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To Be

The document provides an overview of the verb 'to be' in English, detailing its meanings, forms in simple present and past tenses, and usage in sentences. It includes examples of affirmative and negative forms, as well as its role as an auxiliary verb in continuous tenses. Additionally, it outlines the structure for creating negative sentences using 'to be.'

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To Be

The document provides an overview of the verb 'to be' in English, detailing its meanings, forms in simple present and past tenses, and usage in sentences. It includes examples of affirmative and negative forms, as well as its role as an auxiliary verb in continuous tenses. Additionally, it outlines the structure for creating negative sentences using 'to be.'

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Class #1

To Be
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¿WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
The verb to be means to exist (I am here), to occur
(The meeting is Tuesday), or to have the
characteristics of something (She was a quiet child).
It is the most common verb in English, partly
because of its additional uses in grammar: to be
verbs can be auxiliary verbs that help create other
tenses or linking verbs that help describe the subject
of a sentence.
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FORMS OF TO BE VERBS

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Simple present

Singular Plural

First person (I) am (we) are

Second person (you) are (you) are

Third person (he/she/it) is (they) are


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FORMS OF TO BE VERBS

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Simple past tense

Singular Plural

First person (I) was (we) were

Second person (you) were (you) were

Third person (he/she/it) was (they) were


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USING BE
Be + Number Im 24 years old
My brother is 30 years old

Be + Noun Im a student
He is a doctor

They are happy


Be + Adjective
We are hungry
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NEGATIVE FORM
(TO BE)
SUBJECT + VERBO
+ NOT + COMPLEMENT
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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.


EXERCISES
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The simple present and simple past tenses of to be are also used
as auxiliary verbs to create the present continuous and past
continuous tenses, which show an ongoing or continuous action.

The main verb of the sentence comes after to be and is always in


its present participle form (the –ing form), regardless of the
subject.
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[CONJUGATED TO BE] + [PRESENT PARTICIPLE]

Any sentence that uses "is" or "are" and a verb with the suffix "-ing" is a
present continuous.

Negative sentences

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + auxiliar negativo (not) + verbo en


participio presente (ing)
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