1. Part 1 – Verb Tenses
Verb to BE
How do I use Verb to BE?
Verb to be is used to express, or give an idea of
condition. If someone IS happy, sad, glad, good
bad, nice, fine, ok; or if someone IS beautiful,
strong, weak, tall, fat, thin, rich, and poor. The
last ones are called adjectives. Adjectives are
generally used do attribute a characteristic to
someone or something. The first ones are
words, adjectives too, but in this case, are used
to express an idea of the way someone IS
felling itself.
I – AM
He/She/It – IS
You/We/They – ARE
EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION
João is very good today. +
João is not very good today. –
Is João very good today?
You are a happy person. +
You are not a happy person. –
Are you a happy person?
I am extremely gorgeous today. +
I am not extremely gorgeous today.
Am I extremely gorgeous today?
EXERCISES
1. Use the adjectives below to write
sentences like the ones above.
Happy/Sad
Strong/Weak
Beautiful/Ugly
Rich/Poor
Incredible/Boring
Cheap/Expensive
Fat/Thin
I
First Person.
Person who is
talking.
S
I
N
G
U
L
A
R
He / She / It
João / Maria /
Objects and
Animals.
You
Third Person.
Person or
people who is
listening.
P
L
U
R
A
L
We You and I
They
João, Maria,
José,
Ana…Animals,
objects.

2. 2. Correct the mistakes in the text bellow.
Mark and Jonh is good friend. Mark’s family
are very big, and John’s family is very funny.
Mark are a journalist while John are an
unemployed. Mark always says to John that he
needs to find a job, but John always answer: “I
is employed. I are a waiter now.” However,
Mark are never satisfied with Jonh’s answer.
John are the Mark’s best friend, and
sometimes he am a little bit upset to not
correspond Mark’s opinion. Although to them
does not matter, ‘cuz they have each other.
Extra Exercise
Write a short composition using verb to
be. Ex: Describe you house.
“My house is short. My house is green.
My bedroom is large…”.