﻿the Introduction 
Basic English lessons
will help you learn such topics as
Basic Sentence Structure
Making Questions
Giving Information About Yourself
Using Pronouns Correctly
How to Tell People What You Want or Have or Need
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Lesson 1: Learning to talk about yourself
I = the word used to talk about myself
I am Mr
G
I am a man
I am fuzzy
I am smiling
am = a form of the verb "to be" used only with I
Note: In spoken English "I" and "am" are often joined to form a "contraction" that looks like this in writing - "I'm" - and rhymes with words like "time" and "lime"
I am + adjective
An adjective tells who I am what kind of person I am what I look like how I feel
I am tall
I am awake
I am sleepy
I am tired
I am hungry
I am dirty
I am pretty
I am English
I am afraid
I am short
I am fat
I am thin
I am happy
I am smart
I am French
I am young
I am rich
I am sick
I am healthy
I am single
I am quiet
I am Italian
I am sad
I am old
I am angry
I am poor
I am clean
I am noisy
I am married
I am American
I am unemployed
I am confused
I am Iraqi
I am + -ing verb
This sentence tells what I am doing at this moment
I am writing this lesson now
I am eating
I am sleeping
I am working
I am crying
I am walking
I am shopping
I am driving
I am babysitting
I am watching tv
I am writing
I am + article + noun
Articles are little words that point out Nouns
They tell us that there will be a Noun ahead in the sentence
Articles are A AN THE
Nouns are words that name a person a place a thing an idea a feeling or an action
Any word we use to name something is a Noun
THE is used to point out a definite noun the only one of its kind a special one
Example: "I am the driver"  In this group I am the only one who can drive or who is responsible for driving
Example: If I say "I am the doctor" I mean that I am the only doctor here on this case or in this situation
I am the teacher
I am the boss
I am the janitor
I am the cook
I am the driver
I am the supervisor
I am the mailman
I am the doctor
I am the president
I am the owner
A and AN are used with singular nouns
A and AN mean the same thing but they are used in different situations
AN is used before words that begin with a Vowel sound (a e i o u) 
A is used before words that begin with a consonant sound (all the other letters
This is to make it easier to pronounce the Article and the Noun together
A and AN refer to one of a group of similar things - not a special one or a particular one just one of them
Example: "I am a driver"  There are other drivers; I am just one of them
Example:   If I say "I am a doctor" I mean that I am not the only doctor;  I am just one of them a member of the medical profession
I am a salesman
I am a boxer
I am a gambler
I am a mother
I am a Muslim
I am an organ-player
I am an undertaker
I am an ice skater
I am an angel
I am an elephant
A  AN and THE must come before the noun they point out but there can be other describing words between them and the Noun
Remember use A before words beginning with a consonant (a boy a dog) and AN before words beginning with a vowel (an ugly boy an old dog)
I am the only doctor
I am the school janitor
I am the main man
I am the boy's father
I am a good doctor
I am a careful janitor
I am a tall man
I am a young father
I am an awful doctor
I am an honest janitor
I am an old man
I am an angry father
With these models you can say just about anything you want about yourself
 I am + Adjective
I am + Article + Noun
I am + -ing Verb
Exercise A: Use words from the box below to complete the following sentences
Exercise B: Use words from the box above to complete the following sentences
Exercise A:  Any of the following would be correct
I am a mechanic
I am an old woman
I am the carpenter
I am the doctor
I am a singer
I am a driver
I am an unemployed teacher
I am the cook