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Be/ to be/ verb to be (am/is/are)





A. Can you answer these questions..
     What is be?
     What are to be?
     What does to be mean?
     What to be does the subject I take?
     What is the short form of  I am?
     What is the position of the to be in a sentence?
     When do we use the to be?

B. be is to be or verb to be
     to be are am, is, are
     to be means kata kerja bantu
     the subject I takes the to be am
     the short form of I am is I'm
     the position of to be in a sentence is as a predicate
     we use to be in a sentence when there is not a verb

C. Affirmative/Positive sentence            Negative sentence
     I      am   (I'm)                                             I     am   not   (I'm not)

     he            (he's)                                          he             not   (he's not   or   he isn't)
   she     is      (she's)                                      she      is    not   (she's not  or  she isn't)
      it              (it's)                                           it              not   (it's   not   or  it isn't)

     we           (we're)                                      we               not   (we're not   or   we aren't)
    you   are   (you're)                                   you      are    not   (you're not  or   you aren't)
   they           (they're)                                 they               not   (they're not  or   they aren't)
  • I'm hot. Have you got something to drink, please? 
  • Bridgette is 33 years old. Her brother is two years older.
  • My son is very tall. He's a policeman.
  • Fred is afraid of cats.
  • Your keys are on the chair.
  • Bianca and I are good friends.
  • It's ten o'clock now. You're late again.
  • It isn't sunny today but it's very hot. 
  • Those people aren't English. They're Australian.
  • Gladya isn't at home at the moment. She's at school.
  • Harry isn't interested in music. He's interested in languages.
  • I'm not starving but I'm thirsty.

D. Short form
     I'm      is the short form of  I am
     that's   is the short form of that is
     there's is the short form of there is
     here's  is the short form of here is



See also:
be/ to be/ verb to be (questions)

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