Uma das primeiras coisas que aprendemos nas aulas de inglês seja em escola particular ou pública, ou até mesmo em escolas de inglês, é o verbo to be. Afinal de contas, o que é o TO BE? Podemos dizer que é SER ou ESTAR. Vamos ver muitos detalhes nesta aula sobre este importante verbo que é amplamente usado no nosso dia a dia.
Veremos como ele funciona no presente e no passado, com o THERE e muitas outras informações. Lembre-se que praticar é tudo que precisamos fazer para atingir um bom conhecimento do idioma. No final desta aula você terá alguns exercícios para fazer e tirar suas dúvidas.
CONJUGAÇÃO DO TO BE NO PRESENTE
TO BE
AFIRMATIVA E FORMA ABREVIADA
| I | AM – I’M |
| YOU | ARE – YOU’RE |
| HE | IS – HE’S |
| SHE | IS – SHE’S |
| IT | IS – IT’S |
| WE | ARE – WE’RE |
| THEY | ARE – THEY’RE |
I am a Spanish teacher.
I am living in Spain. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
He is a nurse.
He is working in a hospital in London. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
She is a lawyer.
She is in New York.
We are students.
We study Medicine in Miami.
Bastante simples, não é?
TO BE
NEGATIVE E FORMA ABREVIADA
| I | AM NOT – I’M NOT |
| YOU | ARE NOT – YOU AREN’T |
| HE | IS NOT – HE ISN’T |
| SHE | IS NOT – SHE ISN’T |
| IT | IS NOT – IT ISN’T |
| WE | ARE NOT – WE AREN’T |
| THEY | ARE NOT – THEY AREN’T |
I am not a doctor.
I am not living in Portugal at this moment. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Mike is a nurse.
Mike is in a hospital in New Orleans.
Paul and Mike are good friends.
Paul and Mike are engineers.
Sharon is a good teacher.
She is working at London University. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Como podemos ver, basta usar o NOT após o to be.
TO BE
FORMA INTERROGATIVA
| I | AM I? |
| YOU | ARE YOU? |
| HE | IS HE? |
| SHE | IS SHE? |
| IT | IS IT? |
| WE | ARE WE? |
| THEY | ARE THEY? |
Na forma interrogativa, basta invertermos – o TO BE primeiro e depois o sujeito da frase.
Are you from Brazil?
Is your brother a teacher?
Are your parents in Portugal?
Is your mother at home?
Is your dog sick?
Are Mike and Sharon married?
Fácil a regra, não é?
TO BE NO PASSADO
WAS / WERE
Usamos o to be no passado (ser ou estar) quando falamos sobre ações que encerraram.
FORMA AFIRMATIVA
| I | WAS |
| YOU | WERE |
| HE | WAS |
| SHE | WAS |
| IT | WAS |
| WE | WERE |
| THEY | WERE |
Veja estes exemplos:
Mike was in his house last Sunday morning.
I was in my company last Saturday.
My parents were in Ireland last year.
We were good friends.
FORMA NEGATIVA E FORMA ABREVIADA
| I WAS | I WAS – I WASN’T |
| YOU WERE | YOU WERE – YOU WEREN’T |
| HE WAS | HE WAS – HE WASN’T |
| SHE WAS | SHE WAS – SHE WASN’T |
| IT WAS | IT WAS – IT WASN’T |
| WE WERE | WE WERE – WE WEREN’T |
| THEY WERE | THEY WERE – THEY WEREN’T |
Veja estes exemplos:
My father wasn’t at home today.
They weren’t in their house last weekend.
I wasn’t in Sarah’s party last weekend.
Donald was a good person!
FORMA INTERROGATIVA
| I | AM I? |
| YOU | ARE YOU? |
| HE | IS HE? |
| SHE | IS SHE? |
| IT | IS IT? |
| WE | ARE WE? |
| THEY | ARE THEY? |
Na forma interrogativa também invertemos a posição das palavras.
Are you from Australia?
Is your brother an engineer?
Are your parents at home?
Is your mother a nurse?
THERE IS – THERE ARE
Podemos também usar o TO BE depois da palavra THERE – o sentido da frase fica como EXISTIR.
PRESENTE
There is – singular
There are – plural
There is a cat on the sofa.
There are two cats on the sofa.
PASSADO
There was – singular
There were – plural
There was a cat on the sofa.
There were two cats on the sofa.
Vamos praticar?
Exercises – Escolha o certo:
A) Paul and Mike are – is – am good doctors.
B) I am not – is not – are not from Switzerland.
C) Is – Were – Was Paul at home last weekend?
D) Mike and Karen wasn’t – weren’t – am in their house yesterday.
E) My dog is – are – aren’t under the bed.
F) I is not – am not – are not in London now.
É legal saber o que e quais são os verbos to be, pois eles estão sempre muito presentes nas frases. Encorajamos você a continuar e se preparar com o próximo texto explicativo. Aqui postamos materiais que visam ajudar estudantes dedicados como você, então aproveite.
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