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BE: Declaraciones y
Preguntas Tipo Yes/No

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(Introductions)
Scott Ellis
Senior SharePoint Architect
Conversación Forma Usos Contracciones Practica
Conversación

Tom: Are you a new student here?

Lea: Yes, I am. My name is Lea.

Tom: My name’s Tom Sanchez.

Lea: Oh, I think I know your mother. She’s Marta Sanchez, right?

Tom: Uh, Marta Sanchez isn’t my mother. She’s my sister.

Lea: Oh.
Conversación Forma Usos Contracciones Practica
Forma

Subject Be

I am

you are

he
she is
it

we are
they
Conversación Forma Usos Contracciones Practica
Uso del Verbo TO BE 1
Se usa TO BE antes de. . . sustantivos.

I am a firefighter.

He is a photographer.
???

They are aliens.

 Uso del Verbo TO BE 2

Se usa TO BE antes de. . . Adjetivos

I am busy.

He is afraid.

It is hungry.
 Uso del Verbo TO BE 3
Se usa TO BE antes de. . . Frases Preposicionales

She is in the shower.

She is from Japan.

He is under the bed.

Conversación Forma Usos Contracciones Practica
 Contracciones
En una contraccion, un apostrofe (’)
reemplaza una letra.

I’m
I ’m
am
a student.
a student.

Sam’s
Sam isfrom
’s fromChina.
China.

They
They’re
areexcited.
’re excited.
Conversación Forma Usos Contracciones Practica
 Talk with a partner about these

Practica 1
pictures. Use the verb be and
contractions.

in the air upset painters shocked

Example: 1.

He’s shocked. She’s upset.

2. 3.

They’re painters. It’s in the air.

 Negativos  Not
Subject + Be
Contraction
+ Not

I’m not X

aren’t
not you’re not you aren’t

he’s not he isn’t

isn’t
not she’s not she isn’t
it’s not it isn’t

we’re not we aren’t

aren’t
not they’re not they aren’t
 Make negative
Practica 2 contractions for these
sentences.
Example:

He is happy. He’s not happy. He isn’t happy.

Answer 1 Answer 2

1. They are teachers. They’re not They aren’t teachers.

teachers.

2. I am from the U.S. I’m not from the

U.S. X
3.
We’re not single. We aren’t single.
We are single.
 Preguntas
El verbo TO BE se antepone al sujeto en las
preguntas

She
Is she
is at school?
.

They
Are they
are young?.
 Change the statements
Practica 3 into questions.

Example: She is a teacher.

Is she a teacher?

1. Sam and Lisa are in class.

Are Sam and Lisa in class?

2. He is late.

Is he late?

3. I am busy.
Am I busy?
 Tip Gramatical!
Las contracciones NO SE USAN en las
respuestas afirmativas cortas

Yes,
Yes,
Yes, I’m.
Are Yes, I’m.
Are you
you new
new I am.
here?
here?
 Talk with a partner about these

Practica 4
pictures. Use the verb be and
contractions.

Example: Is it broken? 1. Am I at the right house?

Yes, it is. No, you aren’t.

2. Are they in love? 3. Is he late?

No, they aren’t. Yes, he is.

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