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  • Hi, everybody. Welcome to this video.

  • Now, in this video, we're going to talk about subjective pronouns,

  • 'be' verbs, and also, contractions.

  • So let's take a look at the board.

  • Okay. First, we have the subjective pronouns.

  • And we have the 'be' verbs: am, is, and are.

  • Okay. So let's look at the first one.

  • “I am”. “I am Esther”.

  • The contraction for 'I am' is 'I'm'.

  • “I'm”.

  • Now, a contraction is a more common way of saying subjective pronouns and their 'be' verb.

  • It's faster and quicker and shorter.

  • Okay, it's more common.

  • I want you to use contractions. Okay.

  • So, “I ambecomes “I'm”.

  • He is” – “he's”.

  • She is” - “she's”.

  • It is” - “it's”.

  • Okay, let's move on to the bottom.

  • You arebecomesyou're”.

  • You're”.

  • We are” – “we're”. “We're”.

  • andThey are”. The contraction isthey're”.

  • They're”.

  • Okay, let's move on to the next part.

  • Okay.

  • We're going to take a look at some sentences using the 'be' verbs.

  • Now, notice on the board, I only used contractions.

  • Okay.

  • For example, instead of “I am”, I'm going to say “I'm”.

  • So, the first sentence. “I'm a student”.

  • Okay. This means one.

  • So we have to say, “a student”.

  • “a”

  • Now many people make the mistake of saying,

  • “I'm student”, but that's wrong. Okay.

  • You have to put 'a'.

  • Now, before I read it, you have to listen carefully.

  • 'I'm a' - sounds like one word.

  • “I'm a…” “I'm a…”

  • “I'm a student”.

  • Okay. Please repeat after me.

  • “I'm a student”. “I'm a student”.

  • Okay, the next one, again, sounds like one word.

  • He's a…”. “He's a…”.

  • Okay.so

  • He's a student”.

  • Please repeat.

  • He's a student”. “He's a student”.

  • Same thing.

  • She's a student”.

  • Please repeat.

  • She's a student”. “She's a student”.

  • Okay. The next sentence has 'it'.

  • Now remember, 'it' is only used for a place, a thing or an animal.

  • So we can't have those things be a student.

  • So we have to say, “It's a dog”.

  • Okay, please repeat.

  • It's a dog”. “It's a dog”.

  • Okay, the next one.

  • You're a student”.

  • Please repeat.

  • You're a student”. “You're a student”.

  • Okay. Now let's look at 'we're'.

  • We're students”. Okay.

  • We took out the 'a' and we put an 's'

  • because 'we're' means many people.

  • Not one student, but many students.

  • So, we have to say, “we're students”.

  • Please repeat.

  • We're students”. “We're students”.

  • The same thing goes for 'they'.

  • Again, 'they' means many peopleor many things.

  • Here, we put 's'. And we took out the 'a'.

  • So, “they're students”.

  • Please repeat.

  • They're students”. “They're students”.

  • Okay, we're going to look at some more examples.

  • Please listen and repeat carefully.

  • Let's start with the first one: “I'm”.

  • “I'm a boy”. “I'm a boy”.

  • “I'm a girl”. “I'm a girl”.

  • He's”.

  • He's a man”. “He's a man”.

  • He's a boy”. “He's a boy”.

  • She's”.

  • She's a woman”. “She's a woman”.

  • She's a girl”. “She's a girl”.

  • It's”.

  • It's a chair”. “It's a chair”.

  • It's a cat”. “It's a cat”.

  • You're”.

  • You're a singer”. “You're a singer”.

  • You're a friend”. “You're a friend”.

  • We're”.

  • We're sisters”. “We're sisters”.

  • We're brothers”. “We're brothers”.

  • They're”.

  • They're people”. “They're people”.

  • They're cars”. “They're cars”.

  • Well I hope that this video helped you understand

  • how to use subjective pronouns,

  • their 'be' verbs, and also contractions.

  • Now, before we go, I wanted to share a little bit about myself using the lesson.

  • So, first, remember, “I'm a…”.

  • “I'm a girl”.

  • Also, “I'm a teacher”.

  • “I'm an American”.

  • Now, the word 'American' starts with the vowel 'a',

  • so we have to say 'an'.

  • “I'm an American”.

  • And “I'm an animal lover”.

  • Again, same thing.

  • 'Animal' starts with the vowel 'a',

  • so we have to put 'an'.

  • “I'm an animal lover”.

  • And that means someone who loves animals.

  • I love dogs and cats and other animals.

  • So, “I'm an animal lover”.

  • Okay.

  • Well, that's it and thank you for watching.

  • And I'll see you guys next time.

  • Bye.

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