UNIT 1 TO BE (SER O ESTAR) A: TIEMPO PRESENTE 1.

EL VERBO TO BE TIENE TRES FORMAS EN EL TIEMPO PRESENTE: AM-IS-ARE I am You are He is She is It is (Yo soy / estoy) (Tu eres / estas) (El es / esta) (Ella es / esta) (es / esta) We are ( nosotros somos o estamos) You are ( Uds son / estn) They are (Ellos son / estn) 2. En una conversacin, normalmente se utilizan las contracciones Im, Youre, Hes, Shes, Its, Were, Theyre. 3. Para realizar preguntas What? Who? Where? How? Qu? Quin? Dnde? Cmo? This That Those These este/a ese/a esos/as estos/as

4. La forma negativa se expresa usando la palabra not. Normalmente formamos la contracciones ISNT o ARENT. I am not You are not He is not She is not You are not We are not They are not

It is not

5. La forma interrogativa se expresa mediante simple inversion de orden con el sujeto de la oracin Am I? Are you? Is he? Is she? Is ti? Arent I? Arent you? Isnt he? Isnt she? Isnt it? Are We? Are You? Are they? Arent we? Arent you? Arent they?

Debido a que no existe una contraccin para AM NOT, habitualmente se usa ARENT en este caso. B: TIEMPO PASADO 1. El verbo TO BE tiene las siguientes formas en el tiempo pasado: WAS - WERE I was (yo era / estaba) You were (tu eras/ estabas) He was (el era / estaba) She was(ella era / estaba) It was (era / estaba) We were (Nos. eramos / estabamos) You were (Uds. Eran / estaban) They were (ellos eran / estaban)

2. Para realizar preguntas When? Cundo? Why? Por qu? How old? Qu edad?

Last week la semana pasada Two days ago hace dos das Last night anoche 3. La forma negativa se expresa usando NOT despus de WAS O WERE. Normalmente se usan las contracciones WASNT, WERENT. I WAS NOT YOU WERE NOT HE WAS NOT SHE WAS NOT IT WAS NOT 4. La forma interrogativa se expresa invirtiendo el orden de WAS / WERE WERE YOU? WAS HE? WERE THEY? WERE YOU IN CLASS THIS MORNING? WAS JHON SICK YESTERDADY? WERE THEY IN THE PARCK? WE WERE NOT THEY WERE NOT

C: TIEMPO FUTURO 1. El tiempo futura del verbo TO BE se expresa mediante el uso del verbo modal WILL seguido del infinitivo BE. Normalmente se usa la contraccin ll en la conversacin diaria informal . I will be You will be He will be It will be We will be You will be

She will be

They will be

Tambin se pueden usar las siguientes contracciones. Ill be Youll be Hell be Theyll be

2. Para realizar preguntas How long? Cunto tiempo? What time? Qu hora? Next week la proxima semana Tomorrow maana The day after tomorrow pasado maana 3. La forma negativa se expresa usando la palabra NOT despus del verbo modal WILL o la contraccin WONT delante del sujeto. I will not be very busy tomorrow Mary will not be at home today. They wont be here all day It wont be cold toning. 4. La forma interrogativa se expresa usando el verbo modal WILL o la contraccion WONT delante del sujeto Will you be free tomorrow evening? Will the test be difficult? Will they be here Monday?

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THERE TO BE (HABER, EXISTIR) A: TIEMPO PRESENTE 1. Estas expresiones se usan para indicar la existencia de algo. Son equivalentes a la expresin HAY, en castellano. THERE IS se usan con sustantivos singulares o incontables. THERE ARE se usan con sustantivos plurales. Normalmente, en el singular se usa la contraccin THERES. There is a book on the desk. Theres a car in the car park.

2. La forma negativa se expresa con THRE IS NOT / THERE ARE NOT / THERE ARENT. There is not a book on the desk. There isnt a car in the park. There arent 10 students in my class. 3. La forma interrogativa se hace mediante simple inversion del verbo con la palabra THERE. Is there a book on the desk? Are there 10 students in the class? Is there any water in the glass?