ELLLO Beginner English Lesson 1-01 - Be Verbs
Be Verbs
Part 1: Learn the Grammar
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Part 2: Test Your Grammar
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Be Verbs (am, is, are) Simple Present
Point
1: The Be verb has three forms in
the present tense - am, is, are.
- I am a teacher.
- You are a student.
- He is a nice man.
- She is very smart.
Point
2: Use am and am not for the pronoun I.
- I am American.
- I am not tired.
- I'm happy. (am = 'm)
- I'm not sad. (am = 'm)
Point
3: Use are and are
not for the pronoun you.
- You are a student.
- You are not a teacher.
- You're a nice person. (are = 're)
- You're not late. (are not = 're not)
- You aren't late. (are not = aren't)
Point
4: Use is and is
not for the pronoun she.
- She is my friend.
- She is not my sister.
- She's very smart. (is = 's)
- She's not here. (is not = 's not)
- She isn't here. (is not = isn't)
Point
5: Use is and is
not for the pronoun he.
- He is my friend.
- He is not my brother.
- He's very smart. (is = 's)
- He's not here. (is not = 's not)
- He isn't here. (is not = isn't)
Point
6: Use is and is
not for the pronoun it.
- It is cold today.
- It is not warm.
- It's easy. (is = 's)
- It's not hard (is not = 's not)
- It isn't hard. (is not = isn't)
Point
7: Use are and are
not for the pronoun they.
- They are my friends.
- They are not from here.
- They're nice people.(are = 're)
- They're not my shoes. (are not = 're not)
- They aren't my shoes. (are not = aren't)
Point
8: Use are and are
not for the pronoun we.
- We are here.
- We are not late.
- We're good friends. (are = 're)
- We're not busy. (are not = 're not)
- We aren't busy. (are not = aren't)
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Part 3: Hear the Grammar
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