TO BE

Sesión 2
 TO BE

SER O ESTAR
 The structure:

S + TO BE + C

No other verb than to be

CONJUGATION

I AM
YOU ARE
SHE IS
HE IS

+ IN THE UNIVERSITY
IT IS
YOU ARE
WE ARE
THEY ARE
GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE

*Positive sentences:
S + to be + C
Example: I am a teacher

*Negative Sentences:
S + to be + not + C
Example: I am not a teacher

*Yes/no questions:
To be + S + C + ?
Are you a teacher?
Yes, I am / No, I am not
 When do we use TO BE
• Personal Information (Name/Surname/marital
status/nationalities)
• Places
• Appearance
• Jobs
• Emotions/personalities
• Age
• Favourite things
• Time/weather
 Examples
• Personal Information (Name/Surname/nationalities/marital status)
Eg: My name is Clark, My surname is Howell

• Places
Eg: I am in my house

• Appearance
Eg: She is tall

• Jobs
Eg: You are a doctor *Eg: EXAMPLE

• Emotions/personalities
Eg: He is happy

• Age
Eg: They are 21 years old

• Favourite things
Eg: My favourite food is pizza

• Time / weather
Eg: It is 5 o’clock
 REMEMBER!!!

I AM DRINK COFFEE

I AM IN A COFFEE SHOP

* The only verb you need is to be!!!!!!!

 Activity
• Now it’s your time to practice, to do that you’ll find in aula virtual another forum with the
name of Famous to be. Follow the instructions

1. Pick a famous person (politician, actor, actress, player, character etc.)

2. Don´t say the name, just use he or she
3. The person must be alive
4. Use the structure of to be, just to be no other verb
5. At least 5 sentences with the uses of to be (personal information, personality, job etc)

EXAMPLE:
He is Chilean
He is a football player
He is in Italy
He is from Tocopilla
He is single

Who is he? …
WELL DONE!!!! ALEXIS SANCHEZ