'Be' in Present

Concepts

'Be' in Present

Affirmative

Negative

Yes/no questions

"Be who you are and say what you feel... because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Bernard Baruch

Question words

Practice

Concepts

"I am Mexican" "He isn't my friend" We can express different concepts with the verb 'be'. Click on these elements to check related vocabulary.

Physical description

Nationalities & origin

Professions

Posession

Colors

Age (numbers)

Feelings & emotions

Family members

Clothes

Colors

Affirmative

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Complement

Be

Subject

tall.

am / 'm

You

You

kind.

are /'re

He / she / it

The kid

Colombian.

is / 's

My brother and his girlfriend

We / you / they

19.

are / 're

First, we have the complete form. Then, we have the contracted forms.

Negative

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Complement

Be

Subject

short.

am not / 'm not

You

You

rude.

are not / aren't / 're not

He / she / it

The kid

Italian.

is not / isn't / 's not

My brother and his girlfriend

We / you / they

20.

are not / aren't / 're not

First, we have the complete form. Then, we have contracted forms.

Yes/no questions

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Subject

Be

Complement

Am

tall?

you

You

Are

kind?

the kid

He / she / it

Is

Colombian?

my brother and his girlfriend

We / you / they

Are

19?

We invert the order of these 2.

Question words

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Subject

Be

Complement

Question word

am

here?

Why

you

are

Where

You

the kid

is

like?

What

He / she / it

your brother and his girlfriend

are

How old

We / you / they

We invert the order of these 2. Sometimes we can use the contraction ('s). For example: What's...?

Identification

E1 Grid

Practice

Affirmative / negative

E2 Affirmative

E3 Affirmative: Professions

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E4 Negative

Questions

E5 Question words

Mixed

E6 Dialogue

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