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Verb To Be and Professions: Example: Interrogative Affirmative

This document discusses the verb "to be" and how it is used with different professions. It provides examples of interrogative, affirmative, and negative forms of the verb when used with subject pronouns and with various professions like doctor, actor, musician. Pictures of famous people are included with blanks to write sentences identifying their professions, such as "Cristiano Ronaldo is a soccer player". Articles "a" and "an" are explained in how they are used before professions.

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Verb To Be and Professions: Example: Interrogative Affirmative

This document discusses the verb "to be" and how it is used with different professions. It provides examples of interrogative, affirmative, and negative forms of the verb when used with subject pronouns and with various professions like doctor, actor, musician. Pictures of famous people are included with blanks to write sentences identifying their professions, such as "Cristiano Ronaldo is a soccer player". Articles "a" and "an" are explained in how they are used before professions.

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VERB TO BE AND PROFESSIONS

Interrogative Form of
verb to be Affirmative form of verb to be
Subject Full Contracted Negative form of verb to be
Pronouns Form Form
I am 'm
youAm I?are 're
Are you?
he/she/it is 's
weIs he/she/it?
are 're
youAre we?
are Full 're Contracted
Are you? Form Form
they
Are they?are 're
Subject
Pronouns
I am not 'm not
you are not aren't
he/she/it is not isn't
we are not aren't
you are not aren't
they are not aren't

WE USE THE VERB TO BE WITH PROFESSIONS


ARTICLE “A” “AN”

Example:
**The article A is used before singular, countable nouns which begin

Jane is a dentist with consonant sounds. Example: a doctor, a pilot, etc.

Interrogative Affirmative
**The article AN is used before singular, countable nouns which

begin with vowel sounds. Example: an artist, an economist,


Is John a doctor? Yes, etc.
he is a doctor

BE+ SUB+ART+PROFESSION SUB + BE + ART+ PROFESSION

Negative
Are Boris and Natasha accountants? No, they aren´t accountants
SUB + BE + PROFESSION

What are they? They are actors

ACOUNTANT ACTOR ELECTRICIAN ARCHITECT

DENTIST DOCTOR BASEBALL PLAYER ECONOMIST

ENGINEER MECHANIC MODEL MUSICIAN PHOTOGRAPHER

PILOT POLITICIAN RECEPCIONIST TEACHER TENNIS PLAYER


WRITER SECRETARY SINGER SOCCER PLAYER

LOOK AT THE PICTURES,


IDENTIFY THE Famous people
PROFESSION AND WRITE
THE SENTENCE Complete the sentences

Example: Cristiano Ronaldo

1. _____________________soccer player

He is a doctor
Katy Perry
2. __________________________ singer

1. _____________________

Roger Federer

3. _____________________ tennis player


2. _____________________

Arnold S.

3. ______________________
4. ______________________ politician

4. ____________________

Carlos Santana

5. _________________ 5. __________________ musician

1. 3. Is he a Teacher?
1. Is she a photographer?
No, ______________________________
Yes,___________________________
2. What is he? _______________________

3. 4. Is he a soccer player?
2. Is she a singer?
4. No,_____________________________
Yes, __________________________ 5. What is he? ______________________
6.

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