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    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 - Contractions
    Contractions of To Be are very frequent when we are speaking.

    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.

    To Be - Negative Sentences
    The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb.

    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 Contractions
    There are two ways of forming contractions of To Be in negative sentences. One is with a
    contraction of the subjectand the verb (e.g. I am = I'm) OR a contraction of
    the verb and not (e.g. are not = aren't)

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

    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

    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
    In spoken English, we usually give short answers in response to questions.

    Are you a student? - Yes, I am (a student). The last part (a student) is not necessary. We
    use shorts answers to avoid repetition, when the meaning is clear.
    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.
    ** With To Be, We don't use contractions in affirmative short answers unless there is
    additional information after it (in which case they are no longer considered short answers).

    Summary Chart
    A) Complete the sentences using the correct form of To Be.

    1. am
    2. isn't
    3. are
    4. aren't
    5. are
    6. is
    7. aren't
    8. am not
    9. are not
    10. is
    B) Answer the questions below using full sentences.

    1. No I am not. I am from Brazil.


    2. No, I'm not. I'm a doctor.

    3. No she isn't. She's from China.


    4. No they aren't, they are intelligent.
    5. No it isn't. It's white.

    C) Make questions and then answer them.

    1. (Man) - Are you a man?


    Yes, I am OR No, I'm not.
    2. (Noisy) - Is downtown noisy?
    Yes, it is.
    3. (Germany) - Is Germany in Asia?
    No, it isn't.
    4. (Shoes) - Are your shoes comfortable?
    Yes, they are.

    5. (Doctor) - Is your friend a doctor?


    No, he isn't.

    6. (Elephant) Is the elephant heavy?


    Yes, it is.

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