1. NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR

2. NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR a) Canada is a country 3. NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR 4. NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR a bed a lion a chair a school 5. NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR an ear an egg an elephant an avocado an oven 6. NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR a chair a school a lion a bed a man a woman an elevator an egg an elephant an oven an ear an avocado 7. NOUN + IS+ NOUN SINGULAR 8. Whats this in English? Its a book 9. NOUN + ARE+ NOUN: PLURAL Singular: a dog, an animal Plural: dogs, animals a and an- only with singular nouns plural nouns end in s 10. NOUN + ARE+ NOUN: PLURAL Singular Plural a city cities a country countries Omit the y and add - ies Italy and Greece are countries China and India are countries 11. NOUN + ARE+ NOUN: PLURAL Singular An elephant is an animal plural Elephants are animals 12. CONTRACTIONS WITH BE Pronoun Singular + Be Contraction Statement I + am Im Im a teacher You + are Youre Youre a teacher He + is Hes Hes a man She + is Shes Shes a girl It + is Its Its a cat 13. 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 14. Contractions with BE 15. PRONOUN+ BE + NOUN Singular Plural I am a teacher You are a teacher She is a teacher He is a teacher It is a teacher We are teachers You are teachers They are teacher 16. CONTRACTIONS WITH BE Pronoun Plural + Be Contraction Statement You + are Youre Youre students We + are Were Students They + are Theyre Theyre students 17. CONTRACTIONS WITH BE 18. BE + ADJECTIVE 19. Contractions I am not a doctor Im not a doctor You are not a doctor You're not a doctor He is not a doctor Hes not a doctor It is not a city Its not a city We are not doctors Were not doctors You are not teachers Youre not teachers They are not doctors Theyre not doctors NEGATIVE WITH BE 20. BE + APLACE 21. SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS