MATERIAL DE REFUERZO

YES/NO QUESTIONS CON EL VERBO TO BE Preguntas de S/No (preguntas que se pueden contestar con "S" o "No") se forman de diferentes maneras dependiendo del verbo. En esta leccin vamos a ver como se pueden formar preguntas de S/No con el verbo "to be" (am, is, are ) o con verbos en el presente.

to be Para hacer una pregunta con to be (ser/estar) tiene que cambiar el orden. El verbo va primero y luego sigue el sujeto.
He is a student Is he a student? She is an accountant. Is she an accountant? They are teachers. Are they teachers? You are a father. Are you a father?

She is a secretary. Is she a secretary?

Respuesta afirmativa. Yes, She is. Respuesta negativa. No, she isn't. They are good students. Arethey good students? Respuesta afirmativa. Yes, they are. Respuesta negativa. No, they aren't.

LAS CONTRACCIONES- CONTRACTIONS

El uso de las contracciones es frecuente en ingls, tanto para respuestas cortas (no, I dont) como para algunos verbos (to be, verbos auxiliares, modales). Es informal. Una contraccin es la forma acortada de una palabra o una combinacin de palabras, a menudo usada cuando no queremos usar la forma completa. En estas formas cortas, las letras que faltan son substituidas por un apstrofe ('). En el ingls hablado e informal es muy comn usar las formas contradas del verbo "ser " y otros verbos auxiliares (tener, modals, etc.) Ya que stos son usados en contextos ms informales, deberan ser evitados en el ingls formal escrito. En el siguiente cuadro veremos las siguientes contracciones.

I Do
don't didn't 'm (not) wasn't 've - haven't 'd - hadn't 'll - won't 'd - wouldn't can't couldn't mustn't shouldn't oughtn't to

You, We, They

don't didn't 're - aren't weren't 've - haven't 'd - hadn't 'll - won't 'd - wouldn't can't couldn't mustn't shouldn't oughtn't to

He, She, It
doesn't didn't 's - isn't wasn't 's - hasn't 'd - hadn't 'll - won't 'd - wouldn't can't couldn't mustn't shouldn't oughtn't to

Did
Am Is Are

Was
Were Have Has

Had
Will Would Can

Could
Must Should Ought to

Am, is, are; was, were

I'm not in the mood for dancing. No estoy de humor para bailar.
Tom's the boy on the left. Tom es el chico de la izquierda. Sarah isn't feeling well at the moment. Sarah no se siente bien en este momento. We're living in Manchester. Estamos viviendo en machester. The Joneses aren't very nice. Los Jones no son muy amables. I wasn't listening to you. No te estaba escuchando. They weren't alone. No estaban solos.