Topic 1: TO BE

In English, the verb to be means ser as well as estar, and this fact makes things a little bit easier. The inflection of the verb to be in simple present tense, for different subject pronouns, is as indicated by the following chart:

Grammatical Rules 

Affirmative 

Subject	Simple Present	Contraction
I	am	I’m yo soy/estoy
you	are	you’re tú eres/estás
he	is	he’s él es/está
she	is	she’s ella es/está
it	is	it’s es/está
we	are	we’re nosotros somos/estamos
they	are	they’re ellos son/están

Negative

Subject	Simple Present	Contraction
I	am not	I’m not yo no soy/estoy
you	are not	you’re not/you aren’t tú no eres/estás
he	is not	he’s not/he isn’t él no es/está
she	is not	she’s not/she isn’t ella no es/está
it	is not	it’s not/it isn’t no es/está
we	are not	we’re not/we aren’t nosotros no somos/estamos
they	are not	they’re not/they aren’t ellos no son/están

Interrogative 

Simple Present

Am I? ¿Yo soy/estoy?

Are you? ¿Tu eres/estás?

Is he? ¿El es/está?

Is she? ¿Ella es/está?

Is it? ¿Es/está?

Are we? ¿Nosotros somos/estamos?

Are they? ¿Ellos son/están?

If the subject is a singular noun, then is is used.

If the subject is a plural noun, then are is used.

Uses

With a noun:

·       I am a teacher.

·       You are not a student

·       Is she a doctor?

With a preposition of place or a site:

·       He is in New York.

·       We aren’t at the home.

·       Is the pincel on the table?

With an adjective:

·       They are happy

·       She isn’tsad.

·       Are you tired?

Exercises with the verb to be

Part I.

1.     Dinner ___ on the table.

2.     It ___ seven in the morning.

3.     I ___ very tired today.

4.     My mother ___ calling me.

5.     Where ___ you from?

6.     We ___ in the office today.

7.     They ___ happy to see you.

8.     Parents ___ proud of their children.

9.     The children ___ having fun playing in the backyard.

10.We ___ all great friends!

Part II

1.     Anne ____ happy to be home. [is/are]

2.     We ____ excited to see the play tonight. [was/are]

3.     How old ___ you? [am/are]

4.     ___ it raining outside? [Am/Is]

5.     When ___ the wedding going to be? [was/is]

6.     ___ you going to work out tonight? [Are/Am]

7.     Who ___ the actor from that movie? [is/are]

8.     They ___ leaving for the movies right now. [were/are]

Answer

Part I

1.     Is

2.     Is

3.     Am

4.     Is

5.     Are

6.     Are

7.     Are

8.     Are

9.     Are

10.Are

Part II

1.     is

2.     are

3.     are

4.     Is

5.     is

6.     Are

7.     is

8.     are

Game 

Part I

1.   My father ___ the person I admire the most. He ____ very hardworking. 

2.   The Queen of England __ Elizabeth II. 

3.   London ___the largest city in England. It __also the largest city of the United Kingdom and the European Union. 

4.    Dolphins __ very intelligent animals. 

5.   You ___ a kind person. 

6.    You all __ good friends. 

7.    When tomatoes ___ red, they taste good, but the only tomato we have __ green.

Answer

Part I

1.    Is- is

2.    Is

3.    Is and is

4.    Are

5.    Are

6.    Are

7.    Are- Is