Pronombres Personales/Pronouns

YO TU EL ELLA ESO USTEDES NOSOTROS ELLOS I YOU HE SHE IT YOU WE THEY

Verbo ser/ To-Be

I Am yo soy/yo estoy t eres/t ests - usted es/usted est l es/l est ella es/ella est una cosa o animal es/est

YOU HE
SHE IT WE YOU THEY

Are Is
Is Is Are Are Are

nosotros somos/nosotros estamos ustedes son/ustedes estn

ellos son/ellos est

NOTA: Usualmente se utiliza el ARE cuando se habla de otras personas o en plural, a terceros. Y el Is se aplica cuando se habla en segunda persona o en singular.

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Para construir oraciones utilizando el verbo to-be se debe tomar en cuenta la estructura bsica del afirmativo del verbo:
Sujeto + Verbo + objeto/complemento

Subject I YOU HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY

V erb To-Be Am Are Is Is Is Are Are Are

Object Happy My Friend

Traduccin Yo soy feliz Tu eres mi amigo

Carlos
Beautiful a hot day. David's parents Student From Venezuela

El es Carlos
Ella es hermosa Es un da caluroso. Nosotros somos los padres de David Ustedes son estudiantes Ellos son de Venezuela

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A su vez, debemos tomar en cuenta la estructura bsica del negativo del verbo:
Sujeto + Verbo + negativo+ objeto/complemento

Subject I
YOU HE SHE IT WE

V erb To-Be Am
Are Is Is Is Are

Negative Not
Not Not Not Not Not

Object Happy
My Friend Carlos

Traduccin Yo no soy feliz

Tu no eres mi amigo El no es Carlos

Beautiful a hot day.

David's parents Student From Venezuela

Ella no es hermosa No es un da caluroso.

Nosotros no somos los padres de David Ustedes no son estudiantes Ellos no son de Venezuela

YOU
THEY

Are
Are

Not
Not

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De esta maneta podemos realizar preguntas con la estructura bsica interrogativa del verbo:
Verbo + Sujeto+ objeto/complemento

V erb To-Be Am Are Is Is Is Are

Subject I You He She It We

Object Happy? My Friend? Carlos? Beautiful? a hot day? David's parents? Student? From Venezuela?

Traduccin Soy yo feliz? Eres tu mi amigo? Es el Carlos? Es ella hermosa? Es un da caluroso? Somos los padres de David? Son ustedes estudiantes? Son ellos de Venezuela?

Are
Are

You
They

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Para responder a las preguntas de manera afirmativa se debe:
Question/Pregunta Am I Happy? Answer/Respuesta Yes, I am Happy Yes, I am your friend Yes, He is Carlos Yes, She is Beautiful Yes, It is a hot day

Are You My Friend?

Is He Carlos? Is She Beautiful? Is It a hot day? Are We David's parents? Are You Students? Are They From Venezuela?

Yes, You are Davids parents Yes, We are students

Yes, They are from Venezuela

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Para responder a las preguntas de manera negativa se debe:
Question/Pregunta Am I Happy? Answer/Respuesta No, I am not Happy No, I am not your friend No, He is not Carlos No, She is not Beautiful No, It is not a hot day

Are You My Friend?

Is He Carlos? Is She Beautiful? Is It a hot day? Are We David's parents? Are You Students? Are They From Venezuela?

No, You are not Davids parents No, We are not students
Yes, They are not from Venezuela

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Para abreviar el verbo se puede realizar en las respuestas afirmativas y en las negativas:
Affirmative
Subject + To-Be I am You are He is She is It is We are You are They are Contractions Im Subject + To-Be I am not You are not He is not She is not It is not We are not You are not They are not

Negative
Contractions I'm not

Youre Hes
Shes Its Were Youre Theyre

you aren't / you're no he isn't / he's not

she isn't / she's not it isn't / it's not we aren't / we're not you aren't / you're not they aren't / they're not

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Exercises

Completa los recuadros con las conjugaciones correctas del verbo TO BE:
1. My name ________ James. 2. Mary ________ the secretary. 3. John and Lucy ________ at school. 4. I ________ a student 5. The boys ________ in the garden. 6. He ________ a lawyer. 7. Susie ________ a housewife. 8. She ________ a student. 9. They ________ my friends. 10. You ________ a student.

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Exercises
Escribir el verbo to-be abreviado (Contractions):

1. I am bored. ________ bored. 2. She is tall. ________ tall. 3. They are happy. ________ happy. 4. We are intelligent. ________ intelligent. 5. She is married. ________ married. 6. He is thirsty. ________ thirsty. 7. They are hungry. ________ hungry. 8. They are cold. ________ cold. 9. I am cold. ________ cold. 10. She is French. ________ French. 11. They are Americans. ________ Americans. 12. They are friends. ________ friends. 13. It is bad. ________ bad. 14. He is rich. ________ rich. 15. They are young. ________ young.

16. They are thin. ________ thin. 17. It is three o'clock. ________ three o'clock. 18. It is hot. ________ hot. 19. They are weak. ________ weak. 20. He is married. ________ married. 21. He is poor. ________ poor. 22. They are expensive. ________ expensive. 23. It is cheap. ________ cheap. 24. It is black. ________ black. 25. I am sad. ________ sad.

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Exercises
Completa las siguientes preguntas con sus respectivas respuestas: Question ________ Jane a Teacher? ________ you American? ________ John and Paul at home? ________ the book on the table? ________ your father from Madrid? ________ they from Mxico? Answer No, she ________ Yes, you ________ No, they ________ Yes, it ________ No, he ________ Yes, they ________

________ she Blonde?

________ it broken? ________ we there yet? ________ I beautiful?

No, she ________

Yes, it ________ No, we ________ Yes, you ________

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Luego de leer este material les recomienda que realicen una lista de vocabulario con todas aquellas palabras desconocidas para discutirlas en clase. Cualquier duda no duden en preguntar La prxima clase ser presencial, y realizaremos la evaluacin de esta primera unidad. Practiquen y estudien mucho.
Nos vemos en clase.