Verb To Be

Verb To Be

Forms

Uses

• 1. With a classification, position (profession), or definition of the subject.
• Examples:
• 1. You are a police officer.
• 2. This dog is a labrador.
• 3. She is my mother.
• 

Uses

• 2. Use the verb to be am, is, are to describe (adjective) someone or something.
• Examples:
• 1. I am tall.
• 2. She is bored.
• 3. The children are excited about the puppy.
• 

Uses

• 3. With a location
• Example: My dog is in the yard.
• 4. With a place of origin
• Example: My grandparents are from France.
• 

Uses

• 5. With age
• Example: I am twenty-two years old.
• 6. With time
• Example: It is ten o'clock now.
• 7. With weather
• Example: It is cold today.
• 

Contractions with Be

• A contraction combines two words. We can make a contraction with Be.
• We put an apostrophe (') in place of the missing letter.
• Contractions
• I am I'm at school.
• You are You're happy.
• She is She's a doctor.
• He is He's from USA.
• It is It's heavy.
• We are We're soccer players.
• They are They're co-wokers.

Verb To Be negative

• To make a negative with be, put "not" after a form of be. The negative contractions are isn't and aren't. There is no contraction for am not.
• Examples:
• They aren't my parents.
• It isn't raining.
• I am not a nurse.
• 

Yes/No Questions with verb To Be

• In a Yes/No question, we put am, is, are before the subject.
• We also answer a Yes/No question with a short answer.
• Examples:
• 1. Is
• the teacher from your native country? Yes, he is.
• 2. Are
• they best friends?
• No, they aren't.

Wh-Questions with verb To Be

• We put am, is, are before the subject and after the wh-word.
• Examples:
• 1. Where are you?
• 2. What is your name?
• Notice the word order in negative wh-questions.
• Examples:
• 1. Why aren't you at work?
• 2. Why isn't my mother happy?