1. UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL
DEL ECUADOR
FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA LETRAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA
EDUCACIÓN
ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS
QUINTO SEMESTRE
 SHARON RAMOS
 JESSICA CALDERÓN

3. The verb be has one special
importance in English because
it depends of the sentence´s
context.

4. It means “ ser o estar”
EXAMPLES:
I am a teacher / Soy profesor
I am in the class/ Estoy en la clase

5.  IT USE TO EXPRESS THE
AGE:
Mary is 20 years old / Maria tiene 20 años
I am 21 / Yo tengo 21 años
How old are you? / ¿Cuántos años tienes?

6. TO EXPRESS THE ACTIONS
OR FEELINGS :
Are you hungry? / ¿Tienes hambre?
He is thirsty / Tiene sed

7.  ALSO TO TALK ABOUT THE
WEATHER :
It's windy / Hace viento
It's very cold / Hace mucho frío

8. IT USES THE FOLLOWING
PRONOUNS:
I AM
SINGULAR I YOU HE
SHE IT
YOU WE ARE
THEY
WE YOU
PLURAL THEY
HE SHE IT
IS

9. **VERB TO BE**
Conjugación Inglés Español
1ª per. singular I am yo soy/estoy
2ª per. singular you are tú eres/estás
he is él es/está
3ª per. singular she is ella es/está
It is (para objetos)
1ª per. plural we are nosotros/as somos/estamos
2ª per. plural you are vosotros/as sois/estais
3ª per. plural they are ellos/as son/están

10. STRUCTURES:
POSITIVE SENTENCES:
SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + COMPLEMENT
I + AM + A SECRETARY

11. POSSITIVE
CONTRACTIONS:

12. EXAMPLES:
 I am a student I´m a student
 You are teacher You´re teacher
 He is a doctor He´s a doctor
 She is a nurse She´s a nurse
 It is black It´s black
 We are the best We´re the best
 You are teachers You´re teachers
 They are pilots
They´re pilots

13. NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + NOT + COMPLEMENT
SHE + IS + NOT + ACTRESS

14. NEGATIVE
CONTRACCTIONS

15. EXAMPLES:
 I´m not a student
 You aren´t teacher
 He isn´t a doctor
 She isn´t a nurse
 It isn´t black
 We aren´t the best
 You aren´t teachers
 They aren´t pilots

16. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES:
VERB TO BE + SUBJECT + COMPLEMENT + ?
ARE + YOU + BAKER + ?

17. EXAMPLES:
 Are you a student?
 Are you teacher?
 Is he a doctor?
 Is she a nurse?
 Is it black?
 Are you the best?
 Are we teachers?
 Are they pilots?

18. SHORT ANSWERS
Yes + subject + verb to be.
Yes, I am.
No + subject + verb to be + not
No, I am not.

19. ACTIVITIES:

20. A) COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH THE
VERB TO BE : AM, IS, ARE
1. These bags heavy.
2. I an engineer. My wife a nurse.
3. This house not very expensive.
4. My books on the table.
5. you a good teacher?.

21. VERB TO BE
PAST

22. IT USES THE FOLLOWING
PRONOUNS :
I WAS
I YOU HE
SINGULAR SHE IT
YOU WE
WERE
THEY
WE YOU
PLURAL THEY
HE SHE IT WAS

23. VERB TO BE
CONJUGATIONEspañol
Conjugación Inglés
yo ¿fui?, ¿era? / ¿estuve?,
1ª per. singular I was
¿estaba?
tú ¿fuiste?, ¿eras? / ¿estuviste?,
2ª per. singular you were
¿estabas?
he was él - ella ¿fue?, ¿era? /¿estuvo?.
3ª per. singular she was ¿estaba?
It was (para objetos)
nosotros/as ¿fuimos?, ¿éramos?
1ª per. plural we were
/ ¿estuvimos?, estábamos
vosotros/as
2ª per. plural you were ¿fuisteis?, ¿erais?, ¿estuvisteis?,
¿estabais?
ellos/as ¿fueron?, ¿eran? /
3ª per. plural they were
¿estuvieron?, ¿estaban?

24. STRUCTURES:
 POSITIVE SENTENCES:
SUBJECT + VERB TO BE in past + COMPLEMENT
I + WAS + A SECRETARY

25.  I was a student
EXAMPLES:
 You were teacher
 He was a doctor
 She was a nurse
 It was black
 We were the best
 You were teachers
 They were pilots

26. NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
SUBJECT + VERB TO BE in past+ NOT + COMPLEMENT
SHE + WAS + NOT + ACTRESS

27. EXAMPLES:
 I wasn´t a student
 You weren´t teacher
 He wasn´t a doctor
 She wasn´t a nurse
 It wasn´t black
 We weren´t the best
 You weren´t teachers
 They weren´t pilots

28. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES:
VERB TO BE in past+ SUBJECT + COMPLEMENT + ?
WERE + YOU + A BAKER + ?

29. EXAMPLES:
 Were you a student?
 Were you teacher?
 Was he a doctor?
 Was she a nurse?
 Was it black?
 Were you the best?
 Were we teachers?
 Were they pilots?

30. SHORT ANWERS
 Yes + subject + verb to be in past.
 Yes, I was.
 No + subject + verb to be in past+ not
 No, I was not.

31. ACTIVITIES

32. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH
VERB TO
B E I N T H E PA S T : W A S , W E R E
1. My sister married last year.
2. The bus driver unconscious after the accident.
3. The results of the economy exam excellent.
4. your family excited because of the trip to Africa?
5. The twins 6 years old when they started school.

33. COMPLETE
1-Today they in France,yesterday they in Holland.
2-Today it Tuesday, yesterday Monday.
3-This week we (not) on holiday,yesterday we on holiday.
4-She a woman,she a baby.
5-We men, we boys.