Basic English Grammar – BE verb

thanks for the great Video, Alex. I’ve always confuse if I can say “I am at school” instead of “I am in school”? I hope in the future you will do a video on preposition :)

Apple

Apple, I think they’ve already made a lesson about prepositions, try to find that lesson, but however I’ll explain you, it’s not difficult at all. You use AT when you talk about specific place. For example at the hotel, at the reception, at the gym, at the pool, at the post office, at the police station etc. And IN you use, for instance, in the house, in the bathroom, in the bedroom, in the kitchen, in the box etc. I personally think this isn’t hard for comprehension. Take care :)

Marko

thanks for explien :)

NouR Al-faisal

hello how can I watch video?
tanx

mona

u r absolutely true

kotoz

10 out of 10 =) Good work!

motomoto

thanks a lot and i truly don’t know whatto tell you because you are doing a great job

Deomande

I got 4 out of 10…; ( !

christodoulos

10 out of 10 =) Good work!

taki1031

10 out of 10 =) Good work!

mohamed

thanx alex

dayanch

i scored 10. thanks alex

susan

Thanks for your lesson.

Monomoon

Thanks for the lesson. very useful.

sunnyden

Alex, please could you tell me what is the correct way to say next sentence:
There is a number of ways to solve that problem.
There are a number of ways to solve thet problem.
Which of these two sentences is correct? Thank you in advance :)

englishstudent

Sorry, I meant There are number of ways to solve the problem :) Who works, they make mistakes :)

englishstudent

I think number two is correct, because it’s about countable things. I mean, way – countable noun. For example you may instead of “number” use “some”

Dima

Dima, thank you very much for explanation, this is really confusing, I respect your opinion, but we’ll wait until Alex responds on this, and then we’ll be 100% sure. Thank you once again :)

englishstudent

“There are a number of ways to solve that problem.” is the correct answer.

Alex

Finally! Thank you Alex, what would we do without you? Take care :)

englishstudent

ALEX, I LOVE YOU, YOU´RE A GREAT ENGLISH TEACHER AND HANDSOME TOO. KISSES FOR YOU…I LOVE U, I LOVE U.

Isabella

thanks a lot for teaching me english lesson

jai

thank you so much.

hanody

hey hanody how r u?
i hope u r doing well
do u mind if i wanna be friends
i wish to talk and chat in english and we can leran each other

Basem

10 out of 10!!! yes!!!

cristina

thank you Alixe too much : )

oldman

Hi how are mr oldman. I’m from Tangier and i want to learn english.

begennier

thank u so much teacher
i wanna to explain lesson about countable an uncountable in difficult cases like what englishstudent say over there in his comment

Basem

You are doing a wonderful work towards teaching English to the non-native speakers of the language. Please keep the good work up.

Tariq Tunio

Dear Mr.Alex,
Thank you very much for all your video lessons. They are really informative and very useful. Could you, please tell us rules that govern the maintenance of tenses and forms of speeches in academic essay writing. I requested you a couple of times in the past. I would be thankful, if you could go into depth of the details of essay writing.

Daya Rao

understandable lesson, take care too.

Efrain

Thanks

samsonpervaiz90

Hey Alex,
By the method you teach me, is very comprehensible and understand-able.
I have given your quiz and got 100% marks. 10 out of 10.
Why will not a person, taught by you, do not gain 100% marks.
Have a nice day.

elvon786

Useful Lesson…Thanks ;)

antonio9

I can’t seem to get the quiz exercise to work. Am I missing something, or is the quiz option not functioning?

Dave

me neither. What’s the problem with the quiz?

dianastefania

It is very interesting… i got perfect score 10…

Geraldson

Thanks you’re great!!

norma lara

thank you teacher

sher61

9-10 thanks Alex

sohasaeed89

very good lesson,thank you

Mohamed

tankyou vry much ur d bst ^^

ken

thank alot

kkamaran

I enjoyed this lesson

Agnes

THANK YOU SO MUCH

yasser07

we are looking forward to your wonderful advanced lessons ,alex.

azza

9 from 10 , thanks it’s really good quiz

Jalgas

fine,it is good

gadigenaveenkumar

Hi Alex
Very interesting and comprehensible lesson.
I hope you will release next videos like that.
I posted a comment on the first list but there is not my name there.

elvon786

Hello Alex, can you explain to me why this is not correct
-Which sentence is correct?
1)He’s singing.
4)He’s singer.(my mistake)

-When were they there?
2)They were there all night.
3)They were dance there all night.(my mistake)

-Who is the opening act for the concert?
2)The Strokes is opening act.( my mistake)
3)The opening act is The Strokes.

Masha

1. If you talk about having a job in English, you need an article before the job title. For example, “He’s a singer” is correct, but “He’s singer” is incorrect.

2. As mentioned in the lesson, you can not put another verb after the verb “to be” in any tense. It’s like saying “I was go,” which is incorrect.

3. You need the article “the” before opening act to be correct here. There is only one opening act, so you must use the definite article.

Alex

Thank you very much for all your video lessons.

basheer

i want to know “to be” when can i use?
thank for helping me.

jung il.yang

Dear Alex,
Thanks for clarifying the be verb

zelalem

2 of 10 i ned practise mor

joe

hello i want to ask you i want to learn how to pronounce englis sound well

jannah

Thanks. That was great. Cheers.

uhorsfall

I need your help! I cannot understand the differences between “sort/kind of” When they are used as ‘hedge phrases’ or ’softeners’… please! I need your help!!!… Thanks!

rcastlez

thanks

ibrar

Dear Alex,

I would be very grateful if you could provide a lesson on the difference between Already, Now, Still and Yet.

Yours,
Omid

econesr

There is a lesson on “already” and “yet” on our website. You can view it here: https://www.engvid.com/grammar-already-yet/

“Now” means that something is happening at the moment, and “still” means that something started in the past, and has continued until the present. For example:

“I just finished my lunch, but I am still hungry.”

I was hungry before lunch. I finished my lunch. However, I am STILL hungry!

Alex

I got 10 out of 10 as usually i’m a student and i just wanna know about salang.Could you please make some lesson on it… I hope you’ll.Thank you

Naveed ijaz

Of course!

Alex

i like it

kiet26

Ooooppppssss…9 out of 10 not bad… you know what when it comes to communication, grammar, my english is bad. waaahhhh

ley

can u pls discuss in your class how to use hes and his in a sentence.

ley

He’s = he is
His = possessive

“He’s a teacher.”
“This is his wallet.”

I hope this helps!

Alex

I GOT IT !

crispim

Thank you for your lesson

May

i go it ^^

snabil

thamks alex

daallo

very helpful and i really enjoyed the lesson :) .. thanks

Shady

thank alex for that lesson was very useful to me ,I got 10 out of 10 before Icouldn’t do but
now I understod,thank you very much, you are a good teacher !!

bel3

When were they there?
They was there all night.
They were there all night.
They were dance there all night.
There were there all night.
has being listed twice as a answer opption

Humberto Goldsworthy

Humberto, please check the answers again and you will see that there is not a twice listed answer.

luciano46

thanks

s.kumar

Thank you, Alex. You’re a great teacher, you know. I need to ask you… Could you make any lesson about numbers? I mean ‘how’ to pronounce the numbers. If Engvid have lessons about it, just ignore my request, because I’ll search again. Anyway, thanks for the that great review. x) PS: forgive my mistakes, and correct me where necessary, please. xD

Alex

There is a lesson on the difficulty some students have with pronouncing “thirteen” and “thirty” here: https://www.engvid.com/english-pronunciation-numbers/

A longer lesson on numbers is a good idea! Thanks for the suggestion!

Alex

Hello Alex. I have a question:
You say we never can use “be” with verbs like “see”, “make”, “go”. Can we use “be” with “to make”, “to go”, “to do”..
For example, can we say : “what am I to do?”, “what am I to say?”
Thank you in advance …

babaliyev

These are all correct. :) An infinitive is possible, but I did not list it among the options because we don’t often use it in informal conversation; especially not in statements.

Alex

10 out of 10

Nadeem

Dear Alex,
please show exercises to join sentences using but, and, because. Thanks

mary alex fernandes

Good idea for a future lesson!

Alex

I LOVE IT! 10/10, thanks for the efforts to explain further more all of these things. I’ve been studying my grammars in this site for 1 year and thanks to god I learned a lot and thanks to you as well :)Take care and God bless us all.

Lian04

Alex,thanks for all your lessons and videos they are great and very helpfull I really apreciate what you do, god bless you.

luciano46

I enjoyed the session . Thanks alex. 9 out of 10.

patraba

thanks you alotttttttttttttt

mahsad313

thank you thank you thank you for all

mousa

I had a problem when I was beginner with this, you will help all the beginner with this lesson, thank you Alex.

serajstyle

8 out of10 is my score( tach and go)

rain6641

thnk you

frah

Thank you alex for the class !

Tulio de Barros

Thank you Alez for the class !

emptyairway

Thank you Alex , remind me the way use VERB BE

ngquocdungus

Thanks a lot for hosting such a good website like this for us. I scored 9 out of 10.

sateesh

thank you so much

pozitron

Many thanks

mahmoud1975

thank you so so much

begennier

thanks to your lesson.

Ira

9 out of ten not bad..

joda

hai
my friends ,i am using to this one in only 6 month .6 month past iam not able to speek english …. now iam ok , i have confedent to talk to my college and my friends
thank you so much
eng vid te
regards,
roy

roy cheriyan

9 out of 10. Very interesting lesson. Thamk you so much Alex.

samdjam

Hello! Thank you so much for all your classes! I would really like to get an explanation about Subjunctive, would you please make a class about it?? Thanks!

margo08

Good suggestion. I’ll keep it in mind for a future lesson.

Alex

dear Alex very thank for my quiz

karox abdulah

hello everybody cold please help in this question?

Combine the following sentences into one sentence using relative clauses. Use the underlined sentence as the independent/main clause.
Istanbul is a port in Turkey on the Bosporus. It lies partly in Europe, partly in Asia. It was formely the Roman city of Constantinople from 330 to 1453.It was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

hamditch

tnx and such a great work

alamgir

I don’t understand who is target group for this lesson. I think if someone could understand what you explained IN ENGLISH*, he DEFINITELY knows what verb ‘be’ means because such things are the essentials of grammar. Isn’t that strange video?

onami

There are beginners who don’t know the verb “to be,” and even those who think they know it often make mistakes with what can come after it. For example, I have taught advanced students who use “I was see on the weekend,” which is incorrect.

Alex

Dear teacher Alex, I always refer to you, because you always respond regularly on our questions and comments. Now I have one question about reported speech, hope you can help me. If one person says, “I would rather do this job!” Now I want to say it in my own words, how do I do it? For instance, they said they. . .?

englishstudent

“They said they would rather have done that job,” or “…would rather do that job” depending on when you reported.

Alex

so helpful i like it

muhammadbilal

Thank you Alex. You’re an awesome teacher :-)

Grace

hi everyone thank’s for the engvid and thank’s for all the teachers

monyr

Thank you Alex. This my first time to be in your web. I love it . This is what I need a grammar.

thank you so much.

Asunta

thank your to correct my first exercise

rossana

This EngVid is a great site that we can improve our english speacially in Teofel

Jamshid Shiwa

Great help!!

Ashish

Hi Alex,
Hope you are doing great! :-) Can we use “to be” verb with past participle. For instance
1) I am done.
2) It is completed
3) he is finished

According to your video “to be” doesn’t go with verb. how about the above mentioned examples? I have seen these kind of sentences in day to day activities. If the above mentioned sentences are correct, then which of past participle works with “to be”? Looks like there are some exceptions. For example: He is gone –> incorrect one.

thanks in advance,
subu

subusan

Yes, you can use past participles after the verb to be, but they become passive sentences. (Ex. “These shoes were made in China”) In your examples, you are actually using adjectives, and not past participles.

Alex

I like Quizs best of all.

Thanks!

Dennis

hi Alex
its great lesson thanks for this,

imu

Thank you for your lesson.My sore is seven. i still need practise.

ferkat

i hope will improve my khowledge with your lessons
thanks your effors

Aibek

Alex, I really hope you’ll make some advanced lessons in future, if you cannot several than at least one about Future Perfect & Future Perfect continuous. I’d like to learn something more about other 6 verb tenses which are much more difficult than previous six(basic onces). Please Alex, we learn the best from you.

Dario

thanks for this lesson…it helps me alot..

Lydia

thanx..alex…gr8 job…

Najath Muhammed

Good day Sir Alex, could you explain for me, how to correct use of words LATTER & LATER…because I really really confusing that words.. thaks god bless..

Reynaldo Q Paquingan

“Later” is an adverb, and is used to describe a future time.

“I will do my homework later.” (not now, but in the future)

“Latter” is used as an adjective signifying the second of two options.

“I like Coke more than Pepsi. Do you prefer the former (Coke) or the latter?” (Pepsi)

I hope this helps!

Alex

is it correct to say “jesus christ in the latter day saint”? there is no option?

khukz

Thanks Alex, your answer is great, I am extremely happy from the bottom my heart, your awesome a million thanks to you…

Reynaldo Q Paquingan

Any time! I’m glad you found the lesson useful!

Alex

Congratulations your lesson is very usefull.Thanks

playforce

Thank’s Alex is wonderful

prince

Thanks Alex

Net

Thank you very much for this lesson MR.Alex

naela

thank you very much and stay blessed
10 out of 10

javaidrashid

Thanks Alex, very clear you online class

Edy

Dear Alex,
You are the best instructor i have ever seen.
You have helped me and my brother alot …
We are very grateful ..
Hope you the best .
regards ,
A&A

A & A

thanks alex GOd bless you

sebas18

Dear Mr.Alex ,
Can you tell us about some common symptoms
in medicine so we can be familiar with?
with love ,
DoubleCream

Question !!!

its fantastic sir thanks for that

imtiaz12

Thank you, so much Mr.Alex. Today is my first day in your class and it is very helpful I hope you undastand my written, have a great day ! Margarita0603 :)

margarita0603

Hi Alex,

Can you please explain me how “went” is becoming “pastance”. And i’m look forward to hearing from you.

Warm Regards,
Mohammed Shahith

khrmsr

Hi Alex,

I have a question for you before go to question i would like to wish for the festival.

Merry Christmas and Happy New year for you and your family,your friends and not but least our Engvid staff/team.

I noticed a important note on this lesson i.e “Do not follow the “be” verb with another verb, unless it is a passive sentence and the verb is in the past participle form.

How i can identify which sentences are passive sentence and which sentences are past participle form/sentence.

Warm Regards,
Mohammed Shahith

khrmsr

Thanks a million
score 10/10 ;)

strassenger

Thanks a lot, Alex.I confused about “He’s singer” why is incorrect?
In the next lesson,Could you teach me about article and preposition?
I don’t understand. How to use? when can use it?
Thank you my teacher.It make me understand.

pad

Thanks Alex,,,

jahaonline

The word Thank is not enough to thank you, Alex
Your way is very good in teaching.
correct my sentence if there is mistakes
Thank you again

Monzer

hello sir !..thanks 4 the lesson..it’s really good…can u please explain to me …why this is not correct?
Which sentence is correct?
I was to the park.(my answer)
I went to the park.(correct answer)..

pm2011

hello sir …may u please make a lesson on types of verbs and when to use which type and how??it will be really helpful…
thanks..

pm2011

Thanks Alex,,,

ahmedelmalah

thanks very much mr: Alex

mans

I got 10 out 10!!!.thanks a lot.Alex.

Nilanka

Great Alex thanks you.

kent

7 of 10 . ok
Thank the test

hareechok

THanks Alex…. 10/10…. come on¡¡

juancapsico

Thx Sir Alex

ZAFAR

nice nice !!! good

orion

Hi Sir Alex, just registered myself on this website it really impressed me when I saw the way you teaching to the students but still I have to improve my english please so advise for that? waiting for your reply?

khanf

I want to learn English from beginning please advise, in fact I’m a urdu medium student.

khanf

be+verv3. As ” be played, be done” , Plz explain……

Hriday

Thank you Mr. Alex for lesson. I absolutely love learning English. English is the most interesting language that I have ever learned.

Jon waldinson

i got 9 out of 10.
alex will you please deliver a lesion on active & passive voice

sandeep

God, bless you.

larchik0104

I Mr, Your teaching filled me up with confident.Thank you very much.

madelyn2012

thanks! but English language learning needs more work before seccessefully.

Mohamed Olad

THENKS SIR FOR THIS

jawad

Thanks so much for this wonderful lesson!!

ilyas95

Thank you Alex. I hope to learn more from you.

qamar2012

thank you

yasawd

thank you so much for this lesson. I hope learn more from you.

elitra

why i got mistake in the last number in the quiz? is’nt it that the verb be follewed by the past participle? that’s why i did not choose the first one. i confuse!

khukz

10/10 :))

shuraimatiq

thanks.

vjthas

You scored 9 out of 10

shyla

Thanks

Really the quiz was interested . I got 10/10 . Thank you so much Mr Alex for your teaching .

throughcountry

Thanks a lot you are best teach. I really confuse when use ” which or that ” could you tell me ?

Barbara

thanks Alex

pretz83

this is so Great ….

Hi Alex: The Cinema was moved to another location. Is this a correct sentense we using verb with To-be verb? Could you help Thanks.

Ali

That is correct. You can also use the verb “to be” before a passive verb. :)

Alex

Thanks Alex.

Ali

10 out of 10… My kids love it.

Rowena M. Musngi

excellent

kumarpeyyala

Thank you for all the refresher. It’s been fifteen years since I’ve been in school, and this website gave me a lot of help. Especially,, with me trying to go back to school. I hope you guys continue to teach. Also, I’m so greatful with the rest of the teachers who put all their efforts to come up with this idea. What intimidates me, is the essay part. I’ve been thinking about taking my placement test in two weeks, but I feel I’m not ready yet.

Aldwin

I will go to Japan, next year.(Simple future tense) Here Be very follow with base verb. Could please define this (Is this correct)………Thanks Alex.

Ali

thanks

jiaocuihua

Thanks for your clearly explainations~

Purple

tanx………

fathom

I got 10 out of 10 . Thank you so much for this lesson ! It was really helpful.

popcorn2

I am a India. I am a Gujarati person… I like your lesson so much..
i got 8 out of 10..but still i am not satisfy with my knowledge…your lesson is nice…but i am always confuse..i fond of speak in english…please put in your lesson more & more rules which important for learner….
Thank you,

ranjit

Thanks Dear best Teacher Alex

preemy

thank u vary much …..

karam

in ronnie’s lesson i have learnt to use was when i am talking for “I” and now in the quiz at the first quiz ” i was to the park” and “I went to the park” I choose i was to the park and the quiz gave me that was a wrong answer. could you explain what happened?

i appreciate your response.
tnx a lot,
daniela

Daniela

9/10 I love your video’s :)

Ahmed

THANKS Alex for the lecturing.I got a 100 out of a 100.

christen101

Thanks

ahmadmofa

Thanks Alex

I got 8/10 but next time I’ll not be misktake..

Ashish

thank very much Alex

dattatraya

Hi Alex. I appreciated your lesson. The only suggestion I’d give you is that it’d be easier and clearer for the students if you, when writting, put an indefinite article before the profession – ex: I am an architect. You said but not wrote. I think it would be better. Regardless of this, your class is perfect. Thank you.

James

thank u alex four lesson

austan

I not understand incorrect: His girlfriend is the Jojan.
plese help me

ngohungsc2011

thank you.:-)

kleenth20

This is my first experience with English language and I guess what was me very well.

TERRY

nice ,i can;t see video but enjoy quiz

nazish

Hi Alex. You explain very very good. I really like your lessons. Please, think of making a lesson about PARTICIPLE-2. Their role as verb and as adjective. This is my only difficulty.

Tarlan

Fantastic!

mistereee

can one says “I had had some ice cream from the ice cream polar last year. If not could you do a lesson on that please.

Steve77

I got 9 out of 10

ashokgunas

hi sir,what is the difference between
he will sing.
he will be singing.
he is going to sing.
pls help me..thx

senthil kumar

Thank you so much Alex for the lesson. You are the best. Alex, please could you help me ? I would like to stay one month with a family who speaks English. I want to improve my English. Thanks in advance

Angel

hi , please help me to understand ;Rebecca said in one lesson that for HOME the prepositon AT doesn’t exist .i.e -I go home not I go at home .Which is correct?

lavinia

Thanks for your lesson.

youssef1986

woooouuu… was incredible you are the best….
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continue so

elkrespo

Billion thanks for the score.
Please i will like to share these few words with you,i always feel scared to speak english in a congregation most especially with my foreigner friends, i was believe that what am saying is not correct.and they will be making jest of me.Please advise me

Sarah

thank’s Mr alex

fayez04

and the verb to be before adverbs? I am fine, for example

pty25

Thanks Mr. Alex it’s a nice lesson. I can’t wait for my students this coming school year. More power.

vincent27

Please, let me know if the following sentence is in order.
I ask James,” James, can you do this?”
James replied: “Oh,yes. I can do this”.
Now, I want to convey to someone like”I asked James and he said that he can do it”. Is this formation correct?

shans

WHY in the first question, the second answer is wrong?

analoza

10 out of 10 ..thank you!

ladygrace

thank’s Mr alex

Ayad Saeed

Thank you, Alex.It was a useful class.How easy you explain in a short time..Others make different charts …It seems a big deal, but in fact it’ not.Take care of yourself.

daffodile

Hello, Alex.
I wanna to say thank you for this lesson.
I finally understand this point.

Lalagabrielyan

hi Sir Alex, can u pls tell me how to distinguish after word “be” followed by ‘ing’ or past participle? example
1) i will be COMING.
2) the men we believe to be INVOLVED in the trafficking.

fyrel

I have problem writing and speaking but I need some advice on how to improve.

Hargesa12

Damn, only 8 correct answers:) I’m sad:(

Nasazarada

thanks a lot Alex

aleksandar

Thanks Alex. I got 10 over 10 for the quiz. Very clear explanation and i found it very useful

akujazz

big thanks from Egypt ;)

Magid

Thanks got 90%.

Abdul Qayum

Thanks teacher ! thats useful!!
i added verb come with “be verb” before -0-.
n this will not happen in future, thanks a million!

wen.wen

Thanks a lot Alex

Mitha

I got 90. thanks a lot Alex

mary.TA

thank you Alex : )

teina

i got perfect 10! thank you.

anjana05

susan

I scored 10,too. Thanks alex^^

Rebecca

Thank you Alex for this lesson. I was able to review the use of the verb to be.

Glorietta

10/10 OH YEA!

Darkdisorder78

Got 9/10 :(

Shahad.a

Thx for lesson
i like this

safari faustin

Thanks for the lesson !!

Sabby1985

Good and basic

Scott Peng

Thanks Alex.

Josmer

Thank you!

Nao Tsuboya

im very confident about my score, i keep telling myself that i will get a perfect score and yes i did, i got 10/10 hehehe :)

Blackrald

Thanks, Alex. You’re a very good teacher. =)

Gabrielrj21

thank u

Sadiqur Rahman

Thanks my friend.

Ricardo Ferreira Nunes

Thanks a lot

Vivimi

It was useful lesson

challenge41

Hi Alex
Could you please tell me why answer on the seventh
quiz “7. Who is the opening act for the concert?”

“The Strokes is opening act.” is incrorrect
“The opening act is The Strokes.” is correct

Thanks in advance

Ivan Kosenko

You need the article “the” before opening act,
So you must use the definite article.
I hope this helps!

Arm Cheng

Thank you for your reply but this isn`t of any help, the question was about something different than you answered on

Ivan Kosenko

Excuse me,Alex
I have a little question about why “I’m back” that connect the basic verb behind the be verb or “I’ll be back”.

Arm Cheng

Thank you Alex.
I did not understand the first question. Are you could explain?

Sandra Marafioti

Thanks you so much.

Marta Lopez

thank you so much Alex you are the best.

crisxs123

Hi Alex,

Love your videos and the fact that you actually look a teacher with all those locks! I have a question. Is it possible to save your videos on the website in some sort of order? Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 3?
kind regards
Pete Gee