VERB BE.

Contraction
Present

I am
'm
He is
's
She is
's
It is
's
You are
're
They are
're
we are
're

The verb be indicates existence, temporary

condition or permanent status. E. g.:

It is really hot today.

Grady's not here right now.
Greg and Tim are engineers.

Full negative forms of the verb to be

am
I a singer.
not
is a
He
not receptionist.
is
She a nurse.
not
It is my book.
 not
are not
We
not musicians.
are a shop
You
not assistant.
are
They taxi drivers.
not
Contracted negative forms of the
verb to be
I'm not a singer.
a
He isn't
receptionist.
She isn't a nurse.
It isn't my book.
not
We aren't
musicians.
a shop
You aren't
assistant.
They aren't taxi drivers.

The verb to be - yes / no questions

Am I right?
Is he here?
Is she a nurse?
 second-
Is it
hand?
Are we wrong?
Alan
Are you
Parker?
Are they American?

Question words are used to gather specific

information. The following table shows the meaning
of the question words in Spanish.
Table # 1 Question words (verb to be practice)

English Spanish
Where Dnde
Why Por qu
Who Quin
What / Qu / Cul (a
(time) qu hora)
Which Qu / Cul
How long Por cunto
tiempo / para
medidas
How often Con qu
frecuencia
 Whose De quin
How Cuntos
many/much
How old (para edad)
How Cmo
How + (descripciones)
adjetivo
How come Cmo as

Table # 2 (Question structure of the verb to be in

the present simple with QWs)

Question Verb (to Subject Complement

Word be)
What is (your) [no
name? complement]
How old are you? [no
complement]
Where is Juan from?
Who is (the) for?
present
Remember:
In questions with the verb to be, only the question words can go in the beginning.
Nothing may go in front of the question words in full questions.

Chose the correct form of the verb to

be - am/is/are.
1. It cold today.
2. I .. at home now.
3. They Korean.
4. There a pen on the
desk.
5. My name . Nikita.
6. We from Ukraine.
7. That ..right.
8. I . OK, thanks.
9. Clara and Steve .
married.
10.She an English
teacher.
 Possessiv
Personal
e
pronouns
adjectives
I My home.
You Your
He His
She Her
It Its
schoo
We Our l
.
They Their