1. Verb To Be
Present Tense

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 – contractions To Be 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.

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 contractions
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.
--- *
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 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
** With To Be, We don't use contractions in affirmative short answers unless there is additional information after it (in which case they are no longer considered 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. Let’s practice
Complete the spaces
Completa los espacios

10. Complete the spaces (affirmative and negative)
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.

11. We ___sixteen years old.
They ___ students.
Ben ___ my friend.
It ____ two o'clock.
The students ____ in Spain.
You ____ in the park.

12. We____ happy She _____in the classroom John _____afraid of dogs I ______a teacher Your keys _____in the bag Chris and Mary ______very hungry

13. Frank and I _____ from London. It _____ten o’clock
Frank and I _____ from London. It _____ten o’clock. He _____interested in football. Your shoes _____clean. The children_____ in the garden.

14. Let’s practice
Choose the correct option
Elije la respuesta correcta

15. Where ___ we now?
1. is
2. am
3. are

16. Chile ___ in South America.
1. aren’t
2. are
3. is

17. My brother and I ___ very intelligent.
1. is
2. am
3. are

18. I ___ hungry.
1. is
2. am
3. have

19. My sister ___ beautiful.
1. aren’t
2. is
3. are

20. Elephants ___ small.
1. aren’t
2. isn’t
3. am not

21. The sky ___ blue.
1. has
2. is
3. are

22. A diamond ___ cheap.
1. isn’t
2. is
3. are

23. My shoes ___ clean.
1. are
2. is
3. am

24. __ Rob and Angelica married?
1. has
2. are
3. is

25. My children ___ afraid of dogs
1. have
2. aren’t
3. isn’t

26. ___ this exercise difficult?
1. do
2. are
3. is

27. It ___ hot in Winter
1. have
2. is
3. isn’t

28. We ___ hungry.
1. have
2. are
3. is

29. I ___ a student.
1. am
2. is
3. are

30. Flowers ___ ugly.
1. has
2. is
3. aren’t

31. The Earth ___ square.
1. isn’t
2. is
3. aren’t

32. ___ your father nice?
1. have
2. are
3. is

33. He ___ twelve years old.
1. has
2. are
3. is

34. Your mother ___ a nurse.
1. am
2. are
3. is

35. Complete the spaces (Affirmative, negative, interrogative)
1. My teacher's name _______Ashling.
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.

36. Complete the spaces (Affirmative, negative, interrogative)
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.

37. Fill in the spaces with the correct form
Example: My teacher (be) is nice. Example: The cat (be, not) is not hungry. 1) Thomas (be)__ my little brother. He (be)__nine years old. 2) Wait! We (be, not) ____ready to go. 3) Dixie (be)___my favorite aunt. She always cooks me chicken and dumplings. She (be)___coming to visit soon. 4) I (be)___sleepy. I think I will go to bed soon.

38. 5) The school (be)___closed. It (be, not)___open
5) The school (be)___closed. It (be, not)___open. 6) The bus (be)___broken down. It needs to be repaired. 7) I (be)___lonely. Marcos (be)___lonely too. I think we should become friends! 8) Billy (be)___good at basketball. He (be)___tall, quick, and athletic. 9) The weather (be)___cold today. I hope it gets warmer soon. 10) Jose and I (be)___in the same English class. It (be)__fun!

39. (Short answers -interrogative)
Verb to be
(Short answers -interrogative)
Choose the correct answer
Elije la respuesta correcta

40. Is he a funny person?
1. Yes, he are.
2. No, he am not.
3. Yes, he is.

41. Are they your children? 1. Yes, your are. 2. No, they isn’t.
3. Yes, they are.

42. Is that a zebra?
1. Yes, it is.
2. Yes, she is.
3. Yes, I am.

43. Are you at the library? 1. Yes, you aren’t. 2. No, you aren’t.
3. No, I’m not.

44. Is Peter from Sweden?
1. Yes, it is.
2. Yes, he is.
3. Yes, I am.

45. Is this your office? 1. No, it isn’t. 2. Yes, they are.
3. No, you isn’t.

46. Are you comfortable?
1. No, you aren’t.
2. Yes, you are.
3. Yes, I am.

47. Are your friends nice? 1. Yes, you are. 2. Yes, she is.
3. Yes, they are.

48. Is Carol thirty years old?
1. No, she isn’t.
2. Yes, she is.
3. Yes, they have.

49. Is it time to leave?
1. Yes, she is.
2. Yes, it are.
3. Yes, it is.

50. Are you married?
1. No, I am not.
2. No you aren’t.
3. No, I single.

51. Are your hands clean? 1. Yes, they are. 2. No, you aren’t.
3. No, they are.

52. Is Germany in Europe?
1. No, they are.
2. Yes, it is.
3. Yes, it am.

53. Is Paulina tired today? 1. Yes, you are. 2. Yes, she is.
3. Yes, she tired.

54. Is Antonio Banderas a famous actor?
1. Yes, you is.
2. Yes, it is.
3. Yes, he is.

55. Are diamonds expensive?
1. Yes, they are.
2. Yes, they is.
3. Yes, it is.

56. Is Paris in England? 1. No, she isn’t. 2. No, they aren’t.
3. No, it isn’t.