Verb to be

Grammar
SUBJECT PRONOUNS – PRONOMBRES SUJETO
Estos pronombres ejecutan la acción del verbo

I (ai-aa) Yo
You (iu) Usted / tú
He (jie) Él
She (shie) Ella
It (ie t) El, ella, ello (para animales, cosas y el neutro)
We (ui) Nosotros
You (iu) Ustedes
They (Dei) Ellos

VERB TO BE (AM, IS, ARE) – VERBO SER, ESTAR, TENER

El verbo “to be” es uno de los más importantes en el idioma Inglés, por su uso no sólo como verbo
sino como auxiliar, esto significa que podremos interrogar negar afirmar con él. También nos servirá
para formar varios tiempos, por lo que le dedicaremos atención especial.

El verbo “to be” equivale a dos verbos en Español, ser, estar y tener (sensaciones y sentimientos).
Su conjugación es poco común, pues es el único verbo que tiene tres formas diferentes de
conjugación. Estas son: am, is, are y se usan de la siguiente manera:

Forma completa Contracción Español

I am I’m Soy, estoy, tengo

You are You’re Eres, estas, tienes
He He’s El es, el esta, el tiene
She is She’s Ella esta, ella tiene
It It’s El, ella, ello, es, esta, tiene
We We’re Nosotros somos, estamos, tenemos,
You are You’re Ustedes son, están, tienen
They They’re Ellos son, están, tienen

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FORMA NEGATIVA DEL VERBO TO BE

Verbo auxiliar después del sujeto con la partícula not.

En negativo, hay dos formas de contracción: una en el verbo, y la otra en negación.

FORMA COMPLETA CONTRACCIÓN EN EL VERBO CONTRACCIÓN EN LA

NEGACIÓN

I am not I´m not Ain`t (Informal)

You are not You´re not You aren´t
He is not He´s not He isn´t
She is not She´s not She isn´t
It is not It´s not It isn´t
We are not We´re not We aren´t
You are not You´re not You aren´t
They are not They´re not They aren´t

ARTICLES – ARTíCULOS

Artículos determinados

En Inglés solo hay un artículo determinado puesto que este no tiene genero número, por lo tanto
el artículo “The” equivaldrá a los artículos utilizados en el español (él, la, los, las).

Nota: No se usa cuando se habla de algo en general.

El artículo THE tiene dos diferentes pronunciaciones, se pronunciará (da) cuando va seguido de
una consonante y (dii) cuando lo sigue una vocal.

Ejemplos:
The (da) pencil The (di) apple
The (da) teacher The (di) eraser
The (da) door The (di) water
The (da) computer The (di) article
The (da) jail The (di) orange

_______ lawyer _______ ant

_______ accountant _______ engineer
_______ child _______ nurse

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Artículos indeterminados

Los artículos indeterminados en Inglés son dos: A, AN .Ellos equivales a UNA; el plural unos o unas no existe, por lo
tanto, cuando el sustantivo esta en plural no lleva el articulo indeterminado. A, AN se pronuncian como en
español; usándose “A” antes de una consonante y “AN” antes de una vocal.

Ejemplos:

A car = un carro An Apple = una manzana An Oranges = una naranjas

A Wallet = una cartera An orange = una naranja A Papers = un papeles

VOCABULARY – VOCABULARIO
outgoing (aut goin) extrovertido (a) cashier (cashier) cajero(a)
child (chaild) niño-a hijo-a nurse (ne°rs) enfermero(a)
girl (gue°rl) niña housewife (jausuaif) ama de casa
interesting (intrestien) interesante shy (shai) tímido (a)
man (man) hombre pilot (pailot) piloto
carpenter (carpente°r) carpintero lawyer (loie°r) abogado(a)
woman (uoman) mujer dentist (dentiest) dentista
mechanic (mecanic) mecánico word (ue°rd) palabra
painter (painte°r) pintor (a) orange (oaraench) naranja
architect (arquietect) arquitecto artist (ariest) artista
doctor (doacte°r) doctor(a) article (ariekl) artículo
engineer (enlliener) ingeniero with (uieth) con
accountant (acauntaent) contador(a) upset (apset) molesto
sad (sad) triste sleepy (slipi) tener sueño
tired (taierd) cansado glad (glad) contento
angry (aengrie) enojado late (leit) retrasado
starving (starvien) hambriento sick (siek) enfermo
high (jai) drogado thristy (ze°rsti) sediento
blue (blu) triste busy (bisi) ocupado
hypher (jaipe°r) histérico (a) sleepy (slipi) sueño

Nota: El sonido de la “th” es

a. Haz oraciones usando el vocabulario de arriba. figurado a la pronunciación de
una “z” española.
1. __________________________________________________________________________.
2. __________________________________________________________________________.
3. __________________________________________________________________________.
4. __________________________________________________________________________.

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GRAMMAR
1. Use en cada caso la forma correcta del artículo indeterminado A o AN.

Ejemplos:
a man an animal

_______elephant _______Apple ________exercise

_______ cashier _______ dentist ________ girl
_______ boy _______ orange ________ pilot
_______ engineer _______ woman ________ article

2. Escriba la pronunciación figurada “da “o “di del artículo “The”.

_______ elephant _______ apple ________ exercise
_______ cashier _______ dentist ________ girl
_______ boy _______ orange ________ pilot
_______ engineer _______ woman ________ article

3. Llene los espacios con la forma correcta del verbo TO BE.

1. He __________a boy scout 5. You _________ a housewife

2. ___________ it a hot dog? 6. I __________ a student
3. I ____________ pilot 7. She ____________ a friend
4. Sara_________ a nurse 8. You ____________ a man

4. Llene los espacios con la forma correcta del verbo “To Be”.

Ejemplos – Examples:
Is it that an apple? Are you a doctor?
Yes, it is an apple. Yes, I’m a doctor.
Yes, it is. Yes, I am. Nota: En la respuesta
corta afirmativa no se usa la
1. _____he student? 6. ____ I a mechanic? contracción.
Yes, he _______student. Yes, he _______ a mechanic.
Yes, he_______. Yes, you______.

2. _____you a lawyer? 7._____Randy a pilot?

Yes, I ____a lawyer? Yes, he_____a pilot.
Yes, I ____. Yes, he____.

3. _____it an orange? 8.______Mrs. Ross a housewife?

Yes, it_____an orange. Yes, she____a housewife.
Yes, it____. Yes, she____.

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4. _____he an engineer? 9.______Shirley a nurse?
Yes, he_____an engineer. Yes, she______a nurse.
Yes, he_____. Yes, she_______.

5. _____she a cashier? 10._____you a friend?

Yes, she_______a cashier Yes, I _____a friend.
Yes, she________. Yes, I _____.

5. Cambie las oraciones a su forma negativa, usando sus tres formas.

EJEMPLOS: She is a teacher. Mr. Clark is an architect.

She is not a teacher. Mr. Clark is not an architect.
She´s not a teacher. Mr. Clark´s not an architect.
She isn´t a teacher. Mr. Clark isn´t an architect.

1. He is a carpenter. 6. She is a woman.

____________________________ ______________________________
____________________________ ______________________________
____________________________ ______________________________

2. You are a dentist. 7. It is an article.

___________________________ _______________________________
___________________________ _______________________________
___________________________ _______________________________

3. I am an accountant. 8. He is a doctor.
___________________________ _______________________________
___________________________ _______________________________
___________________________ _______________________________

4. It is an orange. 9. Miss Miller is a lawyer.

___________________________ _______________________________
___________________________ _______________________________
___________________________ _______________________________

5. The man is a cashier. 10. Eduardo is an engineer.

___________________________ _______________________________
___________________________ _______________________________
___________________________ _______________________________

6. She is a cashier. 11. Shophy is a doctor.

___________________________ _______________________________
___________________________ _______________________________
___________________________ _______________________________

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6. Deletrea las palabras de forma escrita.

WORD SPELLING WORD SPELLING

1. Full name: ef-iu-doble el-en-ei-em- i. 1. Asleep:
2. Own: 2. Eraser:
3. Room: 3. Umbrella:
4. Dot: 4. Pen:
5. At: 5. Bag:
6. Concert: 6. Snack:
7. Vacation: 7. Wallet:
8. Pretty: 8. Desk:
9. Here: 9. Wastebasket:
10. Sick : 10. By the way:
11. Late: 11. Last name:
12. Over there: 12. First name:
24. Mechanic 13. Lawyer
25. Teacher 14. Dentist
26. Architect 15. Word
27. Doctor 16. Orange
28. Engineer 17. Apple
29. Accountant 18. Article
30. Mechanic 19. with
31. Teacher 20. Thristy
32. Architect 21. Lawyer
33. Doctor 22. Dentist
34. Sleepy 23. Word
35. Starving 24. Upset
36. Accountant 25. Apple
37. Nurse 26. Article

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SPEAKING
1. Ordena las oraciones.

( ) B: Yeah, Let’s hurry up.

( ) B: Nice meeting you, I’ am Keith You’re teacher. Are you a student?

( ) B: Are you in the same Alex’s class?

( ) A: I want to introduce my friend.

( ) A: Yep, This my friend Zuka, he’s from Kenia

( ) B: Oh, really!

( ) A: Nope, I´m in your class. Are we late?

( ) A: Me too. Yep, I’m new in the school.

2. Haz una conversación usando las palabras en el recuadro.

interesting/shy / my teacher / classroom two / here / on time

A:_____________________________________________

B: _____________________________________________

A: _____________________________________________

B: _____________________________________________

A: _____________________________________________

B: _____________________________________________

A: _____________________________________________

B: _____________________________________________

A: _____________________________________________

B: _____________________________________________

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3. Complete the conversation using the words in the box.

in the cafeteria / By the way / the classroom / first day / French

A: Good morning. It’s my ___________ at school.

B: Good morning. Are you an English or ___________student?

A: Umm... I am an English student.

B: You are late. The teacher is in ________________________and

she’s very strict.

A: Is she? Oh no! Am I in troubles?

B: No, you’re a new student._______________. The secretary

is________________________________.

4. Dibuja una línea para unir cada palabra y hacer una oración, no olvides usar distintos colores.

1. Alex and Dany are a and classroom.

2. Maria are shy good in the office.

3. Julian and his friend is late same classmate.

4. My best friend are a accountants carpenter

5. We isn’t an bad the class.

6. Karen aren’t in the smart.

7. I isn’t in the for school

8. Helen am good excellent student.

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5. Encuentra el error yg reescribe la oración.

1. Shes a good girl.

2. We arenet classmates.
3. He’s is an engineer.
4. Theyre good a friends.
5. Helen aren’t sad.
6. Charly is Thisrty.
7. My mom is a architect.
8. She’s an nurse.
9. Madeline and Brian is doctors.
10. Max and Clein are a carpenter.

6. Lee cuidadosamente y contesta las preguntas.

I am with my friend in a new classroom. She is a talented artist

with a passion for painting, her mom is a doctor and her dad is an
engineer.

My friend’s name is America, she’s very shy and interesting and a good
student.

1. Are they in the school?

_____________________________________
2. Is America outgoing?
_____________________________________
3. America’s mom’s husband is a doctor?
_____________________________________
4. Is America a good painter?
_____________________________________
5. America’s dad is an accountant?
_____________________________________

7. Escribe una historia sobre Mark, como la que se presenta en la parte superior.

_________________________________________________________

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READING
13. Lee cuidadosamente e identifica quien es quien y escribe los recuadros.

´s is in Rachel’s class, he is sick, and he´s not with

the doctor. ´
´s at the subway. ´s is at the library, she´s still at
school, but not at class. Michelle is in her house, she is
listening music.

7/Y = i A/i/ = e
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The game

14. Trabaja con un compañero y formula el tipo de oración con los elementos de los cuadros.

Ejemplo:

A: Is he a doctor?
B: Yes, He isn´t
No, He isn´t

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SAY SEVEN
THINGS WITH
A …

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SAY THREE
8
FRUITS WORDS.
SAY FIVE
SENSATIONS

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14 SAY A
POSSITIVE SENTENCE
I / LAWYER USING 7 WORDS,

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Vocabulary
A. Find the words and write down them on the lines below.
1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16.

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TEST YOURSELF
A) Llena los espacios con el pronombre que corresponda.

Examples: John is a teacher. He is a teacher.

Mary is a nurse. She is a nurse.

1. The boy is a friend. ___________is a friend.

2. Vanessa is a girl. __________is a girl.
3. Are you a student? Yes, _______ am a student.
4. Doctor White is a man _________ is a man.
5. Are you a dentist? Yes, ________ am.
6. Is it an apple? Yes, _________ is.
7. Is it a question mark? Yes, _________is
8.Donald is a pilot. __________ is a pilot.
9. Am I an engineer? Yes, _________are an engineer
10. The woman is a housewife. __________ is a housewife.

B) Llena los espacios con la forma correspondiente del verbo to be ( am, are, is) .

1. _______you student? 6. The girl ______a cashier.

2. It ______ an orange. 7. ______ it an apple?
3.________ it an article? 8. Yes, it ________.
4. ________ you a teacher? 9. ______ you a mechanic?
5. Rachel ________ a nurse? 10. Yes, I ______.

C. Escribe las oraciones en negativa.

1. You’re a friend. 6. I´m a doctor.

________________________________ ________________________________
2. He´s a student. 7. She’s a cashier.
________________________________ ________________________________
3. You’re a mechanic. 8. Billy’s a child.
________________________________ ________________________________
4. It’s the third lesson. 9. Mr. Wilson’s an engineer.
________________________________ ________________________________
5. Mrs. Cole’s a housewife. 10. It’s a period.
________________________________ ________________________________

D) Use “a” o “an”.

1) It’s________ cat. 6) ________ Uncle in Berlin.

2) It’s ________ song. 7) ________ English CD.
3) It’s ________ new radio in her room. 8) ________ Spanish book in her school bag.
4) It’s ________ blue pen. 9) ________ orange for her teacher.
5) It’s ________ old bike. 10) ________ unit.

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