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Unit 1

PRESENT TENSE BET

o Be - Affirmative

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ubject To Be Examples

I am - I am from New Zealand.

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ou are - You are Chilean.

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e is - He is twenty years old.

She is - She is a nurse.

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t is - It is a big dog.

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e are - We are intelligent.

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ou are - You are students.

They are - They are married.

To Be - ContractionsI

am - I'm - I'm from New Zealand.

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ou are -You're - You're Chilean.

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e is - He's - He's twenty years old.

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he is - She's - She's a nurse.

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t is - It's - It's a big dog.

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e are - We're - We're intelligent.

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ou are - You're - You're students.

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hey are - They're - They're married.

To Be - Negative SentencesI

am not - I am not from Spain.

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ou are not -You are not Australian.

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e is not - He is not thirty years old.

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he is not - She is not a secretary.

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t is not - It is not a small cat.

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e are not - We are not stupid.

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ou are not - You are not teachers.

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hey are not - They are not single.

To Be - Negative Contractions

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ou're not Australian. OR You aren't Australian.

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e's not thirty years old. OR He isn't thirty years old.

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he's not a secretary. OR She isn't a secretary.

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t's not a small cat. OR It isn't a small cat.

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e're not stupid. OR We aren't stupid.

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ou're not teachers. OR You aren't teachers.

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hey're not single. OR They aren't single.

To Be - QuestionsI

am intelligent. Am I intelligent?

You are a student. Are you a student?

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e is a pilot. Is he a pilot?

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he is from Spain. Is she from Spain?

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t is a big house. Is it a big house?

W

e are ready. Are we ready?

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ou are doctors. Are you doctors?

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hey are rich. Are they rich?

To Be - Short AnswersA

m I intelligent? Yes, you are. No, you aren't.

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re you a student? Yes, I am. No, I am not.

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s he a pilot? Yes, he is. No, he isn't.

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s she from Spain? Yes, she is. No, she isn't.

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s it a big house? Yes, it is. No, it isn't.

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re we ready? Yes, we are. No, we aren't.

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re you doctors? Yes, we are. No, we aren't.

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re they rich? Yes, they are. No, they aren't.

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ADJECTIVES

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imply put adjectives are descriptive words. Adjectives are used to

describe or give information about things, ideas and people: nouns

or pronouns.

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or Example:-

The grey dog barked. (The adjective grey describes the noun "dog".)

The most common question an adjective might answer is "What kind

of ...?”

different types of adjectivesN

umeric: six, one hundred and one etc.

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uantitative: more, all, some, half, more than enough etc.

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ualitative: colour, size, smell etc.

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ossessive: my, his, their, your etc.

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nterrogative: which, whose, what etc.

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emonstrative: this, that, those, these etc.

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Note - The articles a, an, and the are a special kind of adjective called articles, and the

possessives my, our, your, and their are sometimes known as possessive adjectives.

ADJECTIVES EXERCISES

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