Grammar about the verb to be

1. FIRST ENGLISH LESSON
Unit 1

2. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
 I…………Yo
 You….…tú
 He………él
 She…....ella
 It……….. eso (para cosas)
 We………nosotros
 You……..vosotros
 They…….ellos (para cosas y
personas)

3. PRESENT SIMPLE
 We use this verb tense to express:
- habits or things that we do regularly.
- when something is generally true.
- for a situation that we think is more or less
permanent.

4. VERB “TO BE”
(VERBO SER O ESTAR)
Afirmative Examples
 I am (I’m) I am Peter
 You are (You’re) You are teacher
 He is (He’s) He is tall
 She is (She’s) She is Spanish
 It is (It’s) It is a blue pen
 We are (We’re) We are women
 You are (You’re) You are at home
 They are (They’re) They are tired

5. VERB “TO BE”
(VERBO SER O ESTAR
Negative Examples
 I am not (I’m not) I’m not Ana.
 You are not (You aren’t) You aren’t English
 He is not (He isn’t) He isn’t my brother
 She is not (She isn’t) She isn’t a
nurse
 It is not (It isn’t) It’s not my dog.
 We are not (We aren’t) We aren’t in Paris.
 You are not (You aren’t) You aren’t at work
 They are not (They aren’t) They aren’t
very old

6. VERB “TO BE”
(VERBO SER O ESTAR)
Interrogative Examples
 Am I…? Am I Spanish?
 Are you…? Are you Michael?
 Is he…? Is he your father?
 Is she…? Is she at the
hospital?
 Is it…? Is it my book?
 Are we…? Are we from
London?
 Are you…? Are you happy?
 Are they…? Are they our friends?

7.  We can use the verb to introduce ourselves:
We can say:
Our name: My name is Marta / I am Marta.
Our age: I am twenty years old.
Our nationality: I am Spanish.
Our job: I am housewife.
 We can also speak with the verb to be about:
- The weather. Today is sunny
- To make descriptions. He is very tall
- Etc.
- .

8. NOW, WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE
OURSELVES:
 We have to say: For example:
- Our name. My name is Pilar.
I’m Pilar
- Our age. I am 39 years
old.
- Our nationality. I am Spanish.
- Our job. I’m teacher.

9. WHO ARE THEY ?

10. She is Lady Di

11. He is Rafa Nadal

12. He is Felipe VI

13. He is David

14. They are Pau and Mark Gasol

15. She is Mariló

16. He is Obama

17. It is a dog

18. They are The Simpson

19. She is Madonna

20. He is Robert Redford

21. They are “The Beatles”
(Paul, John, Ringo and George)

22. He is Albert Einstein