Lesson Seven - The verb to be
Autor: teacher Jota | Publicado: 2010-04-13T15:45:00-07:00

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                                          VERB TO BE SIMPLE PRESENT
  
    Afirmative
   Negative   Interrogative  
   I am - eu sou/estou   I am not    Am I?  
   You are- você é/está   You are not    Are you?   
   He is - ele é/está         He is not    Is he?   
   She is - ela é/está         She is not    Is she?   
   It is - é / está (algo)      It is not    Is it?   
   We are - nós               somos/estamos                                                                    We are not    Are we?   
   You are - vocês são/estão   You are not    Are you?   
   They are - eles são/estão    They are not    Are   they?


* O verbo " to be" tem dois significados em inglês. Ele tanto pode significar " ser" quanto pode ser " estar".

* Diferentemente dos outros verbos que aprendemos , o verbo to be não aceita o auxiliar DO para fazer perguntas , negativas ou afirmações.

* Para afirmar usamos primeiro o pronome e depois a forma do verbo to be para esse pronome.

* Para negar usamos a mesma forma porém acrescentando a palavra "not'

* Para perguntar é mais fácil ainda . È só inverter a ordem. Colocamos primeiro a forma do verbo to be e depois o pronome.

Sentences:

* My name is Wanda. I am an English student.
* You are my brother-in-law.
* Erica is not my sister. She is my classmate.
* They are not my friends.
* Are you her boyfriend?
* No. I am not.
* Is she your mother?
* No. She is not my mother. She is my friend.
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The verb to be SIMPLE PAST  * No passado o verbo to be é mais fácil que no presente. Isso porque usamos apenas duas formas para conjugá-lo.  WAS/WERE 
Usamos  was para os pronomes sujeitos -  I , he, she, and it .
Usamos were para os outros pronomes -  you , we, they

AFIRMATIVE

I was (eu era  ,eu estava)

you were( você era  ,você estava)

he was (ele era  ,ele estava)

she was (ela era,  ela estava)

it was (ele(a)  era, ele(a) estava)

we were (nós  éramos, nós estávamos)

you were (vocês  eram, vocês estavam )

they were  (eles(as) eram ,eles(as)
estavam)

NEGATIVE

* Assim como na forma afirmativa, para negar, apenas acrescentamos a palavra NOT após o verbo. Assim sendo, as formas negativas do passado são :

Was not / Were not / wasn't/weren't


I was not / wasn't

you  were not/weren't

he was not/ wasn't

she was not/ wasn't

it was not/ wasn't

we were not/ weren't

you were not/ weren't

they were not/ weren't

Interrogative

E para fazer perguntas, usamos a mesma estrutura. Colocamos o verbo a frente do pronome e só.

was I ...?

were you...?

was he...?

was she...?

was it...?

were we...?

were you...?

were they...?

Sentences:

* Where  were you yesterday night? (Onde você estava ontem a noite?)

* Was Alessandra at  home?(A Alessandra estava em casa?)

* She wasn't  there.(Ela não estava lá.)

* When I was a child,  I was very handsome.(Quando eu era criança, eu era muito bonitinho)

* You were very happy.(Você  estava muito feliz.)

* Were you at Plugnet? ( Você  estava na Plugnet? )

* Yes, I was.(Sim,  estava.)

No, I wasn't.(Não, não  estava)