1-3 Be

I'm from Canada. Where are you from?

Be is the most important verb in English:

Jill and Cam are married.

Chris is not outside.

The door is closed.

I'm not from Russia. I'm from Ukraine.

Positive		Negative
I am I'm	25 years old.	I am not I'm not	25 years old.
You are You're	very nice.	You are not You're not You aren't	very nice.
He is He's	my teacher.	He is not He's not He isn't	my teacher.
She is She's	my friend.	She is not She's not She isn't	my friend.
It is It's	cloudy today.	It is not It's not It isn't	cloudy today.
We are We're	friends.	We are not We're not We aren't	friends.
They are They're	mine.	They are not They're not They aren't	mine.

In Grammar 1-1, we learned that its is a possessive adjective. It's usually means it is:

Look at the cat. Its eyes are blue.

I am from Canada. Its flag is red and white.

This is my new car. It's a Toyota.

My soup isn't very good, and it's cold.

Put am, is, or are before the subject in questions:

The questions above can be answered the following ways:

We can also make questions with be and what, where, why, who, when, how, and whose:

Often, English speakers make contractions with question words and is:

Open the exercise to begin the activity. Follow the instructions in the document.

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