VERB «TO BE»

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 • VERB TO BE
Hello children!
Us he preparat aquest exercici per treballar el verb «To be», on podeu repassar tot el que ja
sabem d’aquest verb.

•Què he de fer?
De les pàgies 3 fin la 9 hi ha el verb en present, la forma curta, la negativa i la forma interrogativa.

A la pàgina 10 hi ha un quadre resum de tota la lliçó.

A la onzena exercicis per fer online.
Pel que fa a la pàgina icicial:

Si cliqueu al llangardaix hi ha un exercici on heu de triar la forma correcta .

Si cliqueu al cargolet hi ha un altre exercici on a més de posar el verb també hi ha adjectius que ja
els vam treballar en la lliçó anterior.
Si cliqueu al cotxe us portarà a un exercici on hi ha adjectius per completar frases, per descriure
llocs, persones i coses
Si cliqueu a la nota musical podreu escoltar una cançó que si cliqueu a sobre de la floreta us
posarà els sububtítols en anglès i us facilitarà la comprensió.
Amb un clic a la pel·lícula podreu veure un video que us explicarà totes les formes del verb to be.

Recorda: A la part de baix i a la dreta dels vídeos hi ha una floreta on molts cops pots veure
traduït el que diuen, bé en anglès o en castellà, i també pots reduir la velocitat per poder
escoltar-ho més poc a poc i millor. 2
 To Be - Affirmative

Subject To Be Examples
I am I am from New Zealand.
You are You are Chilean.
He is He is twenty years old.
She is She is a nurse.
It is It is a big dog.
We are We are intelligent.
You are You are students.
They are They are married.

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 To Be - Contractions

To Be To Be Contraction
I am I ‘(a) m I'm
You are You’ (a)re You're
He is He´(i)s He's
She is She ‘(i)s She's
It is It’ (i)s It's
We are We ‘ (a)re We're
You are You ‘(a)re You're
They are They ‘(a)re They're

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 To Be - Contractions

Contractions of To Be are very frequent when we are speaking.

To Be Contraction Examples
I am I'm I'm from New Zealand.
You are You're You're Chilean.
He is He's He's twenty years old.
She is She's She's a nurse.
It is It's It's a big dog.
We are We're We're intelligent.
You are You're You're students.
They are They're They're married.

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 To Be - Negative Sentences

The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb.

Subject To Be Examples
I am not I am not from Spain.
You are not You are not Australian.
He is not He is not thirty years old.
She is not She is not a secretary.
It is not It is not a small cat.
We are not We are not stupid.
You are not You are not teachers.
They are not They are not single.

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 To Be - Negative Contractions
There are two ways of forming contractions of To Be in negative sentences.
One is with a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I am = I'm)
OR
a contraction of the verb and not (e.g. are not = aren't)

I'm not from Spain. --- --------------*

You're not Australian. OR You aren't Australian.
He's not thirty years old. OR He isn't thirty years old.
She's not a secretary. OR She isn't a secretary.
It's not a small cat. OR It isn't a small cat.
We're not stupid. OR We aren't stupid.
You're not teachers. OR You aren't teachers.
They're not single. OR They aren't single.

* Notice that the only possible contraction for I am not is I'm not.
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 To Be - Questions
To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.

Affirmative You are happy.

Subject Verb

Question Are you happy?

Verb Subject

Affirmative Question
I am intelligent. Am I intelligent?
You are a student. Are you a student?
He is a pilot. Is he a pilot?
She is from Spain. Is she from Spain?
It is a big house. Is it a big house?
We are ready. Are we ready?
You are doctors. Are you doctors?
They are rich. Are they rich? 8
 To Be - Short Answers

In spoken English, we usually give short answers in response to questions.

Are you a student? - Yes, I am (a student).
The last part (a student) is not necessary.
We use shorts answers to avoid repetition, when the meaning is clear.
Question Short Answers** Short Answers
Am I intelligent? Yes, you are. No, you aren't.
Are you a student? Yes, I am. No, I am not.
Is he a pilot? Yes, he is. No, he isn't.
Is she from Spain? Yes, she is. No, she isn't.
Is it a big house? Yes, it is. No, it isn't.
Are we ready? Yes, we are. No, we aren't.
Are you doctors? Yes, we are. No, we aren't.
Are they rich? Yes, they are. No, they aren't.

** With To Be, We don't use contractions in affirmative short answers unless

there is additional information after it (in which case they are no longer considered short
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 EXERCISES
1.To be - present : exercises

1.To be - present forms #

1.To be - write : am - is - are

1.Write: am / is / are
1.To be - present simple

1.To be: am / is / are

1.To be - contracted forms

1.Am - is - are exercises

1.To be present: forms and pronouns

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