Be/to be en la lengua inglesa.

1. CURSO DE INGLÉS
INSTRUMENTAL
Módulo II: Verbo Be
Prof. Msc. Félix Vargas Arteaga
UNELLEZ-VPA

2. ¿Qué es el verbo be?
Es una de las palabras indicadoras de
acción más importantes de la lengua
inglesa.

3. ¿Cómo es utilizado?
 El verbo Be indica existencia, condición temporal o estado
permanente.
It’s really hot today.
Grady’s not here right now.
Karen and Tim are engineers.
Pauk was sick yesterday.
Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean.
 La forma base es Be, el participio pasado es been, y la forma –ing
es being.
I'll be back tomorrow.
He has been a doctor since 1998.
She is being nice today.

4. ¿Cómo es utilizado?
 The verb be is also used in progressive tenses, passives and prepositional
collocations:
Progressive tenses:
He is writing a letter to his brother.
Jeff was cleaning the house this morning.
The Holleys have been living there since April.
Passive voice:
The people were surprised by the news.
Craig was stopped by the policeman.
Prepositional collocations:
Tracy is fond of chocolates.
Cassie is not afraid of snakes.
I'm interested in making money.

5. Otros usos:
 Para expresar la edad:
How old are you?
I’m twenty years old/I’m twenty.
 Tamaño y peso:
How tall are you? What’s your height? I’m 1,65 meters.
What is your weight? What do you weight?/How much do
you weigh? I am 65 kilos or I weigh 65 kilos.
Precios:

How much is this melon? What does it cost?

6. Formas verbales de BE.
 El verbo BE tiene diferentes formas en el presente y pasado.
Pronombre Presente Contracción Pasado
I Am ‘m Was
He Is ‘s Was
She Is ‘s Was
It Is ‘s Was
You Are ‘re Were
They Are ‘re Were
We are ‘re were

7. Formas afirmativa o positiva, negativa e
interrogativa.
 Presente simple.
Afirmativa Negativa Interrogativa
I am/I’m I am not/I’m not Am I?
You are/You’re You are Are you?
not/You’re not
He is/He’s He is not/He’s Is he?
not
She is/She’s She is not/She’s Is she?
not
It is/It’s It is not/It’s not Is it?
We are/We’re We are Are we?
not/We’re not
They are/They’re They are Are they?
not/They’re not

8. Formas afirmativa o positiva, negativa e
interrogativa.
 Pasado simple.
Afirmativa Negativa Interrogativa
I was I was not/ wasn’t Was I?
You were You were Were you?
not/weren’t
He was He was Was he?
not/wasn’t
She was She was Was she?
not/wasn`t
It was It was not/wasn’t Was it?
We were We were Were we?
not/weren’t
They were They were Were they?
not/weren’t

9. Contracciones alternativas.
 Presente simple, otras contracciones alternas:
You aren’t
Interrogativa Negativa
He isn’t
Are you not?/Aren’t you?
Am I not?/aren’t I?
Is he not?/isn’t he?

10. Contracciones alternativas.
Contracciones alternativas:
Interrogativas negativas
Were you not?/weren’t you
Was I not?/wasn’t I?
Was he not?/wasn`t he?

11. Y ¿qué pasó con Be en futuro simple?
The weather tomorrow will
Will be be warm and humid.
Will not be/won’t be He will not be here on time.
Will I/you/he/she/it/we/they be?
Will you be there next Friday?

12. Ejemplos.
1. A pronoun is word used in place of one or more nouns.
2. I am not a student.
3. Are you an engineer?
4. The dog was in the garden yesterday morning.
5. I was not at home last Monday.
6. Were they in class at 9:45 am?
7. They will be unhappy.
8. It won’t be very sunny.
9. Will he be a doctor?

13. Ejemplo.Párrafo.
Arable land is ecologically speaking the most
productive land; it can grow the largest amount of
plant biomass. According to the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO), nearly all the best arable land, or about 1.35
billion hectares, is already under cultivation, 10
million hectares of it are abandoned annually
because of serious degradation. This means that
today, there exist less than 0.25 hectares per capita
world-wide of such highly productive land.

14. Valoremos esta versión de traducción.
La tierra cultivable es ecológicamente hablando la
más productiva, en la que puede crecer la mayor
cantidad de biomasa vegetal. De acuerdo con la
Organización para la Alimentación y la agricultura de
las Naciones Unidas (FAO),casi todas las mejores
tierras cultivables, o hectáreas cerca de 1.35 millones
de dólares, ya está cultivada, 10 millones de
hectáreas son abandonadas cada año a causa de un
serio deterioro. Esto significa que hoy en día, existen
menos de 0,25 hectáreas per cápita a nivel
mundial de tal alto de la tierra productiva.

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