Verb To Be, Present Tense Significa ser, o estar en espaol. Y tiene 3 formas en presente: am, is, are.

Se suelen usar contracciones al usar pronombres personales. Posesive Adjectives (I'm) I am (Yo soy, estoy) My (You're) You are (Tu eres, estas) Your (He's) He is (El es, esta) His (She's) She is (Ella es, esta) Her (It's) It is (Es, esta) Its (We're) We are (Nosotros somos, estamos) Our (They're) They are (Ellos son, estan) Their (You're) You are (Ustedes son, estan) Your * Maria is a good nurse. * Teresa and I are in English class. * I am an intelligent student. (Maria es una buena enfermera) (Teresa y yo estamos en la clase de Ingles) (Yo soy inteligente) Forma Negativa Se obtiene agregando NOT, despues de am, is o are, o bien usando las contracciones: isn't aren't Affirmative * Maria is a good nurse. * Teresa and I are in English class. * I am an intelligent student. Negative * Maria isn't a good nurse. * Teresa and I aren't in English class. * I am not an intelligent student.

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Forma Interrogativa y respuestas corta. Resulta cambiando, am, is, o are al principio del enunciado. Y le corresponde una respuesta corta afirmativa y/o otra negativa. Affirmative * Maria is a good nurse. * Teresa and I are in English class. * I am an intelligent student. Interrogative and short answer * Is Maria a good nurse? Yes, she is - No, she isn't * Are Teresa and I in English class? Yes, you are - No, they aren't * I am not an intelligent student. Yes, you are - No, you aren't

Usos del presente verbo To Be. * Hello, my name is Carlos. I am from Ameca. I am 18 years old. What's your name? * This is my friend Teresa. She is from Cocula. She is 19 years old. * That is my friend Peter. He is an engineer. He is from Guadalajara. He is 23 years old. Las palabras que estan subrayadas pueden ser substituidas por sus propias ideas...

Likes and Dislikes. Usamos Like, para indicar lo que nos gusta (o no) hacer, comer, ver, etc. Cuando se usa like con la tercera persona del singular (he, she, it), se debe agregar la terminacion "s". Se puede usar como verbo principal o como parte de una frase verbal (seguido de la preposicion "to" y un verbo en infinitivo. Ejem. Como verbo principal * I like school. + Me gusta la escuela. * I like pizza. + Me gusta la pizza. * Carlos likes volleyball. + A Carlos le gusta el voleibol. * Carmen likes Italian food. + A Carmen le gusta la comida Italiana. Como Frase Verbal * I like to study in school. + A mi me gusta estudiar en la escuela. * I like to eat pizza. + A mi me gusta comer pizza. * Carlos likes to play volleyball. + A Carlos le gusta jugar voleibol * Carmen likes to cook Italian food. + A Carmen le gusta cocinar comida Italiana. Forma Negativa Se forma usando los auxiliares do o does, seguido del adverbio not. O bien las contracciones: + do not don't + does not doesn't Algo importante: al hacer las oraciones en forma negativa, se pierde la terminacion "s", del verbo. Ejem, Como verbo principal * I like school. + I don't like school. * I like pizza. + I don't like piza. * Carlos likes volleyball. + Carlos doesn't like volleyball. Como Frase Verbal * I like to study in school. + I don't like to study in school. * I like to eat pizza. + I don't like to eat pizza. * Carlos likes to play volleyball. + Carlos doesn't like to play volleyball.

* Carmen likes Italian food. + Carmen doesn't like Italian food. Cuando se debe usar do o does: I, you, we, they, you

* Carmen likes to cook Italian food. + Carmen doesn't like to cook Italian food.

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Forma Interrogativa Resulta cambiando los auxiliares do o does, al principio del enunciado, y le corresponde una respuesta corta afirmativa y/o negativa. Algo importante: al hacer las oraciones en forma Interroga, se pierde la terminacion "s", del verbo. Ejem, Como verbo principal * I like school. + Do I like school? Yes, you do - No, you don't * I like pizza. + Do I like piza? Yes, you do - No, you don't * Carlos likes volleyball. + Does Carlos like volleyball? Yes, he does - No he doesn't * Carmen likes Italian food. + Does Carmen like Italian food? Yes, she does - No she doesn't Como Frase Verbal * I like to study in school. + Do I like to study in school? Yes, you do - No, you don't * I like to eat pizza. + Do I like to eat pizza? Yes, you do - No, you don't * Carlos likes to play volleyball. + Does Carlos like to play volleyball? Yes, he does - No he doesn't * Carmen likes to cook Italian food. + Does Carmen like to cook Italian food? Yes, she does - No she doesn't

Usos de Like + I like to eat pizza. Do you like to eat pizza? No, I don't. I like to eat tacos. + Maria likes to play volleyball. Does Carmen like to play volleyball? Yes, I do. I like to play volleyball every Saturday. + They like to go to Vallarta on vacation. Do you like to go Vallarta on vacation? Yes, we do. We go to Vallarta every Easter Vacation. + Peter likes to drive his truck. Does Rafael like to drive his truck? No, he doesn't. He likes to drive his jeep. Las palabras que estan subrayadas pueden ser substituidas por sus propias ideas...