{"id":706,"date":"2022-04-19T09:34:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T09:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=706"},"modified":"2025-09-30T07:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:22:46","slug":"e-ii-9-to-be-use-the-correct-form","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-ii-9-to-be-use-the-correct-form\/","title":{"rendered":"E- II.9 To be: use the correct form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>To be: use the correct form<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-huge-font-size\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>key notes :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-66fdd71e53bfa14fb365217e231cc08d\"><strong>\ud83c\udf1f To Be: Use the Correct Form \ud83c\udf1f<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The verb <strong>\u201cto be\u201d<\/strong> is one of the most important verbs in English. It tells us about <strong>who someone is, what something is, or how someone feels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> Forms of \u201cTo Be\u201d<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Subject<\/th><th>Present Tense<\/th><th>Past Tense<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>I<\/td><td>am \ud83d\ude0a<\/td><td>was \ud83d\ude14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>You<\/td><td>are \ud83d\ude42<\/td><td>were \ud83d\ude2f<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>He\/She\/It<\/td><td>is \ud83d\ude03<\/td><td>was \ud83d\ude14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>We<\/td><td>are \ud83d\ude42<\/td><td>were \ud83d\ude2f<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>They<\/td><td>are \ud83d\ude42<\/td><td>were \ud83d\ude2f<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Tip:<\/strong> Use <strong>\u201cam\u201d<\/strong> with <strong>I<\/strong>, <strong>\u201cis\u201d<\/strong> with <strong>he, she, it<\/strong>, and <strong>\u201care\u201d<\/strong> with <strong>you, we, they<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong> Examples in Present Tense<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>am<\/strong> happy \ud83d\ude0a.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You <strong>are<\/strong> my friend \ud83e\udd17.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He <strong>is<\/strong> tall \ud83c\udfc0.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She <strong>is<\/strong> a teacher \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udfeb.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It <strong>is<\/strong> a sunny day \ud83c\udf1e.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We <strong>are<\/strong> ready \ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They <strong>are<\/strong> playing football \u26bd.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong> Examples in Past Tense<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>was<\/strong> tired \ud83d\ude34.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You <strong>were<\/strong> at school \ud83c\udfeb.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He <strong>was<\/strong> late \u23f0.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She <strong>was<\/strong> happy \ud83d\ude03.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It <strong>was<\/strong> cold \u2744\ufe0f.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We <strong>were<\/strong> at the park \ud83c\udf33.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They <strong>were<\/strong> excited \ud83c\udf89.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong> Negative Sentences \u274c<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>am not<\/strong> sad \ud83d\ude14.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You <strong>are not<\/strong> sleepy \ud83d\ude34.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He <strong>is not<\/strong> angry \ud83d\ude21.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We <strong>are not<\/strong> late \u23f3.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They <strong>were not<\/strong> at home \ud83c\udfe0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong> Questions \u2753<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Am I<\/strong> your friend? \ud83e\udd14<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Are you<\/strong> happy? \ud83d\ude0a<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Is he<\/strong> your brother? \ud83d\udc66<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Is she<\/strong> your teacher? \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udfeb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Were we<\/strong> on time? \u23f0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Were they<\/strong> at the party? \ud83c\udf89<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Tip:<\/strong> Swap the subject and \u201cto be\u201d to make a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong> Quick Tricks \ud83e\ude84<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <strong>am<\/strong> \u2192 only with <strong>I<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <strong>is<\/strong> \u2192 with <strong>he, she, it<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <strong>are<\/strong> \u2192 with <strong>you, we, they<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Past tense: use <strong>was<\/strong> (I, he, she, it) &amp; <strong>were<\/strong> (you, we, they)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>\ud83c\udfa8 Fun Exercise<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill in the blanks with the correct form of <strong>to be<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She ___ my sister.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They ___ at the zoo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I ___ very hungry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We ___ not late.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He ___ a good player.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-huge-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\"><strong>Let&#8217;s practice!\ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/78726\/472\/276\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-170.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-170.png 500w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-170-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-170-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/79489\/083\/164\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-160.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-160.png 500w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-160-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-160-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be: use the correct form key notes : \ud83c\udf1f To Be: Use the Correct Form \ud83c\udf1f The verb \u201cto be\u201d is one of the most important verbs in English. It tells us about who someone is, what something is, or how someone feels. Forms of \u201cTo Be\u201d Subject Present Tense Past Tense I am<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-ii-9-to-be-use-the-correct-form\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;E- II.9 To be: use the correct form&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-706","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16412,"href":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706\/revisions\/16412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}