Being able to realize the difference between any kind of human being and thing, will help you out in your daily routine, and, as well, it will improve you English vocabluray.

1. 1st lesson:
Be or not to be
Best way to start learning English

2. Objectives
• Learn and recognize when to use the “Verb to be”.
• Make use of the “Verb to be” in real life.
• When finished the class, the estudent will be able to create simple and basic
“Verb to be” sentences.

3. Firstly, we need to know “subject pronouns”
Singular Plural
I
He
You
She
We
You
They
It

5. Now we can begin

6. Verb to be (Present Simple)
FULL FORM SHORT FORM
I am I’m
You are You’re
He is He’s
She is She’s
It is It’s
We are We’re
You are You’re
They are They’re

7. Uses of the “Verb to be”
We use the verb to be in present simple to talk about:
NAMES
I am Patrick
NATIONALITY
He is French
PROFESSION
She is a doctor

8. Country and Nationality
Argentina
Australia
United States of America
Brazil
Italy
Germany
Iran
Russia
Spain
Poland
England
Turkey
China
Japan
France
Czech republic
Greece
Argentinian
Australian
American
Brazilian
Italian
German
Iranian
Russian
Spanish
Polish
English
Turkish
Chinese
Japanese
French
Czech
Greek

10. AGE
He is 70 years old
MARITAL STATUS
They are married
FEELINGS
It is happy

11. Marital Status

12. Feelings

13. Before we are done…
• Don’t forget that the verb to be is part of the basic construction of a sentence.
• Verb to be is the core of any kind of sentence.
Verb to be
Feelings
Marital
Status
Age
Nationality
Name
Profession

14. PRACTICE
TIME!
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentSimpleToBe1A.html
EXERCISES
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-be-present.php
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/to-be-exercises.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/be3.htm

15. References
Oxford University. (2016). Present Simple. 12 de Abril del 2017, de Oxford University Sitio web:
https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file02/grammar02_a02?cc=us&selL
anguage=en