Simple Present Be

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Simple Present Be

• am, is, are

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Using Be verbs The basics

• What is your name?
• My name is Ed.
• Where are you from?
• I am from Japan.
• We are in the classroom.
• Simple present tense be verbs are used
• to state facts.
• Kenia is a female. She is a student.
• Jorge is a male. He is a student.

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Be verbs in English

• Noun Verb Noun
• I am a teacher.
• You are a student.
• John is a doctor.
• Noun Verb Adjective
• Sara is attractive.
• Paul is handsome.
• Amy is tall.
• Noun Verb Preposition
• Naomi is in Mexico.
• Steve is from Canada.
• Ed is under the desk.

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am

• I am from Egypt.
• Am is always used with I.
• Where is Egypt on the map? (p.5)

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using am

• I am a teacher.
• I am Japanese.
• I am a male.
• I am short.
• I am sleepy.
• I am hungry.
• I am thirsty.

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is

• Sally is from Canada.
• Canada is a country.
• Is is singular tense.

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using is in the classroom

• This is a wall.
• This is a pen.
• This is a piece of paper.
• This is a desk.
• This is a chair.
• This is a book.
• This is a notebook.

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Noun is Noun Singular

• Noun is Noun
• Mexico is a country.
• Japan is a country.
• Spanish is a language.
• Japanese is a language.
• A cat is an animal.

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Singular means one.

• Honduras is a country. Dominican Republic is a
  country.
• Guatemala is a country. El Salvador is a country.
• A cat is an animal. A dog is an animal.
• A mouse is an animal. A monkey is an animal.
• Honduras a singular noun
• is a singular verb
• country a singular noun

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Do you know what a mouse is?

• Hello mouse. Mickey Mouse.

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Do you know what a monkey is?

• Hello monkey.

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quick note on articles

• A cat is an animal.
• A is used in front of words that begin
• with consonants b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l,
• m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, y, z.
• An in front of words that begin with
• vowels a, e, i, o, and u. Also x.
• Examples An apple, NOT a apple
• An orange, NOT a orange
• A boy, NOT an boy

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Sentence Practice 1 A or an

1. ___ horse is __ animal.
2. French is __ language.
3. Tokyo is __ city.
4. Australia is __ country.
5. Red is __ color.
6. __ dictionary is __ book.
7. __ hotel is __ building.
8. __ bear is __ animal.
9. __ bee is __ insect.
10. __ ant is __ insect.

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Noun are Noun Plural

• Noun are Noun
• Cats are animals.
• Spanish and English are languages.
• Baseball and soccer are sports.
• Gabriel and Maria are students from
• Mexico.

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are

• They are a family.
• Are is a plural tense verb.

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are

• John and Patty are from Los Angeles.

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are

• The flowers are beautiful!

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are

• You (two or more) are students.
• You are students from Latin America.
• You all are students from Latin America.
• Yall .

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are

• Are is also used in the singular tense when the
  pronoun you is in the subject position.
• You (one person) are from El Salvador.

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Now its your turn to give it a shot!is / are /
am

1. Arabic __ a language.
2. Rome __ a city.
3. Matt __ a student.
4. I __ a movie star.
5. They __ from Mexico.
6. Paris and London __ cities.
7. Soccer __ a sport.
8. Basketball and baseball __ sports.
9. Russian and German __ languages.
10. Dogs and birds __ my favorite pets.