LICENCIATURA EN LA ENSEÑANZA DE LA LENGUA INGLESA

Inglés Básico Verbo TO BE en presente

El verbo "TO BE" en inglés es equivalente a los verbos "ser" y "estar" en castellano.
“Cuando a los
estudiantes se les When a verb is conjugated, it is usually
llena su cerebro de accompanied by all of the personal
información, no se pronouns which can act as subjects of
a verb.
les da lugar a la
práctica, tendiendo a
olvidar rápidamente
lo aprendido” Afirmative, negative and interrogative sentences

FORM SUBJECT BE VERB Contraction EXAMPLE

1st person I am I'm I'm here.
2nd person you are you're You're busy.
3rd person he is he's He's a friend.
3rd person she is she's She's a doctor.
Affirmative
sentences 3rd person it is it's It's cold today.
1st person pl. we are we're We're hungry.
2nd person You're
you are you're
pl. beautiful.
3rd person pl. they are they're They're asleep.

Personal Pronouns BE
SUBJECT Contraction EXAMPLE
VERB
I I'm not
I am not I'm not
thirsty.
you
You aren't
he you aren't here.
you are not
you're not You're not a
she cat!
it He isn't there.
he isn't
he is not He's not at
we he's not
home.
they She isn't a
she isn't mother.
she is not
she's not She's not an
The apostrophe: (') actress.
Is used in a Negative It isn't warm
contraction, to sentences it isn't today.
it is not
indicate that one or it's not It's not too
more letters have hot today.
been omitted. We aren't
we aren't asleep.
we are not
we're not We're not
sleepy.
Grammar You aren't
you aren't tired.
you are not
The grammar of a language you're not You're not at
is an analysis of the various work.
functions performed by the They aren't
words of the language, as
they aren't here.
they are used by native they are not
they're not They're not at
speakers and writers.
work.

BE VERB & (+) (-)

SUBJECT Short Answer Short Answer
Am I correct? Yes, I am. No, I'm not.
No, you aren't.
Inglés para todos los colombianos. Are you tired? Yes, you are.
No, you're not.
http://sis.senavirtual.edu.co/ingles/ No, he isn't.
Is he asleep? Yes, he is.
No, he's not.
No, she isn't.
Is she here? Yes, she is.
No, she's not.
Questions No, it isn't.
Is it warm? Yes, it is.
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No, it's not.
Teach, inaugura el programa de enseñanza No, we aren't.
Are we students? Yes, we are.
de inglés en la isla de Barú en el 2009. No, we're not.
No, you aren't.
Are you thirsty? Yes, you are.
No, you're not.
No, they aren't.
Are they here? Yes, they are.
No, they're not.