1. Grammar Sense 1 Chapter 1:The Simple Present Statements with Be Chapter 2: Questions with Be

2. Chapter 1: Simple Present Statements with Be
Affirmative Statements with Be
Singular
I am an employee.
You are young.
Diego is in college.
He is in college.
Dana is in college.
She is in college.
Apple is a company.
It is a company. 1

3. Affirmative Statements with Be
Plural Dana and I are employees. We are employees. You and Diego are young. You are young. Diego and Dana are in college. They are in college. Apple and DSL are companies. They are companies. 2

4. Subject Pronouns and Contractions with Be
Singular Plural I am I’m We are We’re You are You’re You are You’re He is He’s They are They’re She is She’s It is It’s Subject Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they The verb be has three present tense forms: am, is, are. Note: Yes, I am. Yes, I’m (incorrect) 3

5. Negative Statements with Be
Singular
I am not a game designer.
You are not a game designer.
He is not a game designer.
She is not a game designer.
It is not a new company.
Plural
We are not game designers.
You are not game designers.
They are not game designers.
They are not new companies

6. Negative Contractions with Be
Singular I am not I’m not You are not You’re not/You aren’t He is not He’s not/He isn’t She is not She’s not/She isn’t It is not It’s not/It isn’t Plural We are not We’re not/We aren’t They are not They’re not/They aren’t 5

7. Simple Present Tense with Be
Directions: Complete the verb chart with affirmative and negative sentences using simple present tense be.
Subject/Subject Pronoun
Simple Present BE
Noun
Adjective
Location
Rest of Sentence
She is
a nurse
at school.
Melissa
a hardworking student
at NPHS. I am
sick
today.
Melvin and Jose
are
in the library
right now.
They
on the soccer field
with their friends. We
hungry.

8. Chapter 2: Questions with Be
YES/NO QUESTIONS with BE
Am I late? Yes, you are./No, you’re not./No, you aren’t.
Are you late? Yes, I am./No, I’m not.
Is he late? Yes, he is./No, he’s not./No, he isn’t.
Is she late? Yes, she is./No, she’s not./No, she isn’t.
Is it late? Yes, it is./No, it’s not./No, it isn’t.
Are we late? Yes, you are/No, you’re not./No, you aren’t.
Are they late? Yes, they are./No, they’re not./No, they
aren’t

9. Inversion from Statement to Question: I. am. hungry. (I’m hungry
Inversion from Statement to Question: I am hungry. (I’m hungry.) Are you hungry?
I am (I’m)...
I...? Am

10. Information Questions with Be
Where am I? You’re on the 2nd floor. How are you? I’m fine thanks. Who is he? He’s my roommate. Who is she? She’s my sister. When is it? It’s at noon. Where are we? You’re on Main Street. Where are you? We’re on campus. What are they? They’re shoes. 9

11. Inversion from Statement to Question: Why are you hungry?
you are
…are
you… ?

12. Simple Present Tense with Be Directions: Complete the verb chart with yes/no and information questions using simple present tense be.
Simple Present Be
Subject
Subject Pronoun
Noun
Adjective
Location
Rest of Sentence Is he
an engineer
at Compugames?
Andres
a student
at NPHS? Am I
tired
today?
Are
Javier and Orlando
in the cafeteria
right now?
the POE students
sad
your parents
bankers
at Wells Fargo Bank? 1.