🧍 Grammar A1-1: Verb “to be” (am / is / are)
The opening material of the Fleydo A1 grammar series, written for learners of about seven to ten. It teaches the verb “to be” from the pattern outwards: a picture of the sentence shape, then a full table of am / is / are with the short forms, then tap-and-repeat cards for every person. Practice is spread across four sets — eight easy gaps, a ten-item sorting task that builds the “one thing or more than one?” habit, six items on negatives, questions and short answers, and eight harder items inside real sentences — followed by six typical errors to repair. Every single answer explains itself in language simpler than the grammar being taught. Teacher notes give a 45-minute classroom sequence, the three-column board move, what to do with a stuck learner and the follow-up topics.
Lesson Plan
- The sentence shape as a picture: person + am / is / are + the rest
- Four tap-to-hear model sentences
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- I + am · you / we / they + are · he / she / it + is
- Short forms: I’m, you’re, he’s, she’s, it’s, we’re, they’re
- Negative: add not — isn’t, aren’t, I’m not
- Question: the word goes first — Are you ready?
- Short answers stay long: Yes, I am. (never “Yes, I’m.”)
- English says I am nine, not “I have nine years”
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