1. Escuela de Educación Continua
Repaso para la Prueba de Evaluación
y Admisión Universitaria
(College Board)
INGLÉS
Verb Tenses
Verb to be – Present and Past form
Preparado por
Prof. Carmen Cembalest, Enero 1994
Revisado por
Prof. Thelvenitsie Hernández, Junio 2006

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3. I. Verb to be – Present and Past form
a. Verb to Be
Present
I am They
He You are
She is We
It
Past
I They
He was You were
She We
It
Examples: I am very tired today.
I was happy yesterday.
Question Form:
Verb Be + Subject + rest of sentence
Are you very tired today?
Were you happy yesterday?
Negative Form:
Subject + Verb Be + not + rest of sentence
I am not tired today.
I was not happy yesterday.