Lesson Seven - The verb to be



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 Karoline. I am an English student.
* You are my brother-in-law.
* Rebeca  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 Jorge and Leo yesterday night? (Onde  estavam Jorge e Léo ontem a noite?)

* Was Amanda  at home?(A Amanda 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)


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