(h) They are teachers.
(e) It is a school.
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1-3 PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
SINGULAR
PLURAL
I am a teacher. You are a teacher. She is a teacher. He is a teacherห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ It is a school.
SINGULAR
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I am a teacher. (b) You are a teacher. (c) She is a teacher. (d) He is a teacher. (e) It is a school.
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1-3 PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
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1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR
Brazil is a country.
Peru is a country.
Santiago is a city.
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1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR
(c) A butterfly is an insect.
yes
no
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1-3 PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
I am a teacher.
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1-3 PRONOUN + BE + NOUN SINGULAR
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I am a teacher.
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1-3 PRONOUN + BE + NOUN SINGULAR
(c) SINGULAR: a city, a country PLURAL: cities, countries
Omit the -y and add -ies
countriyes
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1-2 NOUN + ARE + NOUN: PLURAL
NOUN and NOUN + ARE + NOUN (d) Italy and Greece are countries. (e) Bees and ants are bugs.
We are teachers. You are teachers. They are teachers.
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1-3 PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
SINGULAR
PLURAL
I am a teacher. You are a teacher. She is a teacher. He is a teacher. It is a school.
CONTENTS
Preview 1-1 Noun + is + noun: singular 1-2 Noun + are + noun: plural 1-3 Pronoun + be + noun 1-4 Contractions with be 1-5 Negative with be 1-6 Be + adjective 1-7 Be + a place 1-8 Summary: basic sentence patterns with be
An in front of vowels
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1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR
An apple is a fruit. A bear is an animal. A rose is a flower.
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1-1 Let’s Practice
1. _A_ school is _a__ building. 2. _A__ horse is _a_n_ animal. 3. _A_n_ ant is _a_n_ insect. 4. Soccer is _a__ sport.
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1-1 Let’s Practice
building machine shape A square is a _______.
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1-1 Let’s Practice
building machine shape A house is a ________.
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1-1 Let’s Practice
Country
Kenya
3
CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW
What’s your
name?
My name is
Nick.
First Name
Akela Nick
Country
Kenya
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CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW
What country are you from?
I’m from Greece.
Ducks = a plural noun are = a plural verb birds = a plural noun
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1-2 NOUN + ARE + NOUN: PLURAL
(b) SINGULAR: a dog, an animal PLURAL: dogs, animals
a and an – only with singular nouns plural nouns end in -s
We are teachers. You are teachers. They are teachers.
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1-3 Let’s Practice
SINGULAR
I am a girl. You _a_r_e_a__g_ir_l . She _is__a_g_i_rl_ .
PLURAL
We _a_re__g_ir_ls_ . You _a_re__g_ir_ls_ . They _a_re__g_ir_ls_ .
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1-2 Let’s Practice
plural Schools are buildings.
singular A school is a building.
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1-2 Let’s Practice
singular
An elephant is an animal.
plural
Elephants are animals.
First Name
Akela Nick
Country
Kenya Greece
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1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR
Canada is a country.
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1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR
NOUN + IS + NOUN
(a) Canaddaa isisa acocuonutrnyt.ry.
she + is
IS
he + is
it + is
CONTRACTION
she’s he’s it’s
SHIthe’se’s’saaacbagot.iyrl..
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1-4 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE
PRONOUN + BE
you + are
ARE
we + are
they + are
CONTRACTION
We are teachers. You are teachers. They are teachers.
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1-3 PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
SINGULAR
PLURAL
I am a teacher. You are a teacher. She is a teacher. He is a teacher. It is a school.
A
same meaning
An
a and an are articles
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1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR
a chair a woman a school a lion a bed a man
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1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR
a chair a woman a school a lion a bed a man
building machine shape A triangle is a _______.
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1-2 NOUN + ARE + NOUN: PLURAL
Ducks are birds.
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1-2 NOUN + ARE + NOUN: PLURAL
NOUN + ARE + NOUN
(a) Ducks araerebirdbsir.ds.
SINGULAR
PLURAL
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
(a) I am a teacher.
(f) We are teachers.
(b) You are a teacher.
(g) You are teachers.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) He is a teacher.
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1-4 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE
I’m a teacher.
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1-4 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE