Using Be
- 2. CONTENTS Preview 1-1 Singular Pronouns + Be 1-2 Plural Pronouns + Be 1-3 Singular Nouns + Be 1-4 Plural Nouns + Be 1-5 Contractions with Be 1-6 Negative with Be 1-7 Be + Adjective 1-8 Be + a Place 1-9 Summary: Basic Sentence Patterns with Be
- 3. 3 My name is Akela. First Name Country CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW What’s your name? Akela
- 4. 4 First Name Country CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW Kenya What country are you from? Akela I’m from Kenya.
- 5. 5 My name is Nick. First Name Country Nick CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW What’s your name? Akela Kenya
- 6. 6 CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW Greece What country are you from? I’m from Greece. First Name Country Akela Kenya Nick
- 7. 7 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE 1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE I am a teacher.
- 8. 8 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE 1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE SINGULAR PRONOUN + BE + NOUN (a) I am a teacher.
- 9. 9 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE 1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE SINGULAR PRONOUN + BE + NOUN (a) I am a teacher. (b) You are a teacher.
- 10. 10 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE 1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE SINGULAR PRONOUN + BE + NOUN (a) I am a teacher. (b) You are a teacher. (c) She is a teacher.
- 11. 11 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE 1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE SINGULAR PRONOUN + BE + NOUN (a) I am a teacher. (b) You are a teacher. (c) She is a teacher. (d) He is a teacher.
- 12. 12 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE 1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE SINGULAR PRONOUN + BE + NOUN (a) I am a teacher. (b) You are a teacher. (c) She is a teacher. (d) He is a teacher. (e) It is a school.
- 13. 13 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE 1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE SINGULAR PRONOUN + BE + NOUN (a) I am a teacher. (b) You are a teacher. (c) She is a teacher. (d) He is a teacher. (e) It is a school. PLURAL (f) We are teachers. (g) You are teachers. (h) They are teachers.
- 14. 14 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE 1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE SINGULAR I am a teacher. You are a teacher. She is a teacher. He is a teacher. It is a school. PLURAL We are teachers. You are teachers. They are teachers.
- 15. 15 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE 1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE SINGULAR I am a teacher. You are a teacher. She is a teacher. He is a teacher. It is a school. PLURAL We are teachers. You are teachers. They are teachers.
- 16. 16 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE 1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE SINGULAR I am a teacher. You are a teacher. She is a teacher. He is a teacher. It is a school. PLURAL We are teachers. You are teachers. They are teachers.
- 17. 17 SINGULAR I . You ________ . She _______ . PLURAL We _______ . You _______ . They _______ . am a girl are a girl is a girl are girls are girls are girls 1-1, 1-2, Let’s Practice
- 18. 18 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE Canada is a country.
- 19. 19 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE NOUN + IS + NOUN (a) Cannaddaa isi s a a c ocuonutrnyt.ry. Canada = a singular noun is = a singular verb country = a singular noun
- 20. 20 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE (b) Sydney is a cciitty.. A is an article. A singular nouns
- 21. 21 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE Brazil is a country. Peru is a country. Santiago is a city. *
- 22. 22 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE (c) A butterfly is an insect. A An same meaning a and an are articles
- 23. 23 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE a chair a woman a school a lion a bed a man
- 24. 24 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE a chair a woman a school a lion a bed a man A in front of consonants
- 25. 25 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE an elevator an egg an avocado an elephant an oven an ear
- 26. 26 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE an elevator an egg an avocado an elephant an oven an ear An in front of vowels
- 27. 27 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE An apple is a fruit. A bear is an animal. A rose is a flower.
- 28. 28 1-3 Let’s Practice 1. __ school is ___ building. A a 2. ___ horse is ___ animal. A an 3. ___ ant is ___ insect. An an 4. Soccer is ___ sport. a a an
- 29. 29 1-3 Let’s Practice Colombia is a ______. country Argentina is a ______. country Sao Paulo is a ___. city * Sao Paulo
- 30. 30 1-3 Let’s Practice building machine shape A printer is a ________.
- 31. 31 1-3 Let’s Practice building machine shape A square is a _______.
- 32. 32 1-3 Let’s Practice building machine shape A house is a ________.
- 33. 33 1-3 Let’s Practice building machine shape A triangle is a _______.
- 34. 34 1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE Ducks are birds.
- 35. 35 1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE NOUN + ARE + NOUN (a) Ducks aarere birdbsir.ds. Ducks = a plural noun are = a plural verb birds = a plural noun
- 36. 36 1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE (b) SINGULAR: a dog, an animal PLURAL: dogs, animals a and an – only with singular nouns plural nouns end in -s
- 37. 37 1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE (c) SINGULAR: a city, a country PLURAL: cities, countries Omit the -y and add -ies cityies
- 38. 38 1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE (c) SINGULAR: a city, a country PLURAL: cities, countries Omit the -y and add -ies countryies
- 39. 39 1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE NOUN and NOUN + ARE + NOUN (d) Italy and Greece are countries. (e) Bees and ants are bugs.
- 40. 40 A school is a building. Schools are buildings. singular plural 1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE
- 41. 41 singular An elephant is an animal. plural Elephants are animals. 1-4 Let’s Practice
- 42. 42 1-4 Let’s Practice singular A swan is a bird. plural Swans are birds.
- 43. 43 1-4 Let’s Practice Carrots are vegetables. yes no
- 44. 44 1-4 Let’s Practice Bees is insects. yes no
- 45. 45 1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE I’m a teacher.
- 46. 1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE PRONOUN + BE CONTRACTION 46 AM I + am I’m I’m a teacher.
- 47. 47 1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE she + is she’s he + is he’s SHIthe’se’s’saaacba got.iyrl.. IS PRONOUN + BE CONTRACTION it + is it’s
- 48. 48 1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE you + are you’re we + are we’re TYWhoeeu’yr’re’reesstsututdudedenentnstst.s. . ARE PRONOUN + BE CONTRACTION they + are they’re
- 49. 49 1-5 Let’s Practice My teacher is a woman. She’s _____ nice.
- 50. 50 My dog has four puppies. ______ cute. 1-5 Let’s Practice They’re
- 51. 51 I like you. Y_o_u_’_re_ friendly. 1-5 Let’s Practice
- 52. 52 I have two sisters. _W__e_’r_e_ students. 1-5 Let’s Practice
- 53. 53 1-6 NEGATIVE WITH BE I am not a teacher.
- 54. 54 1-6 NEGATIVE WITH BE CONTRACTIONS She’s not She isn’t He’s not He isn’t YIo’mu’ rne ontot You aren’t (a) I am not a doctor. (b) You are not a doctor. (c) She is not a doctor. (d) He is not a doctor.
- 55. 55 1-6 NEGATIVE WITH BE CONTRACTIONS They’re You’re We’re It’s not not not not They You We It isn’t aren’t aren’t aren’t (e) It is not a city. (f ) We are not doctors. (g) You are not teachers. (h) They are not teachers.
- 56. 56 1-6 Let’s Practice isn’t aren’t The women ______ nurses. aren’t they doctors They’re doctors ______________.
- 57. 57 1-6 Let’s Practice isn’t aren’t isn’t This girl ____ a teacher. she student She’s a student ______________.
- 58. 58 isn’t aren’t This animal _____ a dog. it cat _________. 1-6 Let’s Practice isn’t It’s a cat
- 59. 59 1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE A fire is warm.
- 60. 60 1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE An elephant is big. A butterfly is small. A ball is round. A fire is warm. Sarah is happy. Adjectives describe nouns
- 61. 61 1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE NOUN + BE + ADJECTIVE (a) An orange is round. (b) Oranges are round. (c) Jane is young. (d) Ada and Rob are intelligent.
- 62. 62 1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE PRONOUN + BE + ADJECTIVE (e) I am happy. (f ) It is round. (g) We are young.
- 63. 63 1-7 Let’s Practice small rich dirty He’s not clean. He’s _d_ir_ty_.
- 64. 64 1-7 Let’s Practice Deserts aren’t wet. They’re _d_ry_. sad sweet dry
- 65. 65 1-7 Let’s Practice Ice cream __ _cold_. cold warm small big is is are
- 66. 66 1-7 Let’s Practice A fire _is_ _w_a_r_m_. cold warm good bad is are
- 67. 67 The tree __ ____. The bushes _a_re_ _s_h_o_rt_. tall short young old 1-7 Let’s Practice is tall is are
- 68. 68 1-8 BE + A PLACE Janet is at home.
- 69. 69 (a) Janet is here. (b) Bill is at the library. here = a place at the library = a place be place 1-8 BE + A PLACE
- 70. 70 (c) Janet is oduthhuopeetwsrsretinead.ts.ieorts.aw.inrs.. one-word places downtown there upstairs inside downstairs 1-8 BE + A PLACE outside inside.
- 71. 71 1-8 BE + A PLACE Jonas is outside.
- 72. 72 1-8 BE + A PLACE Luke is upstairs.
- 73. 73 PREPOSITION + NOUN 1-8 BE + A PLACE (d) Silvia is next to Jenny. prepositional phrase preposition + noun =
- 74. 74 1-8 BE + A PLACE Jara is in the pool .
- 75. 75 1-8 BE + A PLACE Lia is on the car .
- 76. 76 He is downtown. upstairs. outside. one word She is on the car. at school. in the pool. prepositional phrase 1-8 BE + A PLACE
- 77. 77 1-8 Let’s Practice at under above on The plant is _o_n_ the table.
- 78. 78 Max is d_o_w__n_to_w_n. 1-8 Let’s Practice downtown here outside
- 79. 79 at under next to on 1-8 Let’s Practice Beth is ___ at school.
- 80. 80 1-8 Let’s Practice The table and chair are _u_n_d_e_r the tree. at under above on
- 81. 81 1-9 SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH BE An elephant is big.
- 82. 82 1-9 SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH BE SUBJECT + BE + 3 basic completions NOUN (a) I am a teacher. A PLACE (c) She is at the gym. (d) I am downstairs. a noun an adjective an expression of place ADJECTIVE (b) She is happy.
- 83. 83 An eagle is a bird. 1-9 Let’s Practice correct?___
- 84. 84 EEggggss a irse h heeaaltlhthyy. . correct?_n_o_ 1-9 Let’s Practice
- 85. 85 China and Japan are countries. 1-8 Let’s Practice correct?___
- 86. 86 The The lion lion are is big. big. no correct?___ 1-8 Let’s Practice
- 87. 87 TThhee b booyyss a irse a at tt hthee b beeaacchh. . no 1-9 Let’s Practice correct? ___
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