1. PRESENT SIMPLE
VERB TO BE

2. to be – affirmative Subject To Be Examples I am I am from New Zealand.
You
are
You are Chilean. He is
He is twenty years old.
She
She is a nurse. It
It is a big dog. We
We are intelligent.
You are students.
They
They are married.

3. to be – affirmative and contracted
Contraction
Examples
I am
I'm
I'm from New Zealand.
You are
You're
You're Chilean.
He is
He's
He's twenty years old.
She is
She's
She's a nurse.
It is
It's
It's a big dog.
We are
We're
We're intelligent.
You're students.
They are
They're
They're married.
What is a contraction?
We used then in conversation and in informal writing. The apostrophe ( ‘ ) indicates a missing letter.

4. to be – negative Subject To Be Examples I am not I am not from Spain.
You
are not
You are not Australian. He
is not
He is not thirty years old.
She
She is not a secretary. It
It is not a small cat. We
We are not stupid.
You are not teachers.
They
They are not single.

5. to be – negative and contracted
One is with a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I am = I'm) OR a contraction of the verb and not (e.g. are not = aren't)
* Notice that the only possible contraction for I am not is I'm not.
I'm not from Spain.
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You're not Australian. OR
You aren't Australian.
He's not thirty years old.
He isn't thirty years old.
She's not a secretary.
She isn't a secretary.
It's not a small cat.
It isn't a small cat.
We're not stupid.
We aren't stupid.
You're not teachers.
You aren't teachers.
They're not single.
They aren't single.

6. To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.
to be - questions
To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.
Affirmative
You
are
happy.
Subject
Verb
Question
Are
you
happy?

7. to be – questions Affirmative Question I am intelligent.
Am I intelligent?
You are a student.
Are you a student?
He is a pilot.
Is he a pilot?
She is from Spain.
Is she from Spain?
It is a big house.
Is it a big house?
We are ready.
Are we ready?
You are doctors.
Are you doctors?
They are rich.
Are they rich?

8. to be – short answers
We can answer using a long answer or a short answer. We don’t use contractitions in positive short answers.
Question
Short Answers +
Short Answers -
Am I intelligent?
Yes, you are.
No, you aren't.
Are you a student?
Yes, I am.
No, I am not.
Is he a pilot?
Yes, he is.
No, he isn't.
Is she from Spain?
Yes, she is.
No, she isn't.
Is it a big house?
Yes, it is.
No, it isn't.
Are we ready?
Yes, we are.
No, we aren't.
Are you doctors?
Are they rich?
Yes, they are.
No, they aren't.

9. Complete the spaces Completa els espais
LET’S PRACTISE
Complete the spaces
Completa els espais

10. The cat ____ black.
Vicky___ fourteen years old.
My mum ___in the office.
Mary and David ___in London.
She ____ my favourite pop star.
I ___ at school.
We ___sixteen years old.
They ___ students.
Ben ___ my friend.
It ____ two o'clock.

11. The students ____ in Spain.
You ____ in the park.
We____ happy.
She _____in the classroom.
John _____afraid of dogs.
I ______a teacher.
Your keys _____in the bag.
Chris and Mary ______very hungry.
Frank and I _____ from London.
It _____ten o’clock.

12. Choose the correct option Tria la resposta correcta
LET’S PRACTISE
Choose the correct option
Tria la resposta correcta

13. Chile ___ in South America. My brother and I ___ very intelligent.
Where ___ we now? IS AM
ARE
Chile ___ in South America.
ARE IS
AREN’T
My brother and I ___ very intelligent.
ARE IS AM

14. My sister ___ beautiful.
I ___ hungry. IS
AREN’T
ARE
My sister ___ beautiful.
ARE
AM NOT IS
Elephants ___ small.
ARE
ISN’T
AREN’T

15. The sky ___ blue. A diamond ___ cheap. My shoes ___ clean.IS
AREN’T
ARE
A diamond ___ cheap.
ARE
AM NOT IS
My shoes ___ clean.
ARE
ISN’T
AREN’T

16. __ Rob and Angelica married?IS
AREN’T
ARE
___ this exercise difficult?
ARE
AM NOT IS
___ your father nice?
ARE
ISN’T IS

17. LET’S PRACTISE
Fill in the gaps (affirmative, negative or interrogative)
Omple els buits (afirmatiu, negatiu o interrogatiu)

18. 1. My teacher's name _______ Aina.
2. I ______ married. My wife is called Jeanette.
3. My favourite colour _______ blue. It's red.
4. My favourite sports _____ tennis and windsurfing. I play tennis every Saturday.
5. My best friend _____ a student. He is a policeman.

19. 6. Peru _____in Asia.
7. _____ you from Britain?
8. _____Sean Connery from Scotland? Yes, he is.
9. How old _____your sisters?
10. My brother _____very happy today because it is his birthday.

20. LET’S PRACTISE Fill in the spaces with the correct form
Omple els buits amb la forma correcta

21. Example: My teacher (be) is nice
Example: My teacher (be) is nice. Example: The cat (be, not) is not hungry.
Thomas (be)__ my little brother. He (be)__nine years old.
Wait! We (be, not) ____ready to go.
Dixie (be)___my favorite aunt. She always cooks me chicken and dumplings.
She (be)___coming to visit soon. I (be)___sleepy. I think I will go to bed soon.
The school (be)___closed. It (be, not)___open.

22. The bus (be)___broken down. It needs to be repaired.
I (be)___lonely. Marcos (be)___lonely too. I think we should become friends!
Billy (be)___good at basketball. He (be)___tall, quick, and athletic.
Jose and I (be)___in the same English class. It (be)__fun!