THE VERB TO BE

THE VERB TO BE HAS THE SAME MEANING AS THE VERBS SER, ESTAR IN SPANISH, SO WE HAVE THAT:

SUBJECT

VERB TO BE

COMPLEMENT

I YOU HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY

AM ARE IS IS IS ARE ARE ARE

ADRIN/HAPPY MARCO/SAD FRANCISCO/ANGRY NATALIA/BORED A HOTDOG/HOT LUIS AND MARIO/EXCITED CARLOS AND ARTURO/CRAZY JORGE AND MARA/IN LOVE

Lets do a simple fill in the gaps activity after have looked at the examples above. I know you can do it is A piece of cake.

Hello! I _____ Chris and I want to introduce my friends to you.

She ____ Alice. I know her since we were at kindergarten.

He ______ my best friend Paul. He ____ very smart.

They ____ my friends Leslie and Shawn. They _____ very happy people. They _____ always laughing.

Hello! We ______ Annisa and Maylene. We _____ best friends.

It ______ my dog Blizzard.

They _____ my parents. He ____ Michael and she _____ Marissa.

THE VERB TO BE IS ALSO USE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE AGE.

SUBJECT

VERB TO BE

COMPLEMENT

I YOU HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY

AM ARE IS IS IS ARE ARE ARE

23-YEARS-OLD 20-YEARS-OLD 15-YEARS-OLD 45-YEARS-OLD 100-YEARS-OLD 32-YEARS-OLD 9-YEARS-OLD 60-YEARS-OLD

Lets do another simple exercise! Could you write the age of the following people? Im sure you can. *Note: Please, try to write the name of the number. Example: 20/ twenty.

I ______ ___________________-years-old.

You ______ ___________________-years-old.

She ____ _____________________-years-old.

He ____ ____________________-years-old.

HERE IS THE ANSWER KEY FOR THE TWO EXERCISES: EXERCISE 1 I am. She is. He is, He is. They are, They are, They are. We are, We are. It is. They are, He is, She is.

EXERCISE 2
I AM TWENTY-ONE- YEARS-OLD. YOU ARE THIRTY-SEVEN-YEARS-OLD. SHE IS TWO YEARS- OLD. HE IS ONE-YEARS-OLD.

IT WAS REALLE EASY, DONT YOU THINK? A PICE OF CAKE