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CONTENTS
Preview
1-1 Noun + is + noun: singular
1-2 Noun + are + noun: plural
1-3 Pronoun + be + noun
1-4 Contractions with be
1-5 Negative with be
1-6 Be + adjective
1-7 Be + a place
1-8 Summary: basic sentence patterns with be
CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW
Whats
your
name?
My
name is
Seema.
First Name
Country
Seema
2
CHAPTER 1:
What
country
are you
from?
Im from
Kenya.
First Name
Country
Seema
Kenya
3
CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW
My
name is
Ali.
Whats
your
name?
First Name
Country
Seema
Kenya
Ali
4
CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW
Im from
Greece.
What
country
are you
from?
First Name
Country
Akela
Kenya
Ali
Greece
5
Canada is a country.
NOUN + IS + NOUN
(a) Canada
Canada isisa acountry.
country.
Canada = a singular noun
is
= a singular verb
country = a singular noun
7
Brazil is a country.
Peru is a country.
Santiago is a city.
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A
An
same meaning
10
a chair
a woman
a school
a lion
a bed
a man
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a chair
a woman
a school
a lion
A in front of
consonants
a bed
a man
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an elevator
an egg
an avocado
an elephant
an oven
an ear
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an elevator
an egg
an avocado
an elephant
An in front of
vowels
an oven
an ear
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An apple is a fruit.
A bear is an animal.
A rose is a flower.
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a an
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Colombia is a country
______.
Argentina is a country
______.
Sao Paulo
building
machine
shape
A printer is a ________.
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building
machine
shape
A square is a _______.
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building
machine
shape
A house is a ________.
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building
machine
shape
A triangle is a _______.
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22
= a plural noun
= a plural verb
= a plural noun
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citiyes
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countr iyes
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are
countries.
are
bugs.
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plural
Schools are buildings.
singular
A school is a building.
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singular
An elephant is
an animal.
plural
Elephants are
animals.
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singular
A swan is a bird.
plural
no
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Bees is insects.
yes
no
32
I am a teacher.
33
SINGULAR
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I
am a teacher.
34
SINGULAR
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I
am a teacher.
35
SINGULAR
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I
am a teacher.
a teacher.
36
SINGULAR
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I
am a teacher.
a teacher.
(d) He
a teacher.
is
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SINGULAR
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I
am a teacher.
a teacher.
(d) He
is
a teacher.
(e) It
is
a school.
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SINGULAR
PLURAL
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I am a teacher.
(f) We
are teachers.
(d) He is a teacher.
(e) It is a school.
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SINGULAR
PLURAL
I am a teacher.
We are teachers.
She is a teacher.
He is a teacher.
It is a school.
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SINGULAR
PLURAL
I am a teacher.
We are teachers.
She is a teacher.
He is a teacher.
It is a school.
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SINGULAR
PLURAL
I am a teacher.
We are teachers.
She is a teacher.
He is a teacher.
It is a school.
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SINGULAR
PLURAL
I am a girl.
We _______
are girls .
are a girl .
You ________
You _______
are girls .
is a girl .
She _______
They _______
are girls .
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Im a teacher.
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PRONOUN + BE
AM
am
CONTRACTION
Im
Im a teacher.
45
PRONOUN + BE
IS
CONTRACTION
she + is
shes
he + is
hes
it
its
+ is
Shes
girl..
Hes
boy
Its aaa
cat.
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PRONOUN + BE
ARE
CONTRACTION
you + are
youre
we + are
were
they + are
theyre
Theyre
students.
Youre
students.
Were students
.
47
My teacher is a woman.
Shes nice.
_____
48
49
I like you.
Youre
_____ friendly.
50
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I am not a teacher.
52
CONTRACTIONS
Shes
not
Youre
not
Hes
not
Im not
You
arent
She
isnt
He isnt
(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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CONTRACTIONS
Were
not
Theyre
Youre
Its not
not
not
We
arent
They
You
It isnt
arent
arent
(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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isnt
arent
doctors
Theyre
doctors
______________.
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isnt
arent
isnt a teacher.
This girl ____
she student
Shes
a student
______________.
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isnt arent
_________.
Its a cat
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1-6 BE + ADJECTIVE
A fire is warm.
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1-6 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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1-6 BE + ADJECTIVE
NOUN
BE + ADJECTIVE
(a) An orange
is
round.
(b) Oranges
are round.
(c) Jane
is
young.
1-6 BE + ADJECTIVE
PRONOUN + BE + ADJECTIVE
(e) I
am
happy.
(f ) It
is
round.
(g) We
are
young.
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small
rich
dirty
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is ____.
cold
Ice cream __
is
are
cold
warm
small
big
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A fire __
is _____.
warm
is
are
cold
warm
good
bad
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is ____.
The tree __
tall
The bushes ___
_____.
are short
is
are
tall
short
young
old
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67
68
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Sad/not happy
70
1-7 BE + A PLACE
Janet is at home.
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1-7 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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1-7 BE + A PLACE
(c) Janet is
upstairs.
there.
inside.
downtown.
downstairs.
outside.
here.
one-word places
downtown
upstairs
there
downstairs
inside
outside
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1-7 BE + A PLACE
Jonas is outside.
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1-7 BE + A PLACE
Luke is upstairs.
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1-7 BE + A PLACE
PREPOSITION + NOUN
(d) Silvia is
next to
Jenny.
prepositional
preposition + noun =
phrase
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1-7 BE + A PLACE
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1-7 BE + A PLACE
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1-7 BE + A PLACE
He is
She is
downtown.
upstairs. one word
outside.
on the car.
prepositional
at school.
phrase
in the pool.
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at
under above on
80
downtown
here
outside
Max is downtown
________.
81
at school.
Beth is ___
at
under
next to
on
82
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An elephant is big.
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SUBJECT + BE +
3 basic completions
NOUN
(a) I
am
a teacher.
ADJECTIVE
(b) She
is
happy.
A PLACE
(c) She
(d) I
is
am
a noun
an
adjective
An eagle is a bird.
correct?___
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Eggsare
is healthy.
Eggs
healthy.
no
correct?___
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correct?___
88
The
Thelion
lionare
is big.
big.
no
correct?___
89
The
Theboys
boysare
is atatthe
thebeach.
beach.
correct? ___
no
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PHOTO CREDITS
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