1. SINTESIS DEL VERBO TOBE
JOHANA ARRUBLA
What is the verb "to be"? And what's more, why always start here?
The structures with the verb "to be" used to communicate several useful aspects such as "talk
about a person" (your name, nationality, where is your profession, how it feels, etc..) And
"describe characteristics of someone or something "(which is something, its color, to whom it
belongs, etc..).
This diversity of uses as important causes almost all English courses agendas begin with the verb
"to be". However, although the grammar is very important in itself, there are a variety of
vocabulary words related to the structures of the verb "to be" and have no sense of grammar
learned without their corresponding words. For example, what sense would know how to use the
verb "to be" to talk about the profession of someone if you do not know one most common
occupations at least? It would not do.
We must also pay special attention to the most common mistakes of the Spanish, usually related
interference with their own language. For example, in Castilian often use the verb "have" to say "I
have cold" while in English they say "I'm cold" (I am cold) and they say "not right" without using
the subject "it "while in English they say" This is not correct "(It's not right).
Generally, although the structure seems very easy at first, you have to practice over and over
again in all its facets (eg professions to talk, to say how you feel, negative, affirmative,
interrogative, with pertinent vocabulary, etc..) until it assimilates everything right.
Subject pronouns:
First, you have to know what certain words in Spanish equivalent which are called "subject
pronouns" I = I, thou = you, he = he, she = she, it = it, we = we, ye = you ( the same word for the
pronoun you) and they = they.
Video on Youtube. Exercises: To Be - translations (ICT Center. - SAN Tesifón CEIP), I, You, He, She,
It, etc.
The verb "to be" is often accompanied by the subject pronouns in Spanish while you do not need
the pronoun - "He is American" = "is American." This leads to wrong suelan students much at first,

2. saying things like "American is" or "is not American" (not American) when it should be "He's not
American" English.
Practice
Basic Structure: To Be, To Be 3 with a puzzle SNAP: verb to be, To Be 1 (http://inglesnanet.com/)
Practice exercises more with "am", "is" and "are" of Inglés-4u.de
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Practice more:
Also: Am, Is, Are Bradley's Inglés School
They instead of He or She
The basic structure so the verb "to be":
Affirmative
Subject Verb Object / complement (with and without contraction)
I am a student. I'm a student.
You are happy. You happy.
He is John. It's John.
She is in the car. It's in the car.
It is a hot day. It is a hot day.
We are David's parents. We are the parents of David.
You are from Madrid. You are in Madrid.
They are ours. They are ours.
Be - Present Tense
The verb "be" in the present tense
Memorize these sentences: Basic Structure of Verb "To Be" - affirmatives, Putting verb "to be" in
order. Another exercise: I am, You are, He is, etc. .. Also, click on the phrase, type the word and

3. press "enter" in this exercise: Is, are. Put the words in the correct order in this exercise: Verb to be
order.
Contractions Making With The verb "be".
Note: In all these English phrases must always be a subject while in Spanish, no. For example: "It's
in the car" equals "She is in the car."
The basic structure of the negative of the verb "to be": (To be negative)
Negative
Subject Verb Object / complement (with and without contraction)
I am not a student. I am student.
You are not happy. You're not happy.
He is not John. Not John.
She is not in the car. Not in the car.
It is not a hot day. It is a hot day.
We are not David's parents. We are the parents of David.
You are not from Madrid. You are not from Madrid.
They are not ours. They are not ours.
Be negative - Present Tense
Memorize these sentences: Basic Structure of Verb "To Be" - Negatives, Putting verb "to be"
negatives in order. Another exercise: I am not, You are not, etc.. To be negative (Adele's ESL
Corner). Not to be Quiz.
Note: In spoken English, almost never uttered the words "is not" and "are not" as such but it is
usually mute the sound of the "o" in "not": "is not" is pronounced "is not" and "are not" "arnt".
This is reflected in the written form or "contracted" with apostrophe as "is not" and "are not".
More information: In defense of contractions.
Making contractions negative With The verb "be".
Note: Apart from the contraction in "I'm Not", "am not" not usually incur. In the language of the
street they say "is not" instead of "am not", "are not" and "is not"), for example, "I is not a

4. student", "You is not happy "and" They is not ours. " Sounds somewhat informal. Use contractions:
Contractions - affirmatives, contractions, and contractions more negative.
nterrogativo
Subject verb object / complement
Am I a student? Am I a student?
Are you happy? Are you happy?
Is he John? Is it John?
Is she in the car? Are you in the car?
Is it a hot day? Is it a hot day?
David's parents are we? Are we the parents of David?
Are you from Madrid? Are ye of Madrid?
Are they ours? Are our?
Be present tense questions
Be present tense questions
Memorize these questions in this order: Basic Structure of Verb "To Be" - Questions, Putting verb
"to be" questions in order. Another exercise: Am I, are you, Is he, etc. Ask questions: To be
questions, Questions to be with.
Note: In Castilian the interrogative and so are often virtually the same and add the question ""
before the phrase and the "?" later. However, in English it changes the order of the words, and
then add the "?". (With the verb "to be" merely exchanged the verb "to be" in the subject to ask a
question.)
Practicing the affirmative, negative and interrogative in Ego4u.com
The three forms

5. The basic structure of the short answers of the verb "to be":
Af. Neg. (With and without shrinkage)
Yes, I am. No, I am not. (I'm not.)
Yes, you are. No, you are not (You Are not - you're not)
Yes, he is. No, he is not (he is not - he's not)
Yes, she is. No, she is not (she is not - she's not)
Yes, it is. No, it is not (it is not - it's not)
Yes, we are. No, we are not (we Are not - we're not)
Yes, you are. No, you are not (You Are not - you're not)
Yes, they are. No, they are not (They Are not. - They're not)
Memorize these short sentences in this order: Basic Structure of Verb "To Be" - Short answers,
Putting verb "to be" in order - short answers. Also: To be - Short answers
Note: There is usually getting the affirmative of the short answers.
Note: Contractions: Often getting "it is" to "it's", "it is not" with "it's not" or "it is not", "you are"
with "you're", "we are not" with "We're Not" or we are not "," that is "a" that's "," that is not
"with" that's not "or" that is not ", etc.. (Note:" I am not "only contracts with" I'm not ").
More: There, they're, their, There, they're, their.