English Aam: To Be Verb

Wednesday 7 August 2013

VOCABULARY & COLLOCATIONS LISTS:Absolute Beginner Course Lesson 4-Learn To Speak Common Words For Better Spoken English & Grammar

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ABSOLUTE BEGINNER COURSE

SPOKEN ENGLISH

Lesson 4
(Page 2)

English Grammar: 'to be' verb

am-are-is

Section II

VOCABULARY & COLLOCATIONS

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Some Words To Practise For Fluent English

Hello! In English Aam Spoken English Video Mehfil Lesson Number 4, we find quite a few words and collocations which will come in quite handy when we speak English and these words and collocations will help us become more fluent in English. For example, look at the word 'wait'. Isn't this something we will use many times in a week, or may be even a day when we start speaking English all the time in our daily life? The word 'wait' means, in Hindi-Urdu: pratiksha ,intezaar. Then we have the word 'ask'. This word means poochchna, sawal karna. But then, 'ask for' means 'maangna'. So, both 'ask ' and 'ask for' will be of great use to us when we speak English.

Two other words I would like to talk about here are 'people' and 'public'. The word 'people' means 'log' and the word 'public' means 'janta'. In English, the word 'people' takes the third person plural pronoun 'they'. The word 'public' on the other hand, takes the third person singular pronoun 'it'. So, we will say,

Many people came to the rally. They went home after the rally ended.
The public is tired of delays and excuses. It wants the new policies to be made effective as soon as possible.

In fact, all these words and collocations are very useful. Write them down in your books. Find out what the words in the vocabulary list mean in your mother tongue and write down these meanings in your book. Then, play the video mehfils and speak along with me.

ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH

VOCABULARY BOOK

wait

silent

get

whatever

want

say

speak

tell

ask

ask for

once

more

but

however

anyway

notice

observe

piece

bit

about

people

public

breath

breathe

look

here

there

building

house

home

necessary

needed

required

imagination

habit

tolerate

bear

live

alive

morning

afternoon

evening

night

exist

thought

past

present

future

form

from

ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS

BOOK

for whom
look here
look there
look at
look at this
look at that
look at that car
look at that boy
look at that girl
I'm here
as much as you want
ask for
as much love as you want
as much milk as you want
you'll get
you'll get the cheque tomorrow
you'll get a call letter
you'll get tired
once more
it was nice
it was a nice
take note of
take notice of
a piece of
a bit of
people say
they say
it is said
I say
take a breath
draw breath
how do you
How do you go to work?
How do you open this?
How do you pay at the mall?
How do you say this in English?
in my mind
to my mind
in my thoughts

LESSONS IN ABSOLUTE

BEGINNER COURSE

CHAPTER 1

1. Pronouns: I-we-you

2. Pronouns: he-she-they

3. Pronouns: it-they

4. ‘to be’ Verb: am-are-is

5. Demonstratives:

this-that-these-those

6. Possessives: my-our-

your-their-his-her-its

7. Object Pronouns: me-

us-you-them-him-her-it

8. Days Of The Week

9. Months Of The Year

10. Cardinal Numbers

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Tuesday 9 July 2013

TO BE VERB:AM-ARE-IS-Learn English Grammar-'To Be' Verb To Improve Your Spoken English

Posted by Nash Biani

ABSOLUTE BEGINNER COURSE

SPOKEN ENGLISH

Lesson 4
(Page 1)

English Grammar: 'to be' verb am-are-is

Section I

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How the 'to be' verb changes form in various tenses in English grammar.

The verb ' to be' in English grammar is quite strange. I say this because it changes form completely as it moves through the different tenses. For example, in the Simple Present Tense, it takes the forms : I-we-you. But when it moves into the Simple Past Tense, it becomes : was-were. Then again, in the Simple Future Tense, it is seen as: will be.

The ' to be' verb is very important because it signifies the existence of a person, an object, an event, an animal, a feeling, a place or any other noun. Whether we speak English or we speak any other language, it is necessary for somebody or something to exist if we have to speak about it. In fact, we have to exist (to be) so that we can speak! :)

So, since we are beginning to speak English, our very first lessons in spoken English should include the ' to be' verb. In this language lesson, we will look at the forms of the ' to be' verb in the Simple Present Tense.

POSITIVE SENTENCES

Set I

Contractions
when
Pronoun To Be Verb speaking English
I am I'm

we are we're

you are you're

you all are you all're

they are they're

In set 1 all the subjects except 'I' have 'are' as the helping 'to be' verb.
Only 'I' has 'am' as it's helping verb.

Set 2
Contractions
when
Pronoun To Be Verb speaking English
he is he's
she is she's
it is it's
In set 2 all the subjects have 'is' as the helping 'to be' verb.

You have to memorise the subjects which belong to Set 1 and those which belong to Set 2. This is very important becouse this division of subjects into the two sets is, in a way, your first key to understanding the use of helping verbs in the various tenses, sub-tenses and cases as we will call them in our spoken English mehfils.

PRACTISE SPEAKING ENGLISH

ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS BOOK

Let's speak English. Copy the sentences given below in your note book. Now play the video given below the sentences and enjoy the video mehfil.

I'm a

I'm a student.
You're a
You're a cricketer.
She's my
She's my sister.
They're my
They're my brothers.
We're
We're friends.
He's my
He's my uncle.
She's a
She's a hairdresser.
We're cousins.
She's my cousin.
She's a bank manager.
He's a police officer.
She's my grandma.
He's my grandpa.
She's my aunt.
You all're doctors.
You all're engineers.
She's an engineer.
He's a postman.
I'm an inspector.
It's a butterfly.
It's a crow.
It's a cup.