3. To Be - Present Tense
• The verb “ to be" is the most important verb to learn
in English. It's also the most complicated one.
• In the present tense it has three forms: am, is, are.
The verb “To be" changes with the subject to am, is,
or are
Formation: Subject pronouns + form of the verb
• Subjects pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, and they.
• "You" is singular or plural.
4. Verb to be ( am / is / are ) - the Present Simple Tense
Singular Plural
I am We are
You are You are
He is
She is They are
It is
5.
6. Exercise
Match the imagine with the appropriate sentence of the form of the verb to be.
I am a
teacher
You are a
student.
2
He is a man. 1 3
She is a
woman.
4
It is an 4
apple. I You
We are I + you = we
people
You are 5
students.
They are 6
workers. 7
7. Chose the correct form of the verb to be.
1. She ________ a student.
2. We _________students.
3. I _______ a worker.
4. John and Mary _______ at home.
5. You _________ a teacher. (singular)
6. You _______ in the classroom. (plural)
7. He _______ a good worker.
8. My family ____ in Mexico. (family=singular)
9. It ________ cold outside.
10. They ________ in the car.
8. Exercises
The verb to be - exercise
Chose the correct form of the verb to be - am/is/are.
• It __________cold today.
• I __________at home now.
• They _________Korean.
• There_________ a pen on the desk.
• My name __________ Nikita.
• We __________from Ukraine.
• That ________right.
• I ________OK, thanks.
• Clara and Steve __________ married.
• She ________an English teacher.
9. Arrange the words in the correct order to make positive
sentences with the verb to be.
1 . twenty-five old. am years I __________________________________________________
2 . We from Venezuela. are _____________________________________________________
3. name and a I'm is Anton My student. ___________________________________________
4. book. is This my ____________________________________________________________
5. day a It's today. nice _________________________________________________________
6. name Paul. brother's is Her ___________________________________________________
7. is engineer. John an _________________________________________________________
8. name My is Johansson. husband's ______________________________________________
9. are class. in students my There twelve__________________________________________
10. at of the is My top new letter. address the ______________________________________