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Do you see the words in bold? They are called to be.

In Simple Present, there are three kinds of to


be: am, is, are. We use to be if we want to talk about something related to:
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Adjectives (sad, happy, handsome, beautiful, expensive, hot, etc).


Nouns (actor, doctor, nurse, rabbit, chair, etc).
Adverbs of place (at home, at school, in the swimming pool, here, there, etc).

The patterns of the sentences are:


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Positive Sentence (+)


Subject + am/is/are + nouns/adjectives/adverbs of place.
I am a doctor.
He is hungry.
They are at Easy Speak.
Negative Sentence (-)
Subject + am/is/are + not + nouns/adjectives/adverbs of place.
I am not a doctor.
He is not hungry.
They are not at Easy Speak.
Yes/No Question
Am/Is/Are + Subject + nouns/adjectives/adverbs of place? Yes, Subject + to be. / No, Subject
+ to be + not.
Are you a doctor? Yes, I am. / No, I am not.
Is he hungry? Yes, he is. / No, he is not.
Are they at Easy Speak? Yes, they are. / No, they are not.

We use:
am if the subject is I.
is if the subjects are He, She, It or those that can be replaced by he, she, it.
He Names of man (Tom, Jake, Anton, Joko, etc)
My father, His brother, Her husband, That man, A boy, etc
She Names of woman (Anna, Kate, Putri, Tia, etc)
My mother, His sister, Her wife, This girl, A woman, etc.
It Singular thing (chair, this house, the shop, etc)
Singular animal (This dog, My cat, A horse, etc)
are if the subjects are They, We or those that can be replaced by they and we.
They Plural thing or animal (My dogs, Cats, His horses, These chairs, The shops, etc)
Anton and Tia, My parents, His brothers, The men, Those women, These children, etc
We You and I, My father and I, etc (informal situations: You and me, My father and me, etc)
In conversation and informal writing, we use contractions:
Im a doctor. / Im not a doctor.
Hes sad. / Hes not a doctor. / He isnt a doctor.
Theyre at Easy Speak. / Theyre not at Easy Speak. / They arent at Easy Speak.

Simple Present Tense with Verb


See the sentences in bold ? They are called simple present tense with verb. We use this form to deliver
sentences related to :
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Daily/routine activities
Schedule
Regular habits and permanent or long-lasting situations
Fact

To make the sentence, conjugate subjects with verb 1


Subject (She, he, it) + verb 1 (s/es) + .
Subject (I, we, you, they) + verb 1 +
If you want to make negative sentences, just put do not (dont) after I, we, you, they, or does not
(doesnt) after she, he, it.
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She doesnt always practice.


They dont turn off the light every morning.
My cat often doesnt want to come when I call it.

And if you want to make interrogative sentences, just put do or does at the front of the sentence.
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Does she always practice ? Yes, she does


Do they turn off the light every morning ? No, they dont

Now, try to describe your own daily routine using simple present tense with to be.
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