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What is a verb?

Verbs are words that show an action (sing), occurrence (develop), or

state of being (exist). Almost every sentence requires a verb. The
basic form of a verb is known as its infinitive. The forms call, love,
break, and go are all infinitives.

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 What is a verb?

In English, verbs have a very important place in communication, they

are the ones responsible for expressing actions. Words like jump, run,
speak… all are common and clear examples of verbs that describe an
action that a subject does.

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 What is the "Verb to Be"?

The “to be” is a verb used to describe people, places or things.

In English, it can be used to say different things according to the context.

However, the most common use of the to be verb is to talk about
names, ages, feeling, nationalities, and professions, especially when
talking in the present tense.

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 “To Be” is a linking verb

To be is considered a linking verb when it's used to describe traits,

characteristics, emotions, and states of being. It connects the main
noun (or subject) to a describing word, such as an adjective or another
noun.

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Forms of "Verb to Be“ in present

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We use verb to be to describe:

• Feelings
• Nationalities
• Origin
• Physical description
• Age
• Places
• Identifying objects at the distance
• General description

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 Examples
• I am happy. (feelings)
• She is American. (nationality)
• He is from Guanajuato. (origin)
• We are beautiful. (physical description)
• They are 25 years old. (age)
• I am at home. (place)
• This / that is a pen. (identifying objects)
• These / those are pictures. (identifying objects)
• Acapulco is hot. (description)

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 Examples
• Am I happy? (feelings)
• Is she American? (nationality)
• Is he from Guanajuato? (origin)
• Are we beautiful? (physical description)
• Are they 25 years old? (age)
• Am I at home? (place)
• Is this / that a pen? (identifying objects)
• Are these / those pictures? (identifying objects)
• Is Acapulco hot? (description)

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 Examples
• How am I?
• What nationality is she?
• Where is he from?
• What are we like?
• How old are they?
• Where are you?
• What ss this / that?
• What are these / those?
• How is Acapulco?

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 More examples
I am Cowy, and I‘m from Ireland.
Elliot and Cowy are best friends.
Where are Billy and Elliot?
They are at the theater.
Bobby is helping Lisa with his homework.
The river is very pretty.
The flowers aren’t red, they are orange.
Are the dogs running in the field?
Yes, they are.

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 Base form: Be

This is the most basic form of the verb, and it’s how we can find it in
the dictionary. It’s mostly used when using imperatives, and also as the
infinitive. Some examples are:

Be nice to your sister! (imperative)

I like to be at my house. (infinitive)

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 Activities
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-practice/present-simple-verb-be

https://www.eslgamesplus.com/verb-to-be-auxiliary-verb-am-is-are-esl-grammar-activity/

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/31524948/ingl%c3%a9s/verb-to-be-

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/30656852/ingl%c3%a9s/questions-chandon-elementary

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/60231549/verb-to-be/to-be-aff-neg-personal-information

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/57056306/ingl%c3%a9s/jobs-verb-to-be

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/31537671/ingl%c3%a9s/verb-to-be-as-fast-as-you-can-short

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