Subject:

ENGLISH

Topic:
VERB TO BE (AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE)

Grade: Week:
1ST 1
 ►Objective:

Students will be able to:

Identify the verb TO BE.
Make sentences using the correct verb TO BE in
affirmative and negative form.
Let’s read THE VERB TO BE

Hello! We are the verb to be!

My name is “Am”.

My name is “Are”. My name is “Is”.

Let’s read
I am

He
We
She is
You are
It
They

We are used after the personal pronoun also called subject!

 VERB TO BE: Affirmative

I AM

He She It IS

ARE

You We They
VERB TO BE: Grammar structure

SUBJECT + VERB TO BE
+ COMPLEMENT.

I am an English teacher.

He is a student.

We are from Peru.

CONTRACTIONS

We can use contractions…

I am I’m We are We’re

You are You’re They are They’re

He’s
He is FOTO
Examples:
She is She’s ✔ I’m a student.
✔ She’s 14 years old.
FOTO ✔ They’re Mexican.

It is It’s
 VERBNegative
TO BE: Negative

I AM NOT

He She It IS NOT

ARE NOT

You We They
VERB TO BE: Grammar structure

SUBJECT + VERB TO BE
+ NOT + COMPLEMENT.

I am not at the mall. I am at home.

The armchair is not red. It is blue.

They are not sad. They are happy.

CONTRACTIONS

We can use contractions…

I am not I’m not We are not We aren’t

You are not You aren’t They are not They aren’t

He isn’t
He is not

Examples:
She is not She isn’t ✔ I’m not a student.
✔ She isn’t 14 years old.
FOTO ✔ They aren’t Mexican.

It is not It isn’t
LET’S PRACTICE

Complete these sentences using the verb to be.

is
1. Cindy _____________ my best friend.

are not
2. Peter and Kate _______________ classmates. Kate is in another classroom.

is
3. Johnny _______________ my older brother.
are
4. You _________________ a good student. You always get 20 in your exams.
are not
5. They _______________ from Mexico. They speak Portuguese.
is
6. It _______________ an apple.
are not
7. Frank and I ______________ siblings. We are cousins.
am not
8. I _______________your math teacher. I teach geography.
is
9. It _______________ a beautiful red dress. You should buy it.
are
10. You ______________ a good doctor.
LET’S PRACTICE

Unscramble these sentences.

I am not a teacher.
1. I / not / a teacher. / am ___________________________

She is my mother.
2. She / my mother. / is ___________________________

The boys are playful.

3. The boys / playful. / are ___________________________

The girl is in the room.

4. The girl / in the room. / is ___________________________

We are not at home.

5. We / not / are / at home. ___________________________
LET’S PRACTICE

Unscramble these sentences.

6. My dad / smart. / is My dad is smart.

___________________________

7. My mother / a housewife. / is My mother is a housewife.

___________________________

8. She / not / my sister. / is She is not my sister.

___________________________

9. The teacher / angry. / is The teacher is angry.

___________________________

10. The dog / in the kennel. / is The dog is in the kennel.

___________________________
LET’S PRACTICE

Complete these sentences using the verb to be.

• am
Hello! I …….………… am
Maria and I …..………… from Madrid in Spain. I …..
………am11 years old and I love music. I’ve got two sisters and one
is
brother. My brother…..………… is
Alberto, he ….………… tall and thin and
he loves computer games. My two sisters ………… are younger than me
am the oldest of my sisters. My sisters
and my brother. I …….………
am very
are 3 and 4 years old. They like playing with dolls. I …….……
……………
funny, I usually go out with my friends Marta and Noelia on
are
Saturdays. They …………..… 11 and 12 years old. My mom loves
cinema, and my dad loves sport and nature. I …….……am very happy!
SUMMARY COPY THIS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!

SUBJECT VERB TO BE COMPLEMENT.

am / ‘m
I am not
He is / ‘s
She is not
It isn’t at home.
you are / ‘re 5 years old.
We are not famous.
in London.
They aren’t