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 INDICE
 To be en presente: afirmativas, negativas, preguntas.
 Present Simple: afirmativas, negativas, preguntas
 To be en pasado: afirmativas, negativas, preguntas
 Preposiciones de lugar.
 The Simple present of the verb to be

The simple present of the verb to be

This page will present the simple present of the verb to be:

 its form
 and its use

The verb to be

The verb to be is the most important verb in the English language. It is difficult to use
because it is an irregular verb in almost all of its forms. In the simple present tense, to
be is conjugated as follows:

Affirmative forms of the verb to be

Subject Pronouns Full Form Contracted Form

I am 'm
you are 're
he/she/it is 's
we are 're
you are 're
they are 're

Interrogative forms of the verb to be:

Am I?
Are you?
Is he/she/it?
Are we?
Are you?
Are they?
Negative Forms of the verb to be:

Subject Pronouns Full Form Contracted Form

I am not 'm not
you are not aren't
he/she/it is not isn't
we are not aren't
you are not aren't
they are not aren't

Examples:

 Is Brad Pitt French?

 No, he isn't. He's American.
 What about Angelina Joli? Is she American, too?
 Yes, she is. She is American.
 Are brad Pitt and Angelina Joli French?
 No, They aren't. They are American.

Use of the simple present of to be

The principal use of the simple present is to refer to an action or event that takes place
habitually, but with the verb "to be" the simple present tense also refers to a present or
general state, whether temporary, permanent or habitual.

 I am happy.
 She is helpful.

The verb to be in the simple present can be also used to refer to something that is true at
the present moment.

 She is 20 years old.

 He is a student.

Remember:

 I, you, he, she, it, you, they are subject pronouns (also called personal
pronouns, a term used to include both subject and object pronouns.)
 am, are, is are forms of the verb to be in the simple present.
 'm, 're, 's are short (contracted) forms of am, are, is
 'm not, aren't, isn't are short (contracted forms) of am not, are not, is not.
Grammar Exercises - The Simple present of the verb
"to be"

Do the exercises on the simple present of the verb to be and click on the
answer button to check your answers.

1. Fill in the blanks with the right subject / personal pronouns (I, you, he, she,
it, we, they):

1. Angelina Joli is American. isn't French.

2. Brad Pitt is American, too. isn't German.
3. Brad and Angelina aren't French. are American.
4. My friend and I are high school students. aren't primary school students.
5. The Statue of Liberty is in New York. isn't in Washington.

2. Fill in the blanks with the right form of to be ( am, are or is):

1. you the new student?

2. Yes, I .
3. Leila and Nancy students.
4. Nancy Australian .
5. My sister and I students.
6. The girls tired.
7. These women beautiful.
8. The tea delicious.
9. Nadia and Leila friends.
10. The newspaper cheap.

3. Choose the correct answer (negative or affirmative form of to be):

 Is Julia Robert French? No, she_____French.
 What about Robert de Nero? Is he an American actor? Yes, he ___
 Are New York and Los Angeles Spanish Cities? No, they_____Spanish
cities.
 Is Big Ben in Paris? No, it______in Paris.
 Is Mount Everest in Africa? No, it_____in Africa. It is in Asia.
 The Simple Present

The simple present tense

This page will present the simple present tense:

 its form
 and its use.

Before you continue the lesson read the following passage and try to see how the verbs
are formed and used.

James is a taxi driver. He drives a taxi. But on Sundays he

doesn't drive his taxi. He stays at home.
The verb be, drive, stay are in the simple present.
(more on the simple present of the verb to be)

The forms of the simple present

The affirmative form of the simple present:

I, you, we, they play.

He, she, it plays.

Remember the verbs in the third person singular (he,she and it) always take an "s". For
example, "he plays, she sings,it works..."

Examples:

 Nancy and James speak good German.

 Nancy works in a restaurant downtown.
 The children play in the garden every weekend.

The interrogative form of the simple present:

Do I, you, we, they

play?
Does he, she, it
Examples:

 Do you speak good German?

 Does Nancy work in a restaurant downtown?

The negative form of the simple present:

do not
I, you, we,they
don't
play.
does not
He, she, it
doesn't

Examples:

 No, I don't speak German.

 No, she doesn't work in a restaurant downtown

The use of the simple present:

The simple present is used:

 to give your opinion - I like ice cream. I don't like spicy food.
 to talk about schedules - The library opens at eight. It doesn't open at 7.
 to talk about daily habits (routine actions)- Sara eats a cheese for breakfast every day.
She doesn't eat cereal.
 to give facts - The earth circles the sun. The moon doesn't circle the sun.

The spelling of the third person singular form of the simple present:

All the verbs take an "s" in the simple present when conjugated in the third person
singular (he, she, it) form:

Examples:

 I visit my parents every summer holiday. But my wife visits her parents every weekend.
 My brother meets his girlfriend everyday.

So the rule is:

He / she / it + Verb + S

There are however some special cases. Here are the spelling rules:
 Verbs ending in Verbs ending in s, z, sh, tch,
Silent e Vowel + y Consonant + y
o ch

miss = misses
close = play = study = studies buzz = buzzes
go = goes
closes plays marry = hatch = hatches
do = does
note = notes say = says marries finish = finishes
teach = teaches

Examples:

 She drives to work every morning.

 He says he plays football on the weekends

Exception:

 The verb to have changes its forms as follows:

I have two sisters and two brothers. But she has one sister and two brothers.
I have = he / she / it has

Things to remember about the simple present:

1.In the interrogative forms, we use "do" or "does".

 "Do you like the house?"

 "Does she go to school?"

2; Verbs never take an "s" in the the negative and interrogative forms.

 "Does he speak German?"

 "Do they play soccer?"
 She doesn't like ice cream.

3. don't is the short form of "do not". You can say either:

 I do not speak Italian, or

 I don't speak Italian.

4.doesn't is the short form of "does not". you can say either:

 He does not listen to jazz music, or

 He doesn't listen to jazz music.
 Grammar Exercises - Simple Present

Do the exercises below on the simple present and click on the answers
button to check your answers.

(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on the simple present )

Choose the correct form of the following verbs:

wake(s) up - open(s) - speak(s) - take(s) - do(es) - cause(s) - live(s) - play(s) - close(s) - live(s) -
drink(s)

1. Ann handball very well.

2. I never coffee.
3. The swimming pool at 7:00 in the morning.
4. It at 9:00 in the evening.
5. Bad driving many accidents.
6. My parents in a very small flat.
7. The Olympic Games place every four years.
8. They are good students. They always their homework.
9. My students a little English.
10. I always early in the morning.

Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form:

1. Jane (not/drink) tea very often.

2. What time (the banks/open) in Britain?
3. Where (John/come) from?
4. It (take) me an hour to get to work.
5. She (not/wake) up early on Sundays.

Choose the right verbs to complete the sentences. Sometimes you need the
negative:
 write - turn - eat - tell - rise

1. The earth around the sun.

2. The sun in the east.

3. Vegetarians meat.
4. A liar is someone who the truth.
5. A novelist novels.

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 The Simple Past of the Verb "to be"

The simple past tense of the verb to be:

This page will present the simple past tense of the verb to be:

 its form
 and its use.

The affirmative form:

I, he, she, it was.

you, we, they were.

Examples:

 I was in London in 1999.

 Pam was in London in 1999, too.
 We were together.
 She was my girlfriend.

The interrogative form:

Was I, he, she, it?

Were you, we, they?

Examples:

 Were you in London last year?

 Was Pam with you?
 Were you together?

The negative form:

was not.
I, he, she, it
wasn't.
were not.
You, we, they
weren't.

Examples:
  I wasn't in Paris in 1999.
 Pam wasn't in Paris in 1999.
 We weren't in Paris.

Use of the simple past

The simple past is used principally to describe events in the past.

Remember:

1. wasn't is the short form of was not. You can say either:

 I was not in Paris, or

 I wasn't in Paris.

2. weren't is the short form of were not. You can say either:

 we were not in Paris, or

 we weren't in Paris.
 Grammar Exercises - The simple past of the verb "to
be"

Do the exercises below on the simple past of the verb to be and click on the
answer button to check your answers.

(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on the simple present of
the verb to be )

Put the verb "to be" into the simple past:

1. I in Canada last summer holiday.

2. My sister with me.
3. We in Montreal.
4. She very happy.
5. I happy, too.

Put the verb "to be" into the simple present or the simple past:

1. I an engineer.
2. Last year I a student in Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
3. I in love with a beautiful girl at that time.We friends
4. Now, I live in New York and I married to her.

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Prepositions of place

Preposition of
Explanation Example
place

 I watch TV in the
living-room
 I live in New York
 Look at the picture in
the book
 She looks at herself in
 inside
in the mirror.
 She is in the car.
 Look at the girl in the
picture
 This is the best team in
the world

 I met her at the

 used to show an exact position or
entrance, at the bus
particular place
stop
 table
 She sat at the table
 events
at  at a concert, at the
 place where you are to do
party
something typical (watch a film,
 at the movies, at
study, work)
university, at work

 Look at the picture on

the wall
 Cambridge is on the
 attached
River Cam.
 next to or along the side of (river)
 The book is on the
 used to show that something is in a
desk
position above something else and
 A smile on his face
touching it.
 The shop is on the left
on  left, right
 My apartment is on
 a floor in a house
the first floor
 used for showing some methods of
 I love traveling on
traveling
trains /on the bus / on
 television, radio
a plane
 My favorite program
on TV, on the radio
  The girl who is by /
by, next to,  not far away in distance next to / beside the
beside, near house.

 The town lies halfway

 in or into the space which separates
between Rome and
between two places, people or objects
Florence.

 I hung my coat behind

 at the back (of)
behind the door.

 further forward than someone or  She started talking to

in front of something else the man in front of her

 lower than (or covered by)  the cat is under the

under something else chair.

 the plane is just below

 lower than something else.
below the the cloud

 She held the umbrella

 above or higher than something over both of us.
else, sometimes so that one thing  Most of the carpets
covers the other. are over $100.
over  more than.  I walked over the
 across from one side to the other. bridge
 overcoming an obstacle  She jumped over the
gate

 higher than something else, but not

 a path above the lake
above directly over it

 from one side to the other of  She walked across the

something with clear limits / getting field/road.
across to the other side  He sailed across the
 Atlantic

 from one end or side of something  They walked slowly

through to the other through the woods.

 We went to Prague
 in the direction of
last year.
to  bed
 I go to bed at ten.

 Shall we go into the

 towards the inside or middle of
into garden?
something and about to be
 contained, surrounded or enclosed
by it

 in the direction of, or closer to  She stood up and

towards someone or something walked towards him.

 used to show movement into or on  I slipped as I stepped

onto a particular place onto the platform.

 What time does the

 used to show the place where
flight from Amsterdam
from someone or something starts:
arrive?