CEIP Ciudad de Mérida 6th grade English

Grammar time
I know this is piece of cake for you, but let's have a look... just in case.

https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/to-be-present-simple

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/tobe/

https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/tobe-present.htm

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/to-be-exercises.html


https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/verb-to-be.htm

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson01/06.html

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/be3.htm

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentSimpleToBe1A.html

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	is	She is a nurse.
It	is	It is a big dog.
We	are	We are intelligent.
You	are	You are students.
They	are	They are married.

To Be - Affirmative contractions  are very frequent when we are speaking.

To Be	Contraction	Examples
I am	I'm	I'm from New Zealand.
You are	You're	You're tall.
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 are	You're	You're students.
They are	They're	They're tired.

To Be - Negative Sentences can be made by adding not after the verb.

Subject	To Be	Examples
I	am not	I am not from Spain.
You	are not	You are not old.
He	is not	He is not ugly.
She	is not	She is not lazy.
It	is not	It is not a small cat.
We	are not	We are not fast.
You	are not	You are not teachers.
They	are not	They are not single.

To Be - Negative Contractions .There are two ways of forming contractions of To Be in negative sentences. One is with a contraction of the subjectand the verb (e.g. I am = I'm) OR a contraction of the verb and not (e.g. are not = aren't)

I'm not from Spain.	---	--------------*
You're not Australian.	OR	You aren't Australian.
He's not thirty years old.	OR	He isn't thirty years old.
She's not a secretary.	OR	She isn't a secretary.
It's not a small cat.	OR	It isn't a small cat.
We're not stupid.	OR	We aren't stupid.
You're not teachers.	OR	You aren't teachers.
They're not single.	OR	They aren't single.

* Notice that the only possible contraction for I am not is I'm not.

To Be - Questions.To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.

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?