PRESENT

SIMPLE

VERB TO BE

to be – affirmative

Subject To Be Examples

I am I am from New Zealand.

You are You are Chilean.

He is He is twenty years old.

She is She is a nurse.

It is It is a big dog.

We are We are intelligent.

You are You are students.

They are They are married.

to be – affirmative and contracted

To Be Contraction Examples

I am I'm I'm from New Zealand.

You are You're You're Chilean.

He is He's He's twenty years old.

She is She's She's a nurse.

It is It's It's a big dog.

We are We're We're intelligent.

You are You're You're students.

They are They're They're married.

What is a contraction?

We used then in conversation and in informal writing. The apostrophe ( ‘ )

indicates a missing letter.

to be – negative

Subject To Be Examples

I am not I am not from Spain.

You are not You are not Australian.

He is not He is not thirty years

old.

She is not She is not a secretary.

It is not It is not a small cat.

We are not We are not stupid.

You are not You are not teachers.

They are not They are not single.

to be – negative and contracted

✖One is with a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I am =

I'm) OR a contraction of the verb and not (e.g. are not = aren't)

✖* Notice that the only possible contraction for I am not is I'm not.

I'm not from Spain. --- --------------*

You're not Australian. OR You aren't Australian.

He's not thirty years old. OR He isn't thirty years old.

She's not a secretary. OR She isn't a secretary.

It's not a small cat. OR It isn't a small cat.

We're not stupid. OR We aren't stupid.

You're not teachers. OR You aren't teachers.

They're not single. OR They aren't single.

to be - questions

✖To create questions with To Be, you put

the Verb before the Subject.

Affirmative You are happy.

Subject Verb

Question Are you happy?

Verb Subject

to be – questions

Affirmative Question

I am intelligent. Am I intelligent?

You are a student. Are you a student?

He is a pilot. Is he a pilot?

She is from Spain. Is she from Spain?

It is a big house. Is it a big house?

We are ready. Are we ready?

You are doctors. Are you doctors?

They are rich. Are they rich?

to be – short answers

✖We can answer using a long answer or a

short answer. We don’t use contractitions

in positive short answers.

Question Short Answers + Short Answers -

Am I intelligent? Yes, you are. No, you aren't.

Are you a student? Yes, I am. No, I am not.

Is he a pilot? Yes, he is. No, he isn't.

Is she from Spain? Yes, she is. No, she isn't.

Is it a big house? Yes, it is. No, it isn't.

Are we ready? Yes, we are. No, we aren't.

Are you doctors? Yes, we are. No, we aren't.

Are they rich? Yes, they are. No, they aren't.

LET’S PRACTISE Complete the spaces

Completa els espais

✖The cat ____ black.

✖Vicky___ fourteen years old.

✖My mum ___in the office.

✖Mary and David ___in London.

✖She ____ my favourite pop star.

✖I ___ at school.

✖We ___sixteen years old.

✖They ___ students.

✖Ben ___ my friend.

✖It ____ two o'clock.

✖The students ____ in Spain.

✖You ____ in the park.

✖We____ happy.

✖She _____in the classroom.

✖John _____afraid of dogs.

✖I ______a teacher.

✖Your keys _____in the bag.

✖Chris and Mary ______very hungry.

✖Frank and I _____ from London.

✖It _____ten o’clock.

LET’S PRACTISE Choose the correct option

Tria la resposta correcta

Where ___ we now?

✖IS ✖AM ✖ARE

Chile ___ in South America.

✖ARE ✖IS ✖AREN’T

My brother and I ___ very intelligent.

✖ARE ✖IS ✖AM

I ___ hungry.

✖IS ✖AREN’T ✖ARE

My sister ___ beautiful.

✖ARE ✖AM NOT ✖IS

Elephants ___ small.

✖ARE ✖ISN’T ✖AREN’T

The sky ___ blue.

✖IS ✖AREN’T ✖ARE

A diamond ___ cheap.

✖ARE ✖AM NOT ✖IS

My shoes ___ clean.

✖ARE ✖ISN’T ✖AREN’T

__ Rob and Angelica married?

✖IS ✖AREN’T ✖ARE

___ this exercise difficult?

✖ARE ✖AM NOT ✖IS

___ your father nice?

✖ARE ✖ISN’T ✖IS

LET’S PRACTISE Fill in the gaps (affirmative, negative or interrogative)

Omple els buits (afirmatiu, negatiu o interrogatiu)

✖1. My teacher's name _______ Aina.

✖2. I ______ married. My wife is called

Jeanette.

✖3. My favourite colour _______ blue. It's

red.

✖4. My favourite sports _____ tennis and

windsurfing. I play tennis every Saturday.

✖5. My best friend _____ a student. He is a

policeman.

✖6. Peru _____in Asia.

✖7. _____ you from Britain?

✖8. _____Sean Connery from Scotland?

Yes, he is.

✖9. How old _____your sisters?

✖10. My brother _____very happy today

because it is his birthday.

LET’S PRACTISE Fill in the spaces with the correct form

Omple els buits amb la forma correcta

Example: My teacher (be) is nice.

Example: The cat (be, not) is not hungry.

✖ Thomas (be)__ my little brother. He

(be)__nine years old.

✖ Wait! We (be, not) ____ready to go.

✖ Dixie (be)___my favorite aunt. She

always cooks me chicken and

dumplings.

✖ She (be)___coming to visit soon. I

(be)___sleepy. I think I will go to bed

soon.

✖ The school (be)___closed. It (be,

not)___open.

✖The bus (be)___broken down. It needs

to be repaired.

✖I (be)___lonely. Marcos (be)___lonely

too. I think we should become friends!

✖Billy (be)___good at basketball. He

(be)___tall, quick, and athletic.

✖Jose and I (be)___in the same English

class. It (be)__fun!