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Complete with the correct verb


I
am
You
are
He
is
She
is
It
is
We
are
You
are
They
are
The verb to be – Short form

The apostrophe


The verb to be – Short form

The apostrophe is a
punctuation mark.
In English is used for
three purposes
The verb to be – Short form

The marking of the omission of one or


more letters (as in the contraction of do
not to don't).
The verb to be – Short form

The marking of possessive case of nouns


(as in the eagle's feathers).
The verb to be – Short form

The marking of plurals of individual


characters (e.g. p's and q's)
The verb to be – Short form

is

am are
The verb to be – Short form

‘s

’m ‘re
The verb to be – Short form

I am It is
You are We are
He is You are
She is They are
The verb to be – Short form

I’m It’s
You’re We’re
He’s You’re
She’s They’re
When to use the verb to be

I’m from Encarnación.


Yo soy de Encarnación.
When to use the verb to be

I’m Japanese.
Yo soy japonesa.
When to use the verb to be

She’s very tall.


Ella es muy alta.
When to use the verb to be

We’re in the classroom.


Nosotros estamos en la
clase.
When to use the verb to be

I’m 47 years old.


Yo tengo 47 años.
When to use the verb to be

Are you at home?


¿Estás en casa?
The negative
The verb to be – Negative form

I am not It is not
You are not We are not
He is not You are not
She is not They are not
Negative short form

I’m not It’s not


You’re not We’re not
He’s not You’re not
She’s not They’re not
Negative short form

I’m not It isn’t


You aren’t We aren’t
He isn’t You aren’t
She isn’t They aren’t
I’m not from Encarnación.
Yo no soy de Encarnación.
She isn’t a doctor.
Ella no es una doctora.
He isn’t from the USA.
Èl no es de EEUU.
Write the short
form of to be (am,
is, are)
He is Mark Lee.

He’s Mark Lee.


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I am a student.

I’m a student.
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He is an artist.

He’s an artist.
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She is a
businesswoman.
She’s a
businesswoman.
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It is a dog.

It’s a dog.
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We are in the English class.

We’re in the English


_________________ class.
You are classmates.

You’re classmates.
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They are very happy.

They’re very happy.


_________________
Re-write the sentences
and use the negative. Use
the short form
I’m Mark Lee.

I’m not Mark Lee.


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I’m a student.

I’m not a student.


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He’s my cousin.

He isn’t my cousin.
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She’s from New York.

_____________________
She isn’t from New York.
It’s an elephant.

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It isn’t an elephant.
We’re Mexican.

We aren’t Mexican.
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You’re my friend.

You aren’t my friend.


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They’re singers.

They aren’t singers.


_____________________

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