Review of verbs in the Present Tense and the verb to be
Grammar

to be

Affirmative and Negative (Contractions are in parentheses) Negative in red letters	Interrogative
I am (I'm) I am not (I'm not)	Am I _____?
He is (He's) He is not (He isn't, He's not) She is (She's) She is not (She isn't, She's not) It is (It's) It is not (It isn't, It's not)	Is he _____? Is she _____? Is it _____?
You are (You're) You are not (You aren't, You're not) We are (We're) We are not (We aren't, We're not) They are (They're) They are not (They aren't, They're not)	Are you ____? Are we _____? Are they _____?

The Present Tense in English

Affirmative and Negative	Interrogative
I work. You don't work They We	Do you work? Yes, I do. No, I don't.
He works She doesn't work It	Does he work? Yes, he does. No, he doesn't.

NOTE
The letter S is added to the end of the verb in the third person singular (he, she, it). If the verb ends in -s, -ch, -sh, -x, -o or -u, add -es. If the verb ends in a consonant followed by -y, change the -y to -i and then add -es.

walk - walks
wash - washes
try - tries

Exercise - Present Tense

Write the first part of the sentence in the affirmative and the second part in the negative using the given information. Make sure you have correctly capitalized the letters and included the period or question mark at the end.

examples
I/have/car/computer (Note - A comma is written in these sentences before "but.")

Exercise - Present Tense and the verb "to be"

Correct errors in the verbs in the sentences below.

example
She washs the dishes.

Find the Mistake

Instructions
Identify the error in the following sentences and write the corrected version.

example
He are a teacher. → He is a teacher.

Writing

Write three affirmative sentences and three negative sentences using the present tense and the verb "to be."

examples:
I speak English.
I am a teacher.
My parents live in California.

I don't work at a bank.
I'm not Chinese.
My brother doesn't speak French.

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