VERBO TO BE

Como ya habamos visto el verbo to be es sencillo de manejar. Ahora veamos cmo se utiliza en el tiempo pasado y en el tiempo futuro. TIEMPO PRESENTE Presente afirmativo I am dancing You are dancing He is dancing She is dancing It is dancing We are dancing You are dancing They are dancing Presente interrogativo Am I dancing? are you dancing is he dancing? is she dancing? is it dancing? were we dancing? were you dancing? were they dancing? Respuesta Yes, I am No, I am not Yes, I am No, I am not Yes, he is No, he is not Yes, she is No, she is not Yes, it is No, it is not Yes, we are No, we are not Yes, we are No, we are not Yes, they are No, they are not

Nota: En la respuesta para You singular y para You plural, se utiliza I y We, respectivamente. Esto es porque quien contesta lo hace de manera personal, puede ser ms claro con el ejemplo en espaol. I. Escribir los siguientes enunciados con el verbo to be en presente afirmativo, presente interrogativo y con su respuesta. a) I am eating pizza. b) He is drinking lemonade. c) They are playing soccer.

TIEMPO PASADO Para hacer el tiempo pasado del verbo to be se conserva la misma estructura, slo se escribe el verbo to be en pasado, esto es, was para el singular y were para el plural.

Pasado afirmativo I was dancing You were dancing He was dancing She was dancing It was dancing We were dancing You were dancing They were dancing

Pasado interrogativo was I dancing? were you dancing was he dancing? was she dancing? was it dancing? were we dancing? were you dancing? Are they dancing?

Respuesta Yes, I was No, I was not Yes, I was No, I was not Yes, he was No, he was not Yes, she was No, she was not Yes, it was No, it was not Yes, we were No, we were not Yes, we were No, we were not Yes, they were No, they were not

Nota: En la respuesta para You singular y para You plural, se utiliza I y We, respectivamente. Esto es porque quien contesta lo hace de manera personal, puede ser ms claro con el ejemplo en espaol. Estabas bailando? were you dancing? Si, estaba bailando Yes, I was Estaban bailando? were you dancing? No, no estbamos bailando No, we were not

II.

Escribir los siguientes enunciados con el verbo to be en presente afirmativo, presente interrogativo y con su respuesta. a) I was eating pizza. b) He was drinking lemonade. c) They were playing soccer.

TIEMPO FUTURO Para formar el tiempo futuro se agrega el auxiliar will junto con el verbo to be. Pasado afirmativo I will be dancing You will be dancing He will be dancing She will be dancing It will be dancing We will be dancing You will be dancing They will be dancing Pasado interrogativo will I be dancing? will you be dancing will he be dancing? will she be dancing? will it be dancing? will we be dancing? will you be dancing? will they be dancing? Respuesta Yes, I will No, I will not Yes, I will No, I will not Yes, he will No, he will not Yes, she will No, she will not Yes, it will No, it will not Yes, we will No, we will not Yes, we will No, we will not Yes, they will No, they will not

Nota: En la respuesta para You singular y para You plural, se utiliza I y We, respectivamente. Esto es porque quien contesta lo hace de manera personal, puede ser ms claro con el ejemplo en espaol. Estars bailando? will you be dancing? Si, estar bailando Yes, I will Estarn bailando? will you be dancing? No, no estaremos bailando No, we will not

III.

Escribir los siguientes enunciados con el verbo to be en presente afirmativo, presente interrogativo y con su respuesta. d) I will be eating pizza. e) He will be drinking lemonade. f) They will be playing soccer.