This lesson is the most important English lesson because it is one of the basics of English to use a lot both in writing or speaking so we have to explain all his details and conditions in different cases .
First of all, we need to know that ( verb to be ) can come in ( present tense ) to take about names, nationalities , ages, feelings and marital status and also it can come in ( past tense ) to express about feeling or events in the past . In both cases the ( verb to be ) has different shape.
In this lesson we'll recognize it both in affirmation or negative with submit several examples .
Verb to be in present ( Affirmation )
| Am | Is | Are |
| I | He – She - it | We – They - You |
| I am smart in mathematics I am very sad I am 30 years old I am grateful to my friends I am Egyptian |
She is very lucky in her work It is a dangerous animal He is very kind with his children Salma is very clever and intelligent |
We are so beautiful when we love ourselves They are tough on me in this situation You are very friendly I and my friends are cooperative when working on the project |
Negative :
When we want to put ( verb to be ) in negative form, We have to add ( Not ) after The verb for example :
✔ My uncles and I are not always in touch
✔ He is not bad as what she says
✔ I am currently not married
Verb to be in past ( Affirmation )
| Was | Were |
| I- He – She – it | They – You - We |
| He was very weak The skirt was very beautiful I was scared when I saw the cat The singer was awesome when she took the It was very cute When I was young I was playing tennis |
They were worried about their son You were a coward when you were young We were friends at elementary school I and my sister were desperate for my father and my mother You were a mistake with your wife They were married in the past |
Negative :
As is the case in ( present ), We can put the ( verb to be ) in negative form through adding ( not ) after ( Was – Were ) and this will be more evident in the following examples :
✔ They were not honest with me from The beginning
✔ I was not happy at the first school day
Important note :
There are several shortcuts that need identified and can be used when adding the ( Verb to be ) to the sentence :
You are – You're I am – I'm He is – He's
It is not – it isn't We are – We aren't
Question using the ( verb to be )
We can also using verb to be for question but in this case the answer always with ( Yes – No ) for examples :
✔ Are you American ?
Yes, I am American
✔ Is he a famous ?
Yes, he is
✔ Were the boys at the class ?
Yes, they were
✔ Are you a doctor ?
No, I'm teacher
And so we go to the end of our lesson today, And we finished identifying the verb to be in the past and the present and explain how it would be used as a question tool .