The document discusses the uses and conjugations of the verb "to be" in English. It explains that the verb "to be" can be used to express age, actions, feelings, weather, and more. Examples of positive, negative, and interrogative sentences are provided using the verb "to be" in both the present and past tenses. Various activities are also included to practice conjugating and using the verb "to be" correctly in different contexts.

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.