to be or not to be that's an interesting question
today's lesson will be learning about using the to be verb in English welcome back to our current
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be verb is used to describe something or someone in English a state of being verb identifies
someone or something that is the present or now that was the past or before now or that will be
the future B is an irregular verb and can have many different forms depending on the subject and
its tense here are some examples of the meaning of the verb to be something exists for example there
is a rabbit inside something happens the party is tonight shows location she is at school he is at
home shows identity she is Sarah and this is dawn she is a singer and he is a teacher shows quality
she is beautiful that is very old in this video we will study the simple present form now simple past
form before now in the simple future form after now of the word B first let's study to be in the
present now form for positive statements with I we use M I am good he she or it we use is she is
good it is good with you we they we we use are you are good we are good they are good now it's common
when speaking use contractions with be verbs for example I am becomes I'm he/she it is becomes he's
she's it's you we they are becomes you are we're there now we can also have negative forms to mean
something is not for negatives just add not I am not happy I'm not happy he/she it is not he
isn't she isn't it is it she isn't happy you we they are not you aren't we aren't they aren't you
aren't happy in the present form of B we can also ask questions am I am I happy he she it is is he
is she is it is she happy you we they are are you are we are they are you happy let's practice a few
sentences positive I am a student with contraction I'm a student negative I'm not a student positive
you are at school with a contraction you're at school negative you aren't at school positive she
is a nurse with contraction she's a nurse negative she isn't a nurse positive it is a book with
contraction it's a book with negative it isn't a book we are students we aren't students now
let's study the verb to be when talking about the past with the past we used the verbs was and were
I was here he she it was he was she was it was he was here you we they we use word you were we were
they were for be in the past the negatives are was not what's not becomes wasn't we're not we're not
becomes weren't I wasn't at home he wasn't angry they weren't ready you weren't finished when we
asked questions in the past using a beaver we asked questions like this was she sick was he
home were you late were you at home yesterday no I wasn't for the future would be we use a hoping
work will and it is the same in all cases I will be home she will be happy we will be ready it will
be good you will be finished they will be outside for the negative for the future using the beaver
we say will not which is almost always contracted to won't so I won't be home she won't be happy we
won't be ready you won't be finished they won't be outside okay so we studied the be verb today
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