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.

After the subject, the verb “be” changes 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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Next: Lesson 2
Making the verb “be” negative