hello and welcome to speak American English with Lyman Holton my name is
Lyman Holton in this lesson we're going to talk about
grammar we're going to look at the words am is and are alright we're going to see
what those words can do for us to improve our grammar by using them
correctly are you ready let's begin okay first let's take a look at the positive
we've got I am i he is he's she is she's it is it's and we have we you they we
are you are they are we make the contraction we're you are you're they
are they're okay and is our we've used them that's how we can use these words
now let's look at the negative side over here we've got the negative all right I
am NOT well not makes a negative right I'm not okay we go with I'm not now we
have he is not he's not she is not she's not it is not it's not got it we you
they just like over here with the positive but now we're negative we are
not we're not you are not you're not they are not they're not also the way we
could use this we could say he isn't she isn't
it isn't perfectly okay either way you want to go with those
we're not could also be we art you're not you aren't
they're not they aren't understand all right now I'm not that's it that's the
only way that we can run that one okay let's move on let's look at a couple
examples but a couple example sentences here we can say I'm cold
I am I'm cold I'm hot we can say I'm a
55 years old right my brother is 40 we could say tom is happy he's playing
soccer
my sister is afraid of cats
it's kind of hot you're late again
mark and I are good neighbors your groceries are in your car I'm hot I'm
going to turn on the air conditioner
light isn't interested in books he's interested in swimming Mario isn't a bus
driver
he's a taxicab Mack those people aren't Australian they're Egyptian
it's raining today but it isn't very cloudy we can make contractions or short
form words with more than only em is our about these words for example that is
that's there is there's here is here's pretty big easy right not too difficult
to figure out okay now about we come up with a couple sentences for this to use
someone might say to you thank you that's very kind of you
that is that look there's mark there is there's here's
your book here is here's your book and thank you okay let's look at a couple
other sentences
here's some more things that we could put up here how about she is what do we
do is she is how about sheets they are there it is
not it's not how about that is that is that's let's look at two more I am NOT I
am that becomes I'm not I'm not you are not you're not okay now how
about an is our we can use the word is
the dog is barking today I am not hungry
this suitcase is heavy
look there's or there is there's Michael
my sister and I are good bicycle riders bicyclists my sister and I are good
bicycles mark is at home
his father is at work I Drive a Ford
my brother is a doctor and his are okay now we want to look at some more
sentences here I'm not sick but blank tired what do you think we're going to
put in there for tire hmm how about I I am tired another sandwich the
temperature is high today Blanc windy and humid very sultry wet weather right
what goes here what do you think how about six okay that's it for our
grammar lesson today thank you for watching this lesson and I look forward
and seeing you at our next lesson good bye for now