WEEK 1

Teacher Gabriel
 Present Simple: Be

• Positive To Be
• Negative To Be
• To Be in Questions
• Possesive form
 Verb To Be

• What color is this flower?

• How old are you?

• How do you fell right now?

• Where are you from?

 Verb To Be

Verb “To Be” is used to express who/what you are or how you are.

• My name is Gabriel.
• Those kids are my brothers.
• I am a student.
• You are afraid of the test.
• She is from Japan.
 Positive “ To Be”

Verb “To Be” can be used in true statements, things that are correct.
Pronoun + To be + Complement
Singular

Pronoun Verb To Be Complement

I am single.
You are from Quito.
He/She/It is Hungry.
 Positive “To Be”

Verb “To Be” can be used in true statements, things that are correct.
Pronoun + To be + Complement
Plural

Pronoun Verb To Be Complement

We are students in this class.
You are sad for your grades.
They are in the mall.
Verb To Be
 Negative “To Be”

Verb “To Be” can be used in false statements, things that are not
correct.
Pronoun + To be + Complement
Singular

Pronoun Verb To Be Complement

I am not / I’m not your friend.
You are not / aren’t/ You’re not 16 years old.
He/She/It is not /isn’t / He’s not happy.
 Negative “To Be”

Verb “To Be” can be used in false statements, things that are not
correct.
Pronoun + To be + Complement
Plural
Pronoun Verb To Be Complement
We are not / aren’t in the park.
You are not / aren’t from Italy.
They are not / aren’t angry.
 Negative “To Be”

They aren’t in the park.

They are in church. She is not 16 years old. He isn’t from England.
He is from France.
She is 23 years old.
 Verb To Be: Questions

Verb “To Be” can be used to ask quiestions, to figure out if things are
correct or not.
Verb To Be + Pronoun + Complement + ?
Singular
Verb To Be Pronoun Complement
Am I your teacher?
Are you from Ibarra?
Is he/she/it a nice person?
a good dog?
 Verb To Be: Questions

Verb “To Be” can be used to ask quiestions, to figure out if things are
correct or not.
Verb To Be + Pronoun + Complement+?
Plural
Verb To Be Pronoun Complement
Are we english students?
Are you cheating on the test?
Are they travellers from China?.
 Verb To Be: Questions
• _________________ ?
• No, the apple is green.

• _________________ ?
• Yes, that girl is blonde

• __________________?
• No, he is from Brazil.
 Verb To Be: Questions
• _________________ ?
• Yes, she is a nurse.

• _________________ ?
• No, they are basketball players.

• __________________?
• Yes, we are english students .
 Verb To Be: Questions
• Lets play detective!

• Make one question with verb To-be.

• Dont make inapropiate questions.

• If the question is not well written, I will not answer it.

 Verb To Be: Questions
• Are your parents professionals?
a) Yes b) No
• Are you 17 years old or less?
a) Yes b) No
• Is your best friend a kind person?
a) Yes b) No
• Is your pet a dog?
a) Yes b) No
 Possesive Pronouns
Sometimes a pronoun can express posesión of something.
Personal Pronoun Posessive Pronoun Example
I My My cellphone is white.
You Your Your hair is Brown.
Singular

He His His name is Erick.

She Her Her father is a policeman.
It Its Its color is red.
We Our Our campus is nice.
Plural

You Your Your team lose the game.

They Their Their house is too old.
 Possesive Pronouns
We can also express possesive from a noun.
To express posesión of a noun we ad a (‘) an a (s) at the end of the
noun.
Noun Posessive Example
Kelly Kelly’s Kelly’s eyes are blue.
My mom My mom’s My mom’s car is red.
Cat Cat’s My cat’s name is Max.
Peter Peter’s Peter’s girlfriend is from Colombia.
Ecuador Ecuador’s Ecuador’s population is 15 million people.
 Possesive Pronouns
How to identify personal pronoun and possesive pronoun

Is he your father?

Is this your pencil?

Are you Mary’s friend?

Is Jimmy your cousin?

 Possesive Pronouns
Riddle me this:

If Teresa's daughter is the mother of my daughter, what am I to

Teresa?
Answer:
What relationship do I have with the mother in-law of my brother’s
wife?
Answer: