my house
 I am in the class
PENGHUBUNG KATA KERJA YANG MENYATAKAN SEDANG
MELAKUKAN SESUATU ( SIMPLE PROGRESSIVE TENSE)

 S + to be + Ing
 He is watching television
 She is eating pasta
 The rabbit is eating a carrot
 You are reading a book
 They are singing a song
 We are climbing a mountain
 I am studying English
WAS, WERE
 Was: fungsinya seperti penggunaan is namun
digunakan untuk bentuk lampau. Was digunakan
untuk subjek I, She, He, dan It
 Were: fungsinya seperti penggunaan are, namun
digunakan untuk waktu lampau. Were merupakan
to be yang digunakan untuk subjek I, you, we dan
they
Positive Negative interrogative
I am beautiful I am not beautiful Am I beautiful?
She is a nurse She is not a nurse Is she a nurse?
He is handsome He is not handsome Is he handsome?
It is a turtle It is not a turtle Is it a turtle?
They are engineers They are not engineers Are they engineers?
We are happy We are not happy Are we happy?
You are a teacher You are not a teacher Are you a teacher?
 S + is/am/are + Non Verb
 S + Verb1 (s/es)
EXERCISE
1. The old man___wise
2. The sun ___ hot
3. The children ____ eating bananas. They___not eating apples
4. My friend___ buying a new car
5. I ___ at the beach with my family
6. The library ___ open until 9.00 p.m.
7. The books ___ new. They ___ not old
8. Beatrice ___ at her house
9. It ___ hot outside. It___ not cold outside
10. Tommy, Steven and Teddy ____ acting in the school play

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