This document provides a preview and contents for a slide show presentation on basic sentence patterns using forms of the verb "to be" in English. It includes examples of sentences using noun + is/are + noun to identify things, pronoun + be + noun to identify people and things, contractions with forms of be, negative forms with be, be + adjective to describe things, and be + a place to identify locations. The presentation is intended for use with PowerPoint and contains 88 slides with examples, exercises, and summaries of the key patterns.