Lesson One

Be - Present Tense

Subject + verb

Write in your notebook. Whenever you see a chart like this,

write it out in your notebook by hand

 

Subjects: I, you, he, she, it, we, and they.

"You" is singular or plural.

The verb "be" changes with the subject to am, is, or are.

 

I am a teacher
You are a student.
He is a man.
She is a woman.
It is an apple.
We are people	I    you I + you = we
You are students.
They are workers.

 

The verb "be" is the most important verb to learn in English. It's also the most complicated. In the present tense it has three forms: am, is, are. In the past tense, it has two forms: was and were. The verb "be" is also used to make the passive voice.

 

Exercises for Blue Level - Lesson 1

 

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