1. “TO BE”
TO BE (olmak) fiili

2. THE VERB “TO BE” Affirmative Long form Short form I am I’m You are
You’re
He is
He’s
She is
She’s
It is
It’s
We are
We’re
They are
They’re

3. THE VERB “TO BE” Negative Long form Short form I am not I’m not
You are not
You aren’t
He is not
He isn’t
She is not
She isn’t
It is not
It isn’t
We are not
We aren’t
They are not
They aren’t

4. THE VERB “TO BE” Question Am I? Are you? Is he? Is she? Is it? Are we?
Are they?

5. THE VERB “TO BE” I am in Ankara now. My father He It is in eskisehir.
a mechanic.
Beautiful We
You
They
are
students.
a teacher.
big.

6. THE VERB “TO BE” Examples Uses of Be Istanbul is beautiful.
Description
Ankara is the capital of Turkey.
Classification or definition
Izmir is in the West.
Location
We are from Mexico.
Place of origin
I am 25 years old.
Age
It is hot in Puerto Rico.
Weather
It is 6 o’clock.
Time

7. “BE” WITH DESCRIPTIONS
Subject Be (Very) Adjective
Turkey is very big
People are helpful
The weather is nice
I am tired

8. “BE” WITH DEFINITIONS
Singular Subject Be A or An (Adjective) Singular Noun
I am a student
You are a teacher
TURKEY is an interesting city
Plural Subject Be (Adjective) Plural Noun
New York and L.A are big cities
We are foreign students

9. Be WAS, WERE “ P A S T “ Am, is, are “PRESENT” Tekillerde “WAS”
Çoğullarda “WERE” kullanılır.

10. Present (şimdi) – past (geçmiş)
NOW
P a s t
We WERE in the garden
two minutes AGO.
We ARE in the class NOW.

11. Present (şimdi) – past (geçmiş)
1988
NOW
P a s t
I am a teacher NOW.
I WAS a student in 1988.

12. Present (şimdi) – past (geçmiş)
NOW
P a s t
The door WAS open.
The door is closed NOW.

13. Present (şimdi) – past (geçmiş)
NOW
P a s t
We WERE in the garden
two minutes AGO.
We ARE in the class NOW.

14. Present (şimdi) – past (geçmiş)
NOW
Two minutes AGO
P a s t
We ARE in the class NOW.
We WERE in the garden
two minutes AGO.

15. THE VERB “TO BE” A: Are you from England?
B: No, we aren’t. We’re from China.

16. THE VERB “TO BE”
He’s Tom and she’s Helen.
They are friends.