The Verb to be Negative

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Professor Leonardo Calderon

Sesión

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 The Verb to be Affirmative Contraction
Use
• To describe yourself, others, and things.
• The subject and verb to be are contracted in conversations.
• It is informal.
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Structure
• subject + apostrophe + the verb to be without the vowel + noun/adjective
Examples
I am a teacher./I’m a teacher.
You are tall./You’re tall.
He is happy./He’s happy.
We are Peruvian./We’re Peruvian.
The Verb to be Affirmative Contraction Structure

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Noun Vocabulary (Jobs)

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Noun Vocabulary (Classroom Objects)

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Adjective Vocabulary (Appearance)

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Adjective Vocabulary (Emotions)

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 The Verb to be Negative
Use
• To describe yourself, others, and things in a negative form.
Structure
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• subject + verb to be + not + noun/adjective
Examples
I am not a coordinator.
You are not short.
He/She is not sad.
We are not Argentinian.
The Verb to be Negative Structure

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The Verb to be Negative Video

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Complete the Verb to be Negative Sentences

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She ____________________.
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He ____________________.
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He ____________________.
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She ____________________.
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It ____________________.
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We ____________________.
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They ____________________.
 Order the Verb to be Negative Sentences
1. Vancouver is Jeff from not .
2. young teachers The not are .
3. years is old She eighteen not . 18
4. are The not thirsty hamsters .
5. not a is It ruler .
6. am Institute I student not a Roosevelt .
7. are You sad not .
8. We not Canadian are .
 Correct the Verb to be Negative Sentences
1. I am no a teacher. _______________________________________.
2. It not a pencil. __________________________________________.
3. They are nott brothers. ___________________________________. 19
4. Peter am not tall. ________________________________________.
5. The dog not is hungry. ____________________________________.
6. Maria and Jose are not farmmers. __________________________.
7. We are not marry. _______________________________________.
8. The cat isnot black. ______________________________________.
 The Broken Telephone Activity
• In groups, you are going to play broken telephone. The teacher will
show a verb to be negative sentence to a student, then he or she will
whisper the sentence to another student, and so on. The first group
to correctly say the sentence will get a point. The group with the most
points wins. 20
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Professor Leonardo Calderon

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E-mail: lcalderon@continental.edu.pe