English Beginners Course Lesson 2
Introduction
Lesson 2 , the verb “to be in the negative form”. Learn how to use, you are a not, I am not, we are not, they are not and he, she and it is not.
Dialogue
1/Sentence Practice
You are a not student.-
I am not a teacher-
we are not teachers
He is not a teacher –
She is not a student –
They are not yellow
It is not grey –
It is not green –
They are not red
I am not a student –
I’m not a student –
You are not a student –
You aren’t a student
He is not a teacher –
He’s not a teacher –
She is not a student –
She’s not a student
It is not black –
It’s not purple –
It isn’t pink
We are not English –
We aren’t English –
You are not students
– You aren’t students
They are not teachers –
They aren’t teachers –
They’re not teachers
Vocabulary
2/Vocabulary Practice
- red
- pink
- blue
- green
- gray (US spelling) / grey (UK spelling)
- black
- yellow
- white
- purple
- orange
- brown
- golden
- English
- a student
- a teacher
- Goodbye
Grammar
3/Verb to be: positive and negative form
Notice: we’re not / we aren’t, they’re not / they aren’t… Be careful to memorise both contracted forms that exist for all subjects except for the 1st person singular (I).
In modern English, the contraction of the personal pronoun and verb is very common: “I am” becomes “I’m” etc.
Please repeat and memorise the following list. It contains subject personal pronouns and the verb “to be” in the present simple / simple present, in both the complete and contracted forms (negative form).
I am not I’m not
You are not You aren’t You’re not
He is not He’s not He isn’t
She is not She’s not She isn’t
It is not It’s not It isn’t
We are not We aren’t We’re not
You are not You aren’t You’re not
They are not They aren’t They’re not
Questions and Answers
4/Questions and Answers
You are a student.
No, you are not a student.
He is a teacher.
No, he’s not a teacher.
It is grey.
No, it is not grey.
They are yellow.
No, they are not yellow.
It is black.
No, it is not black.
We are English.
No, we are not English.
She is a student.
No, she’s not a student.
You are red.
No, you are not red.
I am a teacher.
No, I am not a teacher.
We are students.
No, we are not students.