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Affirmative statements Negative statements

I am Tony. / I´m Tony. I am not Tim. / I´m not Tim.

You are an engineer. / You´re an enineer. You are not an architect. / You´re

not an architect.

He is a teacher. / He´s a teacher. He is not a student. / He´s not a

student .

She is a nurse. / She´s a nurse. She is not a doctor. / She´s not a

doctor.

Contractions

I am I´m

He is He´s

She is She´s

Singular and plural nouns / be: plural statements

Singular nouns Plural nouns

a chef 2 chefs

an athlete 3 athletes

Affirmative statements Negative statements

We are lawyers. / Were lawyers. We are not chefs. /

We´re not chefs

You are flight attendants. / You´re flight attendants You are not pilots. /

You´re not pilots. / You´re not pilots

They are musicians. / they´re musicians. They are not writers. /

They´re not writers.

Contractions

We are We´re

You are You´re

Articles a / an 

a Teacher

an Actor

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They are They´re

Subject pronouns

Singular Plural 

I We

You You

He They

She

BE: Yes / No questions and short answers.

Yes / No questions Short answers

Are you Laura? Yes, I am. / No, I´m not.

Is he a manager? Yes, he is. / No, he´s not.

Is Marie a teacher? Yes, she is. / No, she´s not.

Are you pilots? Yes, we are. / No, we´re not

Are they musicians? Yes, they are. / No, They´re not

Are they Ann and Bob? Yes, they are. / No, they´re not

Be Careful!

Yes, I am. NOT Yes, I’m

Yes, she is. NOT Yes, she´s

Yes, we are. NOT Yes, we´re

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Proper nouns and common nouns 

Proper nouns

The names of people and places are proper nouns. Use a capital letter to begin a

 proper noun.

Irene Linden New York Mexico City

Common nouns

Other nouns are common nouns. Use a lowercase letter to begin a common noun.

doctor architect student man

Possesive adjectives and nouns

Possesive adjectives Possesive nouns

Dr. Jones is my doctor Mr. Smith is Laura´s teacher

Lynne is his student Ms. Gray is Jason´s lawyer

Paul is not their teacher Clark´s manager is Mr. Bello

 John is her student 

She´s john´s teacher 

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Information questions with What

Questions Answers

What´s her last name? Hayek 

What´s her phone number? 57-34-0078 

What´s his first name? George

What´s his e-mail address? Benson@allnet.com

What´s their address? 14 Bolivar Street, Maracaibo,

Venezuela.

What is

What´s

In phone numbers, say Oh for Zer o:

0070 = oh- oh -seven-eight .

In e-mail addresses, say benson at

allnet dot com.

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Questions with Who. 

Use Who to ask about people.

Who is he? He´s my son.

Who´s Sylvia? She´s my wife

Who are they? They´re Maria´s Children.

Who are John and Pat? They’re my brothers

Contraction

Who is Who´s

Be careful!

Who are

NOT . Who are.

Questions With How old

How old is he? He´s nineteen years old.

How old is your sister? She´s twenty 

How old is Kate? Twenty six 

How old are they? He´s thirty-six and she´s twenty-eight 

How old are your grandparents? They´re both 64

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Usage

Use the verb be to give information about the subject of a sentence. The

subject of a sentence can be a noun or a pronoun

The teacher is Chinese We´re Peruvian

Forms

There a three forms of the verb be the present tense: am, are, and is.

I am a student 

You are late

He

She is In the room

It 

Weare married 

They are Canadian