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1-1 Singular Pronouns + Be
1-2 Plural Pronouns + Be
1-3 Singular Nouns + Be
1-4 Plural Nouns + Be
1-5 Contractions with Be
1-6 Negative with Be
1-7 Be + Adjective
1-8 Be + a Place
1-9 Summary: Basic Sentence Patterns with Be
CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW

What’s
My
your
name is
name?
Akela.

First Name Country

Akela

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What
I’m from
country
Kenya.
are you
from?

First Name Country

Akela Kenya

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My
What’s
name is
your
Nick.
name?

First Name Country

Akela Kenya
Nick
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I’m from
What
Greece.
country
are you
from?

First Name Country

Akela Kenya
Nick Greece
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1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE
1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

I am a teacher.

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 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE
1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

SINGULAR

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I am a teacher.

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 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE
1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

SINGULAR

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I am a teacher.
(b) You are a teacher.

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 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE
1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

SINGULAR

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I am a teacher.
(b) You are a teacher.
(c) She is a teacher.

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 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE
1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

SINGULAR

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I am a teacher.
(b) You are a teacher.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) He is a teacher.

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 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE
1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

SINGULAR

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I am a teacher.
(b) You are a teacher.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) He is a teacher.
(e) It is a school.

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 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE
1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

SINGULAR PLURAL
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I am a teacher. (f) We are teachers.
(b) You are a teacher. (g) You are teachers.
(c) She is a teacher. (h) They are teachers.
(d) He is a teacher.
(e) It is a school.

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 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE
1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

SINGULAR PLURAL

I am a teacher. We are teachers.

You are a teacher. You are teachers.
She is a teacher. They are teachers.
He is a teacher.
It is a school.

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 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE
1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

SINGULAR PLURAL

I am a teacher. We are teachers.

You are a teacher. You are teachers.
She is a teacher. They are teachers.
He is a teacher.
It is a school.

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 1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE
1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

SINGULAR PLURAL

I am a teacher. We are teachers.

You are a teacher. You are teachers.
She is a teacher. They are teachers.
He is a teacher.
It is a school.

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 1-1, 1-2, Let’s Practice

SINGULAR PLURAL
I am a girl. are girls .
We _______
are a girl .
You ________ are girls .
You _______
is a girl .
She _______ are girls .
They _______

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1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

Canada is a country.

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1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

NOUN + IS + NOUN
(a) Canada
Canada isisa acountry.
country.

Canada = a singular noun

is = a singular verb
country = a singular noun

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(b) Sydney is a city.

A is an article.
A singular nouns

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 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

Brazil is a country.

Peru is a country.

Santiago is a city. *

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(c) A butterfly is an insect.

A same meaning
An
a and an are articles

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 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

a chair
a woman
a school
a lion
a bed
a man
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 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

a chair
a woman
a school A in front of
a lion consonants

a bed
a man
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1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

an elevator
an egg
an avocado
an elephant
an oven
an ear
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 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

an elevator
an egg
an avocado An in front of
vowels
an elephant
an oven
an ear
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 1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

An apple is a fruit.

A bear is an animal.

A rose is a flower.
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 1-3 Let’s Practice

A school is ___
a building. a an
1. __

A horse is ___
2. ___ an animal.

An ant is ___
3. ___ an insect.

a sport.
4. Soccer is ___

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Colombia is a ______.
country

Argentina is a ______.
country
*
Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo is a ___.

city

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1-3 Let’s Practice

building machine shape

A printer is a ________.

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1-3 Let’s Practice

building machine shape

A square is a _______.

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1-3 Let’s Practice

building machine shape

A house is a ________.

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building machine shape

A triangle is a _______.

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1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

Ducks are birds.

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1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

NOUN + ARE + NOUN

(a) Ducks are
arebirds.
birds.

Ducks = a plural noun

are = a plural verb
birds = a plural noun

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(b) SINGULAR: a dog, an animal

PLURAL: dogs, animals

a and an – only with singular nouns

plural nouns end in -s
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 1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

(c) SINGULAR: a city, a country

PLURAL: cities, countries

Omit the -y and add -ies

citiyes

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 1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

(c) SINGULAR: a city, a country

PLURAL: cities, countries

Omit the -y and add -ies

countr iyes

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 1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

NOUN and NOUN + ARE + NOUN

(d) Italy and Greece are countries.

(e) Bees and ants are bugs.

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 1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

plural
Schools are buildings.

singular
A school is a building.

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1-4 Let’s Practice

singular
An elephant is
an animal.

plural
Elephants are
animals.
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 1-4 Let’s Practice

singular
A swan is a bird.

plural

Swans are birds.

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Carrots are vegetables.

yes no

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Bees is insects.

yes no

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1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

I’m a teacher.

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 1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

PRONOUN + BE CONTRACTION

AM I + am I’m

I’m a teacher.

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 1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

PRONOUN + BE CONTRACTION
she + is she’s
IS
he + is he’s
it + is it’s

She’s
It’s aaa
He’s girl..
boy
cat.
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 1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

PRONOUN + BE CONTRACTION
you + are you’re
ARE
we + are we’re
they + are they’re

They’re
You’re students.
.
students.
We’re students
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 1-5 Let’s Practice

My teacher is a woman.

She’s nice.
_____

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1-5 Let’s Practice

My dog has four puppies.

They’re
______ cute.

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1-5 Let’s Practice

I like you.
You’re
_____ friendly.

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I have two sisters.

We’re students.
______

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1-6 NEGATIVE WITH BE

I am not a teacher.

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1-6 NEGATIVE WITH BE

CONTRACTIONS

She’s
He’s
You’re not
not
I’m not
not
She
You isn’t
aren’t
He isn’t
(a) I am not a doctor.
(b) You are not a doctor.
(c) She is not a doctor.
(d) He is not a doctor.
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1-6 NEGATIVE WITH BE

CONTRACTIONS

They’re
You’re
It’s not
We’re not
not
not
We
They
You aren’t
It isn’t
aren’t
aren’t
(e) It is not a city.
(f ) We are not doctors.
(g) You are not teachers.
(h) They are not teachers.
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isn’t aren’t
The women ______
aren’t nurses.

they doctors

They’re doctors
______________.

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isn’t aren’t

isn’t a teacher.
This girl ____

she student

She’s a student
______________.

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isn’t aren’t

This animal _____

isn’t a dog.

it cat

_________.
It’s a cat

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1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE

A fire is warm.

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 1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE

An elephant is big.
A butterfly is small.
A ball is round.
A fire is warm.
Sarah is happy.

Adjectives describe nouns

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 1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE

NOUN + BE + ADJECTIVE
(a) An orange is round.
(b) Oranges are round.
(c) Jane is young.
(d) Ada and Rob are intelligent.

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 1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE

PRONOUN + BE + ADJECTIVE
(e) I am happy.
(f ) It is round.
(g) We are young.

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small rich dirty

He’s not clean.

dirty
He’s ____.

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 1-7 Let’s Practice

Deserts aren’t wet. They’re ___.

dry

sad
sweet
dry

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is cold
Ice cream __is____.
cold are warm
small
big

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is cold
A fire __is_____.
warm are warm
good
bad

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The tree __is____.

tall is tall
The bushes ___ are_____.
short are short
young
old

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1-8 BE + A PLACE

Janet is at home.

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 1-8 BE + A PLACE

(a) Janet is here.

(b) Bill is at the library.

here = a place
at the library = a place
be place

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(c) Janet is upstairs.

inside.
there.
downstairs.
downtown.
outside.
here.

one-word places

downtown there
upstairs downstairs
inside outside
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1-8 BE + A PLACE

Jonas is outside.

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1-8 BE + A PLACE

Luke is upstairs.

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PREPOSITION + NOUN
(d) Silvia is next to Jenny.

prepositional
preposition + noun =
phrase

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 1-8 BE + A PLACE

Jara is in the pool.

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 1-8 BE + A PLACE

Lia is on the car.

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 1-8 BE + A PLACE

downtown.
He is upstairs. one word
outside.

on the car.
prepositional
She is at school.
phrase
in the pool.
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1-8 Let’s Practice

at under above on

The plant is ___

on the table.

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1-8 Let’s Practice

downtown
here
outside

Max is downtown
________.

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at
at school.
Beth is ___ under
next to
on

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 1-8 Let’s Practice

The table and chair are _____

under the tree.

at
under
above
on

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1-9 SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS
WITH BE

An elephant is big.

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 1-9 SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS
WITH BE

SUBJECT + BE + 3 basic completions

NOUN
a noun
(a) I am a teacher.
ADJECTIVE
an
(b) She is happy. adjective
A PLACE
(c) She is at the gym. an expression
(d) I am downstairs. of place

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1-9 Let’s Practice

An eagle is a bird.


correct?___

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1-9 Let’s Practice

Eggsare
Eggs is healthy.
healthy.


no
correct?___

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1-8 Let’s Practice

China and Japan

are countries.


correct?___

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1-8 Let’s Practice

The
Thelion
lionare
is big.
big.


no
correct?___

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The
Theboys
boysare
is atatthe
thebeach.
beach.


correct? ___
no

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