5. PRONOUN VERB TO BE CONTRACTION
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
AM
ARE
IS
IS
IS
ARE
ARE
ARE
I´M
YOU´RE
HE´S
SHE´S
IT´S
WE´RE
YOU´RE
THEY´RE
6. EXAMPLES:
•I AM LUIS. I´M LUIS.
•HE IS A STUDENT . HE´S A STUDENT.
•WE ARE DOCTORS. WE´RE DOCTORS.
7. EXAMPLES:
VERB TO BE
NEGATIVE
S + V . TO BE +NOT+ COMPLEMENT
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
I AM ARZU
HE IS A STUDENT
WE ARE DOCTORS
I AM NOT ARZU
HE IS NOT A STUDENT
WE ARE NOT DOCTORS
9. EXAMPLES:
I AM NOT LUIS = I´M NOT LUIS
HE IS NOT A STUDENT = HE´S NOT A
STUDENT
HE ISN´T A STUDENT
WE ARE NOT DOCTORS = WE´RE NOT
DOCTORS
WE AREN´T DOCTORS
10. VERB TO BE
YES/NO QUESTION
V . TO BE +S+ COMPLEMENT+?
AFFIRMATIVE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
I AM LUIS
HE IS A STUDENT
WE ARE DOCTORS
AM I LUIS? / ARE YOU
LUIS?
IS HE A STUDENT?
ARE WE DOCTORS?
YES I AM / NO I
AM NOT
YES HE IS / NO
HE IS NOT
YES WE ARE/ NO
WE ARE NOT
11. CONTRACTIONS IN ANSWERS
DON´T CONTRACT AFFIRMATIVE SHORT ANSWERS.
• YES I AM = YES I´M
• YES HE IS = YES HE´S
IT´S OK TO CONTRACT NEGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS.
• NO HE´S NOT = NO HE ISN´T
• NO WE´RE NOT = NO WE AREN´T