Some uses of this verb are:
a) To indicate a name, profession, pastime etc of the subject. Or simply to name things:
Examples:
I am Caroline
He is a teacher
She is an actress
They are Peter and Paul
It is a plane!
They are sun glasses
b) To indicate a position in space or time:
Examples:
I am here…
Mary is in the garden
They are in the classroom
c) To indicate a quality or a state:
Examples:
She is beautiful
Life is unfair
He is ten years old
She is all right now
The world is round
d) To indicate possession:
Examples:
a) To indicate a name, profession, pastime etc of the subject. Or simply to name things:
Examples:
I am Caroline
He is a teacher
She is an actress
They are Peter and Paul
It is a plane!
They are sun glasses
b) To indicate a position in space or time:
Examples:
I am here…
Mary is in the garden
They are in the classroom
c) To indicate a quality or a state:
Examples:
She is beautiful
Life is unfair
He is ten years old
She is all right now
The world is round
d) To indicate possession:
Examples:
This house is mine
It`s John ‘s money
It`s yours
e) To introduce some adverbials of time:
Examples:
It`s late
It`s very early
f) To indicate where people come from:
Examples:
1) Tiempo Presente Simple
1.1 El verbo ser, estar, tener
am is are
Algunos usos de este verbo son:
a) Para indicar un nombre, profesión, pasatiempo etc del sujeto. O simplemente para nombrar cosas:
Ejemplos:
Soy Valentina. I am Valentina
Es profesor. He is teacher
Ella es actriz. She is acctress
Ellos son Peter y Paul. They are Peter and Paul.
Es un avión! It is aplane
Son anteojos de sol They are my sun glasses
b) Para indicar posición en espacio o tiempo:
Examples:
Estoy aquí I am here
Mary está en el jardín Mary is in the garde.
Están en el aula They are in the classroom
c) Para indicar una cualidad o estado:
Ejemplos:
Es hermosa is beautiful
La vida es injusta The life is unjust
Tiene diez años he is ten years old
(ella) ahora está bien she is ok, now
La tierra es redonda The earth is round
d) Para indicar posesión:
c) Para indicar una cualidad o estado:
Ejemplos:
Es hermosa is beautiful
La vida es injusta The life is unjust
Tiene diez años he is ten years old
(ella) ahora está bien she is ok, now
La tierra es redonda The earth is round
d) Para indicar posesión:
Ejemplos:
Esta casa es mía this house is mine
Es el dinero de John It Is John`s maney
Es suyo /tuyo It is your
e) Para dar introducción a algunos adverbios de tiempo:
Ejemplos:
Es tarde Is late
Es muy temprano Is very early
f) Para indicar la procedencia u origen de las personas:
Ejemplos:
The Simple Present Tense is used in English to express habitual or repetitive actions, customs, and universal truth. It is important to remember that tense is not the same as time and that the actions started in the past, continue now andwill go on in the future. To conjugate verbs in this tense we have to make a difference between all the verbs and the verb "to be". This is how the verb "to be" is conjugated since it is an irregular verb:
I am
You are
You are
He is
She is
It is
You are
We are
It is
You are
We are
They are
The verb to be is mainly used to express states or feelings, descriptions, definitions or general truth. To make questions using the verb "to be" you simply place it in front of the sentence. For example the sentence:
She is a happy person.------> would be ------> Is she a happy person?
To make the verb "to be" negative simply add "not"to the verb and you have:
I am no (I'm not)
You are not (aren't)
He is not (isn't)
She is not(isn't)
It is not (isn't)
You are not (aren't)
We are not (aren't)
They are not (aren't)
