VERB TO BE – PRESENT SIMPLE

Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative Short Answers

form
Full Contracted Full Contracted Full Affirmative Negative
I am I’m I am not I’m not Am I…? Yea, I am No, I’m not
You are You’re You are not You aren’t Are you? Yes, you are No, you aren’t
He is He’s He is not He isn’t Is he…? Yes, he is No, he isn’t
She is She’s She is not She isn’t Is she…? Yes, she is No, she isn’t
It is It’s It is not It isn’t Is it…? Yes, it is No, it isn’t
We are We’re We are not We aren’t Are we…? Yes, we are No, we aren’t
You are You’re You are not You aren’t Are you…? Yes, you are No, you aren’t
They are They’re They are not They aren’t Are they…? Yes, they are No, they aren’t

Notes:

- El subjecte en anglès és obligatori.

- La forma contraguda és més comú en anglès que la forma plena.
- La forma contraguda de la negació també es pot fer afegint la partícula not a la forma
contraguda de l’afirmació: you’re not, he’s not, etc.
- Les respostes curtes s’utilitzen quan es diu sí o no i no s’afegeix cap altre tipus
d’informació.

Algunes expressions que en castellà es construeixen amb el verb tenir en anglès es

construeixen amb el verb to be!

- To be hot (tenir calor)

- To be cold (tenir fred)
- To be hungry (tenir gana)
- To be thristy (tenir sed)
- To be afraid (tenir por)
- To be lucky (tenir sort)

© Núria Abad Riva

Level A1 – Elementary
EOI Martorell