Blue Level

Lesson One

Be - Present Tense

Subject + verb

Write in your notebook. Whenever you see a chart like this,

write it out in your notebook by hand

 

Subjects: I, you, he, she, it, we, and they.

"You" is singular or plural.

The verb "be" changes with the subject to am, is, or are.

 

 

I am a teacher
You are a student.
He is a man.
She is a woman.
It is an apple.
We arepeople	I    you I + you = we
You arestudents.
They areworkers.

The verb "be" is the most important verb to learn in English. It's also the most complicated. In the present tense it has three forms: am, is, are. In the past tense, it has two forms: was and were. The verb "be" is also used to make the passive voice.