 Activity #6

A continuación se les presenta un material práctico, contentivo de las estructuras gramaticales

para formar oraciones el estado de las personas, animales, objetos y cosas, tanto en presente
como en pasado. Los ejemplos y ejercicios tienen vocabulario básico y cotidiano.

“VERB TO BE”
(El Verbo “Ser o Estar”)

Acá veremos cómo construir oraciones simples y, por supuesto, a conjugar el sujeto con cada uno de
los demás elementos que las componen.

Uno de los verbos más importantes del Idioma Inglés: El Verbo “To be”.
Éste significa “Ser o Estar”, el cual conjugado con su correspondiente pronombre personal, nos sirve
para identificar sustantivos, dar, pedir y recibir información personal acerca de los mismos.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS POSITIVE NEGATIVE

Singular Pt Ps Contraction Contraction
1st Yo I am Was I’m Am not I’m not
2nd Tú/Usted You are Were You’re Are not Aren´t
Ella She She’s
3rd Él He is Was He’s Is not Isn’t
Eso/Esa It It’s
Plural
1st Nosotros We Were
We’re
2nd Ustedes You are Were You’re Are not Aren´t
They’re
3rd Ellos They Were
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LET’S PRACTICE!

CHANGE THE FOLLOWING NOUNS (SUSTANTIVOS) INTO PERSONAL PRONOUNS Y

AÑADA EL VERBO “TO BE” CORRESPONDIENTE EN PRESENTE Y PASADO

1 My brother- __HE_ __IS__ _WAS_ 5 My sister and I- _We_ __Are_ _Were_

2 Girls- _They_ _Are_ _Were_ 6 My father- __He_ __Is__ _Was_

3 School- _It_ __Is__ _Was_ 7 The window- __It_ __Is__ __Was__

4 Ben and tom- _They_ _Are _ _Were_ 8 Dad- __He_ __Is__ __Was__
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Para realizar Yes/No Questions (preguntas de Si o No) y responderlas de forma corta, se utilizan las
siguientes estructuras. Preste atención a algunos cambios.
QUESTION SHORT ANSWERS (Respuestas cortas)
Singular Positive Negative
Am I? / Was I? Yes, you are. / Yes, you were. No, you aren’t. / No, you weren’t.

Are you? /Were you? Yes, I am. / Yes, I was. No, I’m not. / No, I wasn’t.

Is he? / Was he? Yes, he is. / Yes, he was. No, he isn’t. / No, he wasn’t.
Plural
Are we? / Were we? Yes, you are. / Yes, you were. No, you aren’t. / No, you weren’t.
Are you? / Were we? Yes, we are. / Yes, we were. No, we aren’t. / No, we weren’t.
Are they? / Were they? Yes, they are. / Yes, they were. No, they aren’t. / no, they weren’t.

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LET’S PRACTICE!

COMPLETE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL QUESTIONS. PAY ATTENTION

TO THE SUBJECT (NOUN/PRONOUN) AND THE VERBAL TENSE (PRESENT/PAST)

1 __Are__ the students in class now?  ___Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t___.

2 __Are__ you hungry at this moment?  ____Yes, I am./ No, I’m not____.

3 ___Is___ the teacher in Miami yesterday?  ____Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t______.

4 __Is__ Venezuela a beautiful country?  ____Yes, It is. / No, It isn’t________.

5 __Is___ it cold today?  ____Yes, It is. / No, It isn’t_______.

6 __Are__ your mother working today?  ____Yes, she is./ No, she isn’t_____.

7 __Is__ the classroom clean this morning?  ____Yes, It is./ No, It isn’t_______.

8 __Are__ the exercises difficult?  ___Yes, They are./ No, They aren’t___.

9 __Are__ your house far from here?  _____Yes, It is./ No, It isn’t________.

10 __Is___ the English class easy to get?.  _____Yes, It is./ No It isn’t_______.

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COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. MAKE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER THEM.
USE SHORT POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ANSWERS.

1 The tools ___were__ on the floor last Friday.

 __Were the tools on the floor last Friday?_________
 __Yes, they were____________________________
 _No, they weren’t________________________________
2 Engineer Ana __is_____funny and nice
 __Is engineer Ana funny and nice?___________
 ____Yes, she is_____________________________
 __No, she isn’t_________________________________
3 I __was___ with Engineer Martinez there.
 __Were you with engineer Martinez there?_______
 __Yes, I was________________________________
 __No, I wasn’t_____________________________________
4 Jim and Cathy____are_____at the construction place.
 __Are Jim and Cathy at the construction place?______
 _Yes, they are_____________________________
 _No, they aren’t________________________________
5 The workers ___were_____tired last week.
 __Were the workers tired last week?____________
 __Yes, they were___________________________
 _No, the weren’t________________________________

PART II. REWRITE THE CORRECT SENTENCES AND CORRECT THE WRONG ONE

1) Are I from Venezuela? ______Are you from Venezuela?____

2) Your teacher is nice? ______Is your teacher nice?_______
3) Were your friends at Unefa last January? __Were your friends at Unefa last January?_
4) Is the students happy? _____Is the students happy?_____
5) You are an Engineer student ____You are an engineer student_____

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