Unit 1 verb to be

FIRST ENGLISH LESSON

Unit 1

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

I…………Yo You….…tú He………él She…....ella It……….. eso (para cosas) We………nosotros You……..vosotros They…….ellos (para cosas y

personas)

PRESENT SIMPLE

We use this verb tense to express:

habits or things that we do regularly. when something is generally true. for a situation that we think is more or

less permanent.

VERB “TO BE” (VERBO SER O ESTAR)

Afirmative Examples I am (I’m) I am Peter You are (You’re) You are teacher He is (He’s) He is tall She is (She’s) She is Spanish It is (It’s) It is a blue pen We are (We’re) We are women You are (You’re) You are at home They are(They’re) They are tired

VERB “TO BE” (VERBO SER O ESTAR

Negative Examples I am not (I’m not) I’m not Ana. You are not (You aren’t) You aren’t English He is not (He isn’t) He isn’t my brother She is not (She isn’t) She isn’t a nurse It is not (It isn’t) It’s not my dog. We are not (We aren’t) We aren’t in Paris. You are not (You aren’t) You aren’t at work They are not (They aren’t) They aren’t very

old

VERB “TO BE” (VERBO SER O ESTAR)

Interrogative Examples Am I…? Am I Spanish? Are you…? Are you Michael? Is he…? Is he your father? Is she…? Is she at the

hospital? Is it…? Is it my book? Are we…? Are we from London? Are you…? Are you happy? Are they…? Are they our friends?

We can use the verb to introduce ourselves:

We can say:Our name: My name is Marta / I am Marta.Our age: I am twenty years old.Our nationality: I am Spanish.Our job: I am housewife.

We can also speak with the verb to be about:

The weather. Today is sunny To make descriptions. He is very tall Etc.

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NOW, WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES:

We have to say: For example: Our name. My name is Pilar.

I’m Pilar Our age. I am 39 years

old. Our nationality. I am Spanish. Our job. I’m teacher.

WHO ARE THEY ?

She is Lady Di

He is Rafa Nadal

He is Felipe VI

He is David

They are Pau and Mark Gasol

She is Mariló

He is Obama

It is a dog

They are The Simpson

She is Madonna

He is Robert Redford

They are “The Beatles” (Paul, John, Ringo and George)

He is Albert Einstein