Pronouns and the verb (to be) in the

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Today we will talk about PRONOUNS and the verb (to be). It is important to
understand perfectly these topics because it will help us in the future to understand other
more complex structures.
Gracias por su visita y espero esta pagina siga creciendo. En esta clase hablaremos de
los pronombres de sujeto y el verbo to be. Esto es fundamental puesto que nos ayudara a
comprender mas adelante estructuras mas avanzadas. A continuacin la clase:Pronouns
:
Singular: I , You, He, She It
Plural: We you they
Verb to be (in the present form): am/is/are
Table # 1 (Positive form) Pronouns with the verb to be (am/is/are) and its
Contractions
Verb
Subject
Pronouns

(To be)

Contraction

1St

am

Im

2nd

you

are

youre

3rd

He/She/It

Is

hes / shes / its

PLURAL
1st

We

2nd

You

you re

3rd

They

theyre

are

were

Table 2 : (Negative form) Pronouns with the verb to be (am/is/are) and its
Contractions
Verb
Subject
Pronouns

Contraction
(To be)

1St

am + not

Im not

2nd

you

are + not

youre not / you arent

hes / shes / its + not

rd

He/She/It

is + not
or
he/she/it + isnt
PLURAL

1st

We

2nd

You

you re not / you arent

3rd

They

theyre not / they arent

Are +not

were not / we arent

Table # 3 (Questions)
Complement

1St

Verb (to
be)

Subject
Pronoun

(optional)

Am

a good student?

2nd

Are

you

married?

3rd

Is

he/she/it

your friend?

PLURAL
1st

Are

we

ready?

2nd

you

at home

3rd

they

tired?

Table 4: Short answers (Yes and no answers)

1St

Positive

Negative

Yes, I am

No. Im not

2nd Yes, you are

No, you arent

No, he isnt / No, hes not

3rd

Yes, he is
No, she isnt / No, shes not
No, it isnt/ No, its not
PLURAL

1st

Yes, we are

No, were not / No, we arent

2nd Yes, you are

No, youre not / No, you arent

3rd Yes, they are

No, theyre not / No, they arent

Observaciones:

Recuerden que en ingles siempre deben poner el Sujeto. En una oracin positiva
o negativa debern seguir la formula (SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT)
en donde el complement es opcional.

Ejemplo :
- Es bonita
- Is pretty (INCORRECTO) > No hay sujeto y en el ingles es necesario
- She is pretty (Correcto)

No se enamoren del verbo to be. Solo quiere decir ser o estar. Algunos creen que
siempre lo deben poner pero depende de que accin haga el sujeto.

Ejemplo
- Juega futbol.
- He is play futbol (ERROR) > el sujeto no hace 2 acciones a la vez.
- He plays football (CORRECTO)
Es decir, el sujeto puede hacer distintas acciones y el verbo to be solo es para expresar
acciones de ser o estar. En otras lecciones aprenderemos como hacer oraciones con otros
verbos
Algunos ejercicios de Grammar in Use Basic

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