Unit 1 Hi!

The verb “to be” (present simple) “Be” is/are/ am

The verb “to be” (present simple) Affirmitive (Positive) From Japan am I is He She It Are We You They

Short form Full form (I’m) I am (he’s) (she’s) (it’s) He is She is It is (we’re) (you’re) (they’re) We are You are They are

Examples.. I am from Saudi Arabia. Salma is a teacher. Ahmed is a doctor. The book is on the table. We are at the library. You are a student The students are at school. I am a doctor. My father is an engineer. Maha and Noura are sisters. They are sisters I am happy.

The verb “to be” (present simple) Negative From Japan am not (I’m not) I is not (isn’t) He She It are not (aren’t) We You They

The books are on the table. The books aren’t on the table. Negative.. The weather is cold. The weather isn’t cold. The books are on the table. The books aren’t on the table.

Examples….. I am not from Saudi Arabia. Salma isn’t a teacher. Ahmed isn’t a doctor. We aren’t at the library. The book isn’t on the table. The students aren’t at school. I am not a doctor. My father isn’t an engineer. Maha and Noura aren’t sisters. They aren’t sisters. I am not happy.

The verb “to be” (present simple) Interrogative (question) To write a yes/no question using the verb to be (am, is,are) we: Start with am if we use the pronoun I I am from Japan Question: Am I from Japan? Start with is if we use the pronoun she, he, it :- She is from Japan Question: is she from Japan? He is from Japan Question: is he from Japan? it is from Japan Question: is it from Japan?

Start with are if we use the pronoun we,you, they We are from Japan Question: Are they from Japan? You are from Japan Question: Are you from Japan? They are from Japan

Questions The weather is cold Is the weather cold? The books are on the table. Are the books on the table?

She is a teacher Is she a teacher? Question … Yes, she is. No, she isn’t. She is a teacher Is she a teacher? Yes, they are. No, they aren’t. They are at school Are they at school? Yes, I am. No, I’m not I am angry Are you angry?

The Indefinite Article a/an We use the indefinite article a/an before a singular noun which is countable. The form a is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound: a man , a hat , a table , a board The form an is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o,u) an apple , an egg , an island , an onion , an uncle