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To be or not to be. Is that really a question?
Here is a new conversation using the verb “to be”.
Dick: Hello, My name’s Dick. What’s your name?
Jane: Jane. How are you?
Dick: I’m fine, and you?
Jane: Great. Where are you from?
Dick: I’m from Seattle.
Dick: Where is that teacher from?
Jane: She’s from Japan
Dick: How old is she?
Jane: She’s twenty-six
Dick: She and I are the same age.
Jane: We all are the same age.
The above conversations used the verb “to be”.- (is, are, am)
Look at the conjugation charts of the verb “to be”
Positive
| I | am | from Seattle. |
| He She It |
is | from Japan. |
| We You They |
are | from Jordan. |
Negative
| I | am not (I’m not) | from New York. |
| He She It |
is not (isn’t) | from Toronto. |
| We You They |
are not (aren’t) | from Japan. |
Don’t forget to use the correct form of “to be” whether using a positive or negative sentence.
It “is” or it “isn’t”.
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