noun

NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR

NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR

a) Canada is a country

NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR

NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR

a bed

a lion

a chair

a school

NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR

an ear

an egg

an elephant

an avocado

an oven

NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR

a chaira schoola liona beda mana woman

an elevatoran eggan elephantan ovenan earan avocado

NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR

NOUN + ARE+ NOUN: PLURAL

Singular: a dog, an animal

Plural: dogs, animals

a and an- only with singular nouns

plural nouns end in s

NOUN + ARE+ NOUN: PLURAL

Singular Plurala city citiesa country countries

Omit the –y and add - ies

Italy and Greece are countries

China and India are countries

NOUN + ARE+ NOUN: PLURAL

SingularAn elephant is an animal

pluralElephants are animals

PRONOUN+ BE + NOUN

Singular Plural

I am a teacherYou are a teacherShe is a teacherHe is a teacherIt is a teacher

We are teachersYou are teachersThey are teacher

PRONOUN+ BE + NOUN

Singular Plural

I am girl We are girls

You are a girl You are girls

She is a girl They are girls

Contractions with BE

CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

BE + ADJECTIVE

BE + APLACE

CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

PronounSingular

+ Be Contraction

Statement

I + am I´m I’m a teacher

You + are You´re You’re a teacher

He + is He’s He´s a man

She + is She’s She’s a girl

It + is It’s It’s a cat

CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

Pronoun Plural

+ Be Contraction Statement

You + are You’re You´re students

We + are We’re Students

They + are They’re They’re students

SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS

NEGATIVE WITH BE