Idiomatic Expression

Gavin - Tips

Lesson 3

Leson 2

Lesson Two

Be - Present Tense Negative

Subject + (be) + not

Singular

Plural

I am not	We are not
You are not	You are not
He is not She is not It is not	They are not

  

Listen and write in your notebook.   

I am not a student. I'm a teacher.
You are not a teacher. You are a student.
He is not  outside. He's inside.
She is not   angry. She's happy.
It is not a chair. It's an apple.
We are not  students. We are a family.
You are not a family. You are students.
They are not  Teachers. They are workers.

Listen and write.  

contractions:

I am not I'm not	We are not We aren't We're not
You are not You aren't You're not	You are not You aren't You're not
He is not He isn't He's not She is not She isn't She's not It is not It isn't It's not	They are not They aren't They're not

The word ain't is used to all negative statement in a slang way. Avoid to use it

I ain't	We ain't
You ain't	You ain't
He ain't She ain't It ain't	They ain't

• He ain't here. (He isn't here.)
• You ain't gettin' nothin. (You aren't getting anything.)
• This ain't gonna work. (This isn't going to work.)

Vocabulary Lesson 2