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Verb to be

VERB TO BE
(SER O ESTAR)

PRONOUNS VERB TO BE

I AM
YOU ARE
HE IS
SHE IS
IT IS
WE ARE
YOU ARE
THEY ARE
• I AM
• HE IS
• SHE IS SINGULAR
• IT IS

• YOU ARE
• WE ARE PLURAL
• THEY ARE
VERB TO BE
AFFIRMATIVE
S + V . TO BE + COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLES:

 I AM LUIS
 HE IS A STUDENT
PRONOUN VERB TO BE CONTRACTION
I AM I´M

YOU ARE YOU´RE

HE IS HE´S

SHE IS SHE´S

IT IS IT´S

WE ARE WE´RE

YOU ARE YOU´RE

THEY ARE THEY´RE


EXAMPLES:
•I AM LUIS. I´M LUIS.

•HE IS A STUDENT . HE´S A STUDENT.

•WE ARE DOCTORS. WE´RE DOCTORS.


VERB TO BE
NEGATIVE
S + V . TO BE +NOT+ COMPLEMENT
EXAMPLES:
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

I AM ARZU I AM NOT ARZU

HE IS A STUDENT HE IS NOT A STUDENT

WE ARE DOCTORS WE ARE NOT DOCTORS


NEGATIVE CONTRACTIONS

AM + NOT = X

IS + NOT = ISN´T

ARE + NOT = AREN´T


EXAMPLES:

I AM NOT LUIS = I´M NOT LUIS

HE IS NOT A STUDENT = HE´S NOT A


STUDENT
HE ISN´T A STUDENT

WE ARE NOT DOCTORS = WE´RE NOT


DOCTORS
WE AREN´T DOCTORS
VERB TO BE
YES/NO QUESTION
V . TO BE +S+ COMPLEMENT+?
AFFIRMATIVE QUESTIONS ANSWERS

I AM LUIS AM I LUIS? / ARE YOU YES I AM / NO I


LUIS? AM NOT

HE IS A STUDENT IS HE A STUDENT? YES HE IS / NO


HE IS NOT

WE ARE DOCTORS ARE WE DOCTORS? YES WE ARE/ NO


WE ARE NOT
CONTRACTIONS IN ANSWERS

DON´T CONTRACT AFFIRMATIVE SHORT ANSWERS.


• YES I AM = YES I´M
• YES HE IS = YES HE´S

IT´S OK TO CONTRACT NEGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS.

• NO HE´S NOT = NO HE ISN´T


• NO WE´RE NOT = NO WE AREN´T

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