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Hello.

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In this video we are going to learn about the verb 'to be'.

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The verb 'to be' is the most important verb.

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That is why it should be the first thing you learn about

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when you start learning english.

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It also has many uses,

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and it’s very irregular,

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so you will see it in many forms.

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It can be used as a main verb,

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but it is also used as an auxiliary verb

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to form other tenses.

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So it is very important to understand

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when we use the different forms.

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So lets starts by looking at the forms

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of the verb 'to be' in the present tense.

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When you talk about yourself,

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you use the 1st person.

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So you say 'I'

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We call this the subject pronoun.

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and the correct form of the verb 'to be'

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in the first person is 'am'.

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So you say 'I am...'.

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When you are talking about the person

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you are talking to, you use the 2nd person.

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The subject pronoun for the 2nd person is 'You'.

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and the correct form of the verb

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is 'are' so you say 'You are...'

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When you are talking another person

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or a thing you use the 3rd person.

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The subject pronoun for the 3rd person

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is 'He' if it is a man,

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'She' if it is a woman,

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or 'it' if it is a thing.

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and the correct form of the verb is 'is'

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so you say 'he is...', 'she is...' or 'it is...'

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When you are talking about a group of people

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that includes yourself,

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you use the 1st person plural.

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The subject pronoun for the 1st person plural is 'we

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and the correct from of the verb to be is 'are'.

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So you say 'We are...'

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In fact whenever you talk about more than one person

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or thing the form of the verb is 'are'.

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The second person plural is when you talk about

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a group of people that does not include yourself.

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Then you use the subject pronoun 'you'

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so it is the same as the second person singular.

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So you say 'You are...'

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The third person plural is when you talk about a group of people

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or things that does not include you

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or any of the people you are talking to.

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Then you use the subject pronoun 'They'.

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So you say 'They are...'

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So lets look at some of the ways

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that we use the verb 'to be' and some examples.

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One of the ways we use the verb 'to be'

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is to describe a role or a relationship.

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Listen to and repeat these examples

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I am your friend.

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You are my brother.

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It is a banana.

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We are a class.

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Another way we use the verb 'to be'

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is to describe the location of something.

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Listen to and repeat these examples

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I am at home.

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You are on holiday

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She is on television

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They are in the classroom.

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We also use the verb 'to be'

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when we describe something with an adjective.

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Listen to and repeat these examples.

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I am happy.

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You are tall.

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She is lovely.

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They are late.

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Or we can use the verb 'to be'

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to compare things with comparatives and superlatives.

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Listen to and repeat these examples.

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I am shorter than my brother.

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Your are quicker than the others.

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Belen is the most beautiful.

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You are the best class.

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We will look at comparatives and superlatives

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in more detail in a future video.

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For now we are focussing on learning the different forms

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of ‘to be’ in the present simple tense.

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Again we will look at this more later but 'to be'

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is also used to make the continuous tenses.

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Listen to and repeat these examples.

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I am working in my office.

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You are running in the park.

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She is helping her friend.

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They are going to France.

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The verb 'to be' is used a lot so we use contractions

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to make things easier and quicker to say.

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So 'I am' becomes 'I’m'

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'You are' becomes 'You’re'

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'He is' becomes 'He’s'

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'She is' becomes 'She’s'

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'It is' becomes 'It’s'

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'We are' becomes 'We’re'

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'You are' becomes 'You’re'

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and 'They are' becomes 'They’re'

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So now lets try some exercises.

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Click here to Start the first exercise,

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or here to see a list of all the exercises about the verb 'to be'.