English Course A1.

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Conjugation of
verb to be
Occupations

Singular nouns Plural nouns

• a teacher Articles a/an
• teachers
• an astronaut a teacher • astronauts
• a judge an actor • judges
 Affirmative singular statements Negative singular statements
Subject + verb to be + complement Subject + verb to be + not + complement
Singular statements
• I am not Matt. / I’m not Matt.
• I am John. / I’m John.
• You are not an artist. / You’re not an
• You are an astronaut. / You’re an artist. / You aren’t an artist.
astronaut.
• He is a teacher. / He’s a teacher. • He is not a chef. / He’s not a chef. /
He isn’t a chef.
• She is a pharmacist. / She’s a • She is not a speaker. / She’s not a
pharmacist. speaker. / She isn’t a speaker.
Present with Plural statements

verb to be • We are judges / We’re judges

• We are not plumbers. / We’re not
plumbers. / We aren’t plumbers.
You are musicians / You’re musicians •
You are not miners. / You’re not
• miners. / You aren’t miners.
• They are dancers / They’re dancers
• They are not lawyers./ They’re not
lawyers. / They aren’t lawyers.

Note: You use this structure to talk about personal information

 Yes / no questions Short answer
Verb to be + subject + complement + ? Yes + , + subject + verb to be
No + , + subject + verb to be + not
Are you I am. I’m
Is he an artist? Yes, he No, he’s not.
Short Is Tanya she
is.
she’s

questions you
they
we we’re
Are musicians? Yes, are. No, not.
Ted and they they’re
Jane
 What Asking about a thing
What is it?
When Asking about a time of an event or an
activity
When is the party?
Where Asking about a place
Where is the restaurant?
Who Asking about a person (subject)
Who are they?
Wh question Why Asking about a reason
Why are you?
How Asking about a method or procedure
How are you?

Wh question
Wh question + Verb to be + subject + complement + ?
 Websites
Activities and  https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/verb-to-be.htm

exercises  https://www.grammarbank.com/verb-to-be.html
 https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=
2813
 Apps  Speaky
 Duolingo  British council apps
 Busuu  Reverso context
 Tandem  Word reference

Useful apps
and wesites to
learn and
practice Websittes
 https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-
learners/?rows=12
 http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/interactive_phonemic_chart/
 https://context.reverso.net/traduccion/espanol-ingles/
 https://www.wordreference.com/
Phonemic
chart
Cardinal
Numbers