Focus On Grammar 2 (3rd edition)

Chapter 1: Present Tense BE

(to be or not to be; that is the question)

Forms

Singular Plural

First I am We are

Second You are You are

Third He is, She is, it is They are

Contractions

Singular Plural

First I am = I’mNOT for short answers

We are = we’re

Second You are = You’reNOT [your]

You are = You’reNOT [your]

Third He is, She is, it is =He’s, She’s, it’s

NOT [its]

They are = They’reNOT [There]

Chapt. 2: Negatives (NOT)(NOT goes after the BE verb)

Singular Plural

First I am not = I’m not We are not = we’re not

Second You are not = You’re not

OR You aren’t

You are not = You’re not

OR You aren’t

Third He is not, She is not, It is not =He’s not, She’s not , it’s notOR He isn’t, She isn’t, it isn’t

They are not = They’re not

OR They aren’t

Yes/No Questions with BE(Move the BE in front of the Subject)

1st I am a student. Am I a student?

2nd You are a student. ?

3rd She is a student. ?

1st We are students. ?

2nd You are students. ?

3rd They are students. ?

Chapter 3: Past Tense of BE

Singular Plural

First I was a student. We were students.

Second You were a student. You were students.

ThirdHe was a student.She was a student.

It was a movie.They were students.

Yes/No PAST Questions with BE(Move the BE in front of the Subject)

1st I was a student. Was I a student?

2nd You were a student. ?

3rd She was a student. ?

1st We were students. ?

2nd You were students. ?

3rd They were students. ?

Past Negatives (NOT)(NOT goes after the BE verb)

Singular Plural

First I was not = I wasn’t We were not = we’re not

Second You were not = You weren’t You were not = You weren’t

ThirdHe was not = He wasn’t

She was not = She wasn’tIt was not = It wasn’t

They were not = They weren’t

Past Contractions(no past positive contractions)

only contract with NOT

I was a student. I wasn’t a student.

You were a student. You weren’t a student.

She was a student. She wasn’t a student.

We were students. We weren’t students.

You were students. You weren’t students.

They were students. They weren’t students.