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S1 - 1.2 Contractions: Subjects To Be Contractions Complement

1. The document provides the grammatical structures for using contractions of the verb "to be" in affirmative, negative, and question sentences. 2. It lists the subjects, conjugated forms of "to be", contractions, and complements used in affirmative sentences and the subjects, conjugated forms of "to be" with "not", contractions, and complements used in negative sentences. 3. Question sentences are listed without contractions and use the conjugated forms of "to be" followed by the subjects and complements.

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S1 - 1.2 Contractions: Subjects To Be Contractions Complement

1. The document provides the grammatical structures for using contractions of the verb "to be" in affirmative, negative, and question sentences. 2. It lists the subjects, conjugated forms of "to be", contractions, and complements used in affirmative sentences and the subjects, conjugated forms of "to be" with "not", contractions, and complements used in negative sentences. 3. Question sentences are listed without contractions and use the conjugated forms of "to be" followed by the subjects and complements.

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2 Contractions

Subjects To Be Contractions Complement

I am I'm Mexican Guatemalan Costa Rican


American Salvadorian Panamanian
You You're Canadian Honduran Belizean
We are We're
They They're a mechanic a musician a receptionist
a merchant a tailor a store owner
He He's
She is She's from…Mexico / the U.S. / Canada
It It's

Above is the structure for the "affirmative," below is the structure


for the "negative." Have students give sentences using the contractions.

Subjects To Be Negation Contraction Complement

I am not I'm not Mexican Guatemalan Costa Rican


American Salvadorian Panamanian
You You aren't Canadian Honduran Belizean
We ar not We aren't
They They aren't a butcher a chef a baker
a garment worker a homemaker
He He isn't
She is not She isn't from…Honduras / El Salvador / Panama
It It isn't

In the negative, forms like "you're not," "he's not" are possible, but they
need to practice the negative contractions. Below is the structure for
questions. There are no contractions in questions.

To Be Subjects Complement

Am I Colombian Venezuelan Bolivian


Peruvian Chilean
you Argentinian Ecuadorian
Are we
they a butcher a chef a baker
a garment worker a homemaker
he
Is she from…Buenos Aires / Bogota / Brasilia
it
S1 - 1.2 Contractions

Grammar

Affirmative Negative
Short form Long form Short form
I am I'm I am not I'm not
He is He's He is not He isn't or He's not
She is She's She is not She isn't or She's not
It is It's It is not It isn't or It's not
You are You're You are not You aren't or You're not
We are We're We are not We aren't or We're not
They are They're They are not They're not

The simple present of the verb BE is frequently contracted with the negative
advere not. A conjugated form of the verb BE is joined to not and the o in not is
replaced with an apostrophe.

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