Be-Verb-Present-Tense-Form-PowerPoint-Lesson

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• Primary Education

Find the verbs

Which words are the verbs in these sentences?

The cat is ginger.

The children are happy.

I am tired today.

These words (is, are and am) are all different forms of the verb ‘to be’.

The children are happy.

The cat is ginger.

I am tired today.

I

He / She / It

You / We / They

am

is

are

be – verbs am / is / are

You are

You and your mother = You are

I am

We are

They are

He is

She is

It is

You and I

We are

=

More sentences

I am Villy.

She is Belle.

He is Olaf.

It is a dog.

Belle = She

a dog = It

Olaf = He

More sentences

More examples:

Activity 1

I am

I ‘m

He is

He ‘s

She is

She ‘s

It is

It ‘s

You are

You ‘re

We are

We ‘re

They are

They ‘re

Long form Short form

More Practice

1. She ____ a teacher. 7. I ______ a student.

2. He ____ three years old. 8. We _____ friends.

3. They _____ sleeping. 9. You _____ very tall.

4. You _____ singers. 10. It ____ a horse.

5. Moe and Abdul _____ boys.

6. Dogs and cats ______ nice.

is

am

is

are

are

are

are

is

are

are

‘Am’, ‘Is’ or ‘Are’?

What can you say about the singular and plural versions of ‘to be’?

He is

You are

We are

They are

You are

She is

It is

Singular

Plural

Raafat and Zuhair ________

running together.

The dog ________ sleeping

in his bed.

are

is

Can you use the correct present form of ‘to be’ in these sentences?

The ball ___ red.

The girls ____ best friends.

I ___ strong.

is

are

am

write in books

Activity 2

Hi! My name _____ Rita. I ___ eleven years

old and I ____ from the UK. I ____ a student at Newcastle Secondary School. My favourite subjects ______ Geography and Music. My favourite color ___ pink. Helen and Sophie ____ my best friends.

Hi! My name _____ Rita. I ___ eleven years

old and I ____ from the UK. I ____ a student at Newcastle Secondary School. My favourite subjects ______ Geography and Music. My favourite color ___ pink. Helen and Sophie ____ my best friends.

is

am

am

am

are

is

are

Verb to Be (Affirmative)

• She ____ Susan.

  • I ___ twelve.

  • You ___ my friend.

  • It ___ a pencil.

  • They ____ brothers.

  • We ___ twins.

  • He ____ Paul.

  • She ____ from England.

Verb to Be (Affirmative)

• She ____ Susan.

  • I ___ twelve.

  • You ___ my friend.

  • It ___ a pencil.

  • They ____ brothers.

  • We ___ twins.

  • He ____ Paul.

  • She ____ from England.

is

am

are

is

are

are

is

is

https://wordwall.net/resource/22130807/english/verb-to-be

Quiz

‘Am’, ‘Is’ or ‘Are’ Quiz

1. She is sleeping.

Which sentence uses the present form of ‘to be’ correctly?

1. They is boring.

1. The girls am funny.

1. I are very hungry.

1. She am running
   to school.

1. It are a cold night.

1. He are laughing.

1. They are eating dinner.

Which sentence uses the present form of ‘to be’ correctly?

1. My friend is
   really funny.

1. We is late for school.

1. They is working
   very hard.

1. I is going on holiday
   to Turkey.

Which sentence uses the present form of ‘to be’ correctly?

1. The elephant are big.

1. You is a teacher.

1. The bird is small.

1. Suda am tall.

Which sentence uses the present form of ‘to be’ correctly?

1. She is a nurse.

1. They is students.

1. She are a girl.

1. They am books.

Which sentence uses the present form of ‘to be’ correctly?

1. My mother are in the kitchen.

1. The students are not at school today.

1. Maria’s grandmother am from Brazil.

1. It are Sunday today.

Which sentence uses the present form of ‘to be’ correctly?

1. His pencil are at home.

1. Is you from Hounslow?.

1. They are in the car.

1. She are your friend.

Which sentence uses the present form of ‘to be’ correctly?

I

He / She / It

You / We / They

am not

is not

are not

Negative forms

Add “not” after the be verb to make negative sentences.

I am not

I’m not

He is not

He isn’t

She is not

She isn’t

It is not

It isn’t

You are not

You aren’t

We are not

We aren’t

They are not

They aren’t

Negative forms

Activity 3

Grammar Practice

1. Abdul is a boy. He _____________ a girl.

2. My mother is a teacher. She __________ a doctor.

3. I am Jenny. ____________ Sara.

4. My sister is at home. She __________ at school.

5. It is a lion. It ___________ a cat.

6. You are a student. You __________ a policeman.

7. We are happy. We __________ sad.

8. They are birds. They _________ sheep.

Fill in the blanks with I’m not / isn’t / aren’t .

isn’t

aren’t

I’m not

isn’t

isn’t

isn’t

aren’t

aren’t

Grammar Practice

Negative forms Quiz

1. You isn’t happy.

1. I’m not angry.

1. He aren’t sad.

1. She aren’t a nurse.

1. We isn’t hungry.

1. It aren’t hot.

1. You isn’t teachers.

1. This isn’t my pencil.

1. These aren’t my books.

1. Lily aren’t at home.

1. It aren’t his book.

1. I aren’t twelve.

1. You isn’t happy.

1. I’m not angry.

1. He aren’t sad.

1. She aren’t a nurse.

1. We isn’t brothers.

1. They isn’t in class.

1. I’m isn’t a doctor.

1. My phone isn’t new.

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