What + 'be' Verb English Questions | Basic English Grammar Course
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Hi, everybody.
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In this video, we’re going to learn how to make questions using ‘what’ and ‘be’ verbs.
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Okay. Now when we have one thing,
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we have to use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.
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“What is it?”
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“What is it?”
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“It is a watch.”
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“It is a watch.”
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It’s one thing, so I have to say ‘a’.
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“a watch.”
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I can also use the contraction for ‘it is’,
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“it’s”.
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Okay, now listen.
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“It’s a ….”
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“It’s a ….”
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“It’s a watch.”
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“It’s a watch.”
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“What is it?”
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“What is it?”
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“It’s a marker.”
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“It’s a marker.”
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Okay.
Now, there are two highlighters.
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Okay, two.
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We use ‘are’.
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“What are they?”
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“What are they?”
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“They are highlighters.”
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“They are highlighters.”
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We have more than one, so we have to say “are”.
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And we have to put an ‘s’ at the end.
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Again, we can use a contraction for ‘they are’:
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“they’re”.
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“They’re highlighters.”
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“They’re highlighters.”
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“What are they?”
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“What are they?”
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“They’re markers.”
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“They’re markers.”
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Okay.
We’re going to look at some examples and I’m going to ask some questions.
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We please try to answer them.
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Listen carefully and answer with “It’s
a” or “They’re”.
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Let’s look at the first one.
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“What is it?”
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“What is it?”
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“It’s a key.”
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“It’s a key.”
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“What are they?”
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“What are they?”
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“They’re keys.”
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“They’re keys.”
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“What is it?”
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“What is it?”
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“It’s a chair.”
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“It’s a chair.”
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“What are they?”
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“What are they?”
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“They’re chairs.”
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“They’re chairs.”
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“What is it?”
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“What is it?”
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“It’s a cat.”
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“It’s a cat.”
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“What are they?”
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“What are they?”
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“They’re cats.”
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“They’re cats.”
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“What is it?”
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“What is it?”
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“It’s a house.”
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“It’s a house.”
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“What are they?”
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“What are they?”
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“They’re houses.”
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“They’re houses.”
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Now let’s focus on pronunciation
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and saying these fast.
Okay.
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English speakers speak very quickly,
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so you have to practice as well.
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Okay.
“What is it?”
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Okay, let’s try it faster three times.
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“What is it?”
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“What is it?”
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“What is it?”
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It sounds like one word.
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Okay, and the answer is also very fast.
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“It’s a…”
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“It’s a…”
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“It’s a…”
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“It’s a pencil.”
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“It’s a chair.”
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“It’s a marker.”
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Okay.
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When we have more than one, we say, “What are they?”.
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Let’s do it fast three times.
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“What are they?”
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“What are they?”
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“What are they?”
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Okay.
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And when you answer.
“They’re…”
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“They’re pencils”
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“They’re chairs”
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“They’re markers”
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Okay, so this video was ‘what’ and ‘be’ verbs.
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I hope you understood, and I’ll see you in the next video.
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Bye.
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