Preview1-1 Singular Pronouns + Be1-2 Plural Pronouns + Be1-3 Singular Nouns + Be1-4 Plural Nouns + Be1-5 Contractions with Be1-6 Negative with Be1-7 Be + Adjective1-8 Be + a Place1-9 Summary: Basic Sentence Patterns with Be

CONTENTS

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First Name Country

My name is Akela.

CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW

What’s your

name?

Akela

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First Name Country

CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW

Kenya

What country are you from?

Akela

I’m from Kenya.

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First Name Country

Nick

CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW

What’s your

name?

KenyaAkela

My name is

Nick.

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CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW

Greece

What country are you from?

I’m from Greece.

First Name Country KenyaAkela

Nick

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I am a teacher.

1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

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SINGULAR

(a) I am a teacher.

1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN

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SINGULAR

(a) I am a teacher.

(b) You are a teacher.

1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN

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SINGULAR

(a) I am a teacher.

(b) You are a teacher.

(c) She is a teacher.

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN

1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

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SINGULAR

(a) I am a teacher.

(b) You are a teacher.

(c) She is a teacher.

(d) He is a teacher.

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN

1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

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SINGULAR

(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.

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN

1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

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SINGULAR

(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.

PLURAL

(f) We are teachers.

(g) You are teachers.

(h) They are teachers.

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN

1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

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SINGULAR

I am a teacher.

You are a teacher.

She is a teacher.

He is a teacher.

It is a school.

PLURAL

We are teachers.

You are teachers.

They are teachers.

1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

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SINGULAR

I am a teacher.

You are a teacher.

She is a teacher.

He is a teacher.

It is a school.

PLURAL

We are teachers.

You are teachers.

They are teachers.

1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

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SINGULAR

I am a teacher.

You are a teacher.

She is a teacher.

He is a teacher.

It is a school.

PLURAL

We are teachers.

You are teachers.

They are teachers.

1-1 SINGULAR PRONOUNS + BE1-2 PLURAL PRONOUNS + BE

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SINGULAR

I .You ________ .

She _______ .

PLURAL

We _______ .

You _______ .

They _______ .

am a girl

are a girl

is a girl

are girls

are girls

are girls

1-1, 1-2, Let’s Practice

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Canada is a country.

1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

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(a) Canada is a country.(a) Canada is a country.

Canada = a singular noun is = a singular verb country = a singular noun

NOUN + IS + NOUN

1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

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(b) Sydney is a city.(b) Sydney is a city.

1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

A is an article. A singular nouns

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Brazil is a country.

Peru is a country.

Santiago is a city. *

1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

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1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

(c) A butterfly is an insect.

AAn

same meaning

a and an are articles

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1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

a chaira womana schoola liona beda man

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1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

a chair

a woman

a school

a lion

a bed

a man

A in front of consonants

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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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an elevator

1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

an egg

an avocado

an elephant

an oven

an ear

An in front of vowels

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An apple is a fruit.

A bear is an animal.

A rose is a flower.

1-3 SINGULAR NOUNS + BE

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1. __ school is ___ building.

2. ___ horse is ___ animal.

3. ___ ant is ___ insect.

4. Soccer is ___ sport.

1-3 Let’s Practice

A a

anA

An an

a

a an

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Colombia is a ______.

Argentina is a ______.

Sao Paulo is a ___.

1-3 Let’s Practice

country

country

city

*Sao Paulo

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A printer is a ________.

1-3 Let’s Practice

shapemachinebuilding

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A square is a _______.

1-3 Let’s Practice

shapemachinebuilding

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A house is a ________.

1-3 Let’s Practice

shapemachinebuilding

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A triangle is a _______.

1-3 Let’s Practice

shapemachinebuilding

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Ducks are birds.

1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

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(a) Ducks are birds.(a) Ducks are birds.

1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

Ducks = a plural noun are = a plural verb birds = a plural noun

NOUN + ARE + NOUN

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PLURAL: dogs, animals(b) SINGULAR: a dog, an animal

a and an – only with singular nounsplural nouns end in -s

1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

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(c) SINGULAR: a city, a country PLURAL: cities, countries

cityiesOmit the -y and add -ies

1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

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(c) SINGULAR: a city, a country PLURAL: cities, countries

1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

countryies

Omit the -y and add -ies

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NOUN and NOUN + ARE + NOUN

(d) Italy and Greece are countries. (e) Bees and ants are bugs.

1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

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A school is a building.

Schools are buildings.

singular

plural

1-4 PLURAL NOUNS + BE

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Elephants are animals.

An elephant is an animal.

singular

plural

1-4 Let’s Practice

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A swan is a bird.singular

plural

Swans are birds.

1-4 Let’s Practice

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Carrots are vegetables.

yes no

1-4 Let’s Practice

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Bees is insects.

yes no

1-4 Let’s Practice

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I’m a teacher.

1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

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AM I + am I’m

I’m a teacher.

PRONOUN + BE CONTRACTION

1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

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She’s a girl.It’s a cat.He’s a boy.

she + is she’she + is he’sIS

PRONOUN + BE CONTRACTION

1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

it + is it’s

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You’re students.They’re students.We’re students.

you + are you’rewe + are we’reARE

PRONOUN + BE CONTRACTION

1-5 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

they + are they’re

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My teacher is a woman.

_____ nice.

1-5 Let’s Practice

She’s

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My dog has four puppies.______ cute.

1-5 Let’s Practice

They’re

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_____ friendly.You’reI like you.

1-5 Let’s Practice

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______ students.We’re

I have two sisters.

1-5 Let’s Practice

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I am not a teacher.

1-6 NEGATIVE WITH BE

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(a) I am not a doctor.

(b) You are not a doctor.

(c) She is not a doctor.

(d) He is not a doctor.

I’m notYou’re notYou aren’tHe’s notHe isn’t

She’s notShe isn’t

1-6 NEGATIVE WITH BE

CONTRACTIONS

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They’re notThey aren’tYou’re notYou aren’tIt’s notIt isn’tWe’re notWe aren’t

(e) It is not a city.(f ) We are not doctors.(g) You are not teachers.(h) They are not teachers.

1-6 NEGATIVE WITH BE

CONTRACTIONS

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The women ______ nurses.

They’re doctors

1-6 Let’s Practice

isn’t aren’t

they doctors

aren’t

______________.

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This girl ____ a teacher.

She’s a student

1-6 Let’s Practice

isn’t aren’t

she student

isn’t

______________.

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_________.

1-6 Let’s Practice

isn’t

It’s a cat

This animal _____ a dog.

isn’t aren’t

it cat

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A fire is warm.

1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE

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1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE

Adjectives describe nouns

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

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NOUN + BE + ADJECTIVE

(a) An orange is round.

(b) Oranges are round.

(c) Jane is young.

(d) Ada and Rob are intelligent.

1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE

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PRONOUN + BE + ADJECTIVE

(e) I am happy.

(f ) It is round.

(g) We are young.

1-7 BE + ADJECTIVE

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He’s not clean. He’s ____.dirty

1-7 Let’s Practice

small rich dirty

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Deserts aren’t wet. They’re ___.

dry

1-7 Let’s Practice

sad sweet

dry

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Ice cream __ ____.cold

1-7 Let’s Practice

coldwarmsmallbig

isareis

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A fire __ _____.is warm

1-7 Let’s Practice

cold warm goodbad

isare

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The tree __ ____. The bushes ___ _____.short are

tallshortyoung

old

1-7 Let’s Practice

tallis isare

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Janet is at home.

1-8 BE + A PLACE

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(a) Janet is here.

(b) Bill is at the library.

here = a placeat the library = a place

be place

1-8 BE + A PLACE

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outside.there.downtown.upstairs.downstairs.here.

(c) Janet is

inside

upstairstheredowntowndownstairs

one-word places

1-8 BE + A PLACE

outside

inside.

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Jonas is outside.

1-8 BE + A PLACE

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Luke is upstairs.

1-8 BE + A PLACE

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

1-8 BE + A PLACE

prepositional phrase

preposition + noun =

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Jara is .

1-8 BE + A PLACE

in the pool

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Lia is .

1-8 BE + A PLACE

on the car

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He isdowntown.upstairs.outside.

one word

She is on the car.at school.in the pool.

prepositional phrase

1-8 BE + A PLACE

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onThe plant is ___ the table.

1-8 Let’s Practice

at under above on

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Max is ________. downtown

1-8 Let’s Practice

downtownhere

outside

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atundernext to

on

Beth is ___ school.

1-8 Let’s Practice

at

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The table and chair are _____ the tree. under

1-8 Let’s Practice

atunderabove

on

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An elephant is big.

1-9 SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH BE

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1-9 SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH BE

3 basic completionsSUBJECT + BE +

A PLACE

(c) She is at the gym.(d) I am downstairs.

a noun an

adjective

an expressionof place

ADJECTIVE(b) She is happy.

NOUN(a) I am a teacher.

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An eagle is a bird.

1-9 Let’s Practice

correct?___

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Eggs is healthy. Eggs are healthy.

correct?___no

1-9 Let’s Practice

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China and Japan are countries.

1-8 Let’s Practice

correct?___

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The lion is big.

correct?___

The lion are big.

no

1-8 Let’s Practice

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The boys are at the beach.The boys is at the beach.

no

1-9 Let’s Practice

correct? ___

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