THE VERB TO BE (Verbo be)

The verb to be (Present Simple)

FORMS:

AFFIRMATIVE	SHORT FORM:	NEGATIVE:	SHORT FORM:
I am	I´m	I am not	I´m not
You are	You´re	You are not	You aren´t
He is She is It is	He´s She´s It´s	He is not She is not It is not	He isn´t She isn´t It isn´t
We are	We´re	We are not	We aren´t
You are	You´re	You are not	You aren´t
They are	They´re	They are not	They aren´t

INTERROGATIVE:	SHORT ANSWERS:
Am I...?	Yes, I am.	No, I´m not.
Are you...?	Yes, I am.	No, I´m not.
Is he…? Is she…? Is it…?	Yes, he is.  Yes, she is. Yes, it is.	No, he isn´t. No, she isn´t. No, it isn´t.
Are we…?	Yes, we are.	No, we aren´t.
Are you…?	Yes, we are.	No, we aren´t.
Are they…?	Yes, they are.	No, they aren´t.

USOS: El verbo be se traduce por ser, estar y tener (con edades).

Cambridge is in England. Cambridge está en Inglaterra.

My friends are from Germany. Mis amigos son de Alemania.
David is 16 years old. David tiene 16 años.

The verb to be (Past Simple)

THERE WAS (HABÍA,HUBO)

THERE WERE (HABÍA,HUBO)

AFFIRMATIVE:	NEGATIVE:	INTERROGATIVE:
THERE WAS	THERE WASN´T	WAS THERE…?
THERE WERE	THERE WEREN´T	WERE THERE…?
		SHORT ANSWERS:
YES, THERE WAS.	NO, THERE WASN´T.
YES, THERE WERE.	NO, THERE WEREN´T.

There was a pencil on the desk.
Había un lápiz encima del escritorio.

There were some oranges in the fridge.
Había algunas naranjas en el frigorífico.

There wasn´t a pencil on the desk.
No había ningún lápiz encima del escritorio.

There weren´t any oranges in the fridge.
No había naranjas en el frigorífico.

Was there a pencil on the desk?
¿Había un lápiz encima del escritorio?

Were there any oranges in the fridge?

¿Había algunas naranjas en el frigorífico?