To be - negative forms and contractions

To Be - Negative Sentences The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb. Subject To Be Examples I am not I am not from Spain. You are not You are not Australian. He is not He is not thirty years old. She is not She is not a secretary. It is not It is not a small cat. We are not We are not stupid. You are not You are not teachers. They are not They are not single. To Be - Negative Contractions There are two ways of forming contractions of To Be in negative sentences. One is with a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I am = I'm) OR a contraction of the verb and not (e.g. are not = aren't) I'm not from Spain. --- --------------* You're not Australian. OR You aren't Australian. He's not thirty years old. OR He isn't thirty years old. She's not a secretary. OR She isn't a secretary. It's not a small cat. OR It isn't a small cat. We're not stupid. OR We aren't stupid. You're not teachers. OR You aren't teachers. They're not single. OR They aren't single. * Notice that the only possible contraction for I am not is I'm not. Exercise: Exercise 1: Verb TO BE negative