The Simple Present of To Be

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The Simple Present of To Be
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Nouns plural

• Regular plurals

plural Singular Spelling rule Noun ending
Books, cars A book, a car s Most consonants
Buses Dresses Dishes Watches Boxes A bus A dress A dish A watch A box es After s, ss,sh,ch,x
Babies A baby Drop y, add-ies Consonants y
Boys A boy Add s Vocal y
knives A knife Change to-ves f or fe
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Nouns plural

• Irregular plurals
• Singular a man, a woman, a child, a tooth, a
  mouse, a sheep
• Plural men, women, children, teeth,
  mice, sheep

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Subject pronouns
plural Singular
We I
You You
they He/She/It
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Subject pronounsSimple Present of to be
contractions Pronoun to be
Im a student I am a student
Youre a student You are a student
Hes Ali He is Ali
Shes Aisha She is Aisha
Its a book It is a book
Were students We are students
Youre friends You are friends
Theyre girls (boys) They are girls (boys)
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Negative of to be

• Subject to be (not)
• I am not a teacher. or Im not a teacher.
• You are not a boy. or Youre not a boy.
• He/She/It is not 21. or He/She/Its not 21.
• We/You/They are not teachers. or Youre not
  teachers.

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To be adjective

• Descriptive adjectives
• A lemon is yellow (subject to be adjective)
• They are happy
• Nationality adjectives
• Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian (saudi)
• Singular good woman
• Plural good women

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Possessive adjectives

• Pronouns possessive adjectives
• I my book
• You your house
• He his name
• She her dress
• It its ball
• We our books
• You your houses
• They their names

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Demonstrative adjectives

• Singular this Plural these
• For people and things near to us
• Singular that Plural those
• For people and things that are not near

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Questions with what, where, and who

• Wh-word to be subject?
• What is your name?
• What are these?
• Where is Ahmad?
• Where are you from?
• Who is he?
• Who are they?
• Example
• What is this? This is a pen.
• Whats your name? My name is Laila.
• Wheres Ahmad? Ahmad is in school.
• Whatre these? These are books.

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Prepositions of place

• on

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Prepositions of place

• in

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Prepositions of place

• In front of

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Prepositions of place

• behind

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Prepositions of place

• under

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Prepositions of place

• above

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Prepositions of place

• between

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Prepositions of place

• Next to

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Prepositions of place

• On is also used to say on which floor someone is
• She lives on the second floor
• At is used to talk about something or someone
  which is somewhere, without being very precise
• He is at school