step 1 (To Be)

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“English, Yes we like it, Yes we do really love it”

     Happy day Indonesia and all my lovely friends! What are your activities today? I thank you that you have spent your time to read my blog. I appreciate it so much, means that you want to learn English with your great spirit. Thumbs up for you!

     Hmmm, perhaps you are eating food and looking at your laptop screen right now. But you are confused or don’t know how to show the things or something around you in English. It is very easy, believe me! There are so many things we can see, we can touch, but how to say it in English? Here is the answer.

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     This is called ‘to be.’ What is to be? I am going to explain to you. ‘To be’ is a formula to complete the simple sentence in order to make it in a good sentence with good structure. The next question is: what are the things that include in ‘to be’? Well, I will let you know.

The kinds of ‘to be’ are:

1. Am : 

   is a to be that showed a noun and an adjective for ourselves (human) in a single and present context 

   Eg: I am a doctor 

2. Is : 

   is a to be that showed a noun and an adjective for other people and for a thing in a single and present context 

   Eg: that is pen 

3. Are :   

   is a to be that showed a noun or an adjective for other people and for the things in a plural and present context 

   Eg: those girls are beautiful 

4. Was :   

   is a to be that showed a noun or an adjective for ourselves (human) and for a thing in a single and past context 

   Eg: She was a beautiful queen 

5. Were :   

   is a to be that showed a noun or an adjective for other people and for the things in a plural and past context 

   Eg: they were good students

     Now, you can express the things around you with good English. Hmmm, I am going to give you an illustration to make you more understand.

Toni was in his room and studying Mathematics. Suddenly, his brother came and said something.

Joko     : What is on your bed?

Toni      : That is my pen. What happens?

Joko     : No, that is mine. Please, don’t cheat!

Toni      : No, I am not cheating you. It is mine! Ooo please!

You can see that these two sibling wanted to show the pen is their alone, not others. Here you can determine that the ‘to be’ here is using ‘is’ for a single and present context. Why single? Because the pen is only one. Why present? Because this is the conversation which uses present form. So easy right? Well, English is fun, isn’t it? I ask you again, smile please . . . ^_^ The time is up. See you later lovely friend.