5. ONCE UPON A TIME, A MAN AND HIS WIFE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO HAVE A GOOSE WHICH
LAID A GOLDEN EGG EVERY DAY. LUCKY THOUGH THEY WERE, THEY SOON BEGAN TO THINK
THEY WERE NOT GETTING RICH FAST ENOUGH.
THEY IMAGINED THAT IF THE BIRD IS ABLE TO LAY GOLDEN EGGS, ITS INSIDES MUST BE MADE OF
GOLD. AND THEY THOUGHT THAT IF THEY COULD GET ALL THAT PRECIOUS METAL AT ONCE,
THEY WOULD GET MIGHTY RICH VERY SOON. SO THE MAN AND HIS WIFE DECIDED TO KILL THE
BIRD.
HOWEVER, UPON CUTTING THE GOOSE OPEN, THEY WERE SHOCKED TO FIND THAT ITS INNARDS
WERE LIKE THAT OF ANY OTHER GOOSE!
6. WHAT WORDS DID YOU FIND HIGHLIGHTED IN
RED?
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THAT WORD?
8. • PERSONAL PRONOUNS ARE THE WORDS USED TO REFER TO THE PEOPLE OR
SUBJECTS INVOLVED IN A STATEMENT. ITS FUNCTION IS TO REPLACE THE NOUN
WHEN IT HAS BEEN OMITTED.
Andrés will go to the movies tonight. He will go
with his girlfriend.
Juan, Alberto, and I are ready to go on vacation.
We want to travel to New York.
9. BUT, WHAT THE VERB TO BE IS…
THE VERB TO BE MEANS “YO SOY O YO
ESTOY”, AND WE USE IT TO GIVE OUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION…
10. I AM (YO SOY O ESTOY )
YOU ARE ( TU ERES O TU ESTAS)
HE IS ( ÉL ES O ÉL ESTA)
SHE IS (ELLA ES O ELLA ESTA)
IT IS ( ESO ES O ESO ESTA)
WE ARE (NOSOTROS SOMOS O ESTAMOS)
YOU ARE (VOSOTROS SON O VOSOTROS
ESTÁN)
THEY ARE (ELLOS SON O ELLAS ESTÁN)