Verbo TO BE

Forma No Contrada
Afirmativa

Interrogativa

Negativa

I am

Am I?

I am not

You are

Are you?

You are not

He is

Is he?

He is not

She is

Is she?

She is not

It is

Is it?

It is not

We are

Are we?

We are not

You are

Are you?

You are not

They are

Are they?

They are not

Forma Contrada
Afirmativa

Negativa

Im

Im not

Youre

Youre not/You arent

Hes

Hes not/He isnt

Shes

Shes not/She isnt

Its

Its not/It isnt

Were

Were not/We arent

Youre

Youre not/You arent

Theyre

Theyre not/They arent

1. O verbo "to be" o verbo que, em ingls, indica "ser" ou "estar". A

conjugao do verbo "to be", no presente do indicativo, :
I am (I'm) = eu sou/estou
He is (he's) = ele /est
She is (she's) = ela /est
It is (it's) = ele/ela /est (animais, objetos, seres inanimados etc.)
We are (we're) = ns estamos/somos
You are (you're) = voc/vocs /so est/esto
They are (they're) = eles/elas so/esto

Exemplos:
I'm hungry (=estou com fome)
I'm a doctor (=sou mdico)
She's beautiful (=ela bonita)
You are ugly [=voc/vocs /so feio(a)/feios(as)] etc.
2. Perguntas com "to be": inverte-se a posio assumida pelo verbo em
perodos afirmativos.
Exemplos:
Are you hungry? (=voc est com fome?)
Are they teachers? (=eles/elas so professores(as)?)
Am I ugly (=sou/estou feio(a)?)
3. Sentenas negativas com "to be": adiciona-se not aps o verbo.
Exemplos:
I'm not hungry (=no estou com fome)
She is not beautiful (=ela no /no est bonita)
We are not teachers (=ns no somos professores(as))
Formas contradas:
am not = ain't
is not = isn't
are not = aren't

4. Perguntas negativas com "to be": usa-se a forma contrada negativa na

posio do verbo em sentenas interrogativas comuns.
Exemplos:
Aren't you hungry? (=voc no est com fome?)
Isn't it funny? (=isso no engraado?)
5. A forma verbal correta de "to be" a ser usada em sentenas onde no exista
he, she, you, they etc. depende do sujeito, que pode ser plural (usa-se are) ou
singular (usa-se is). No usa-se am quando o sujeito no for I.
Exemplos:
My brother is funny. Nesse caso, como o sujeito singular (my brother = meu
irmo), a forma a ser usada is.
My parents are young. Nesse caso, sendo o sujeito plural (my parents = meus
pais), a forma a ser usada are.
6. O verbo "to be" pode ser usado com outros verbos, sem "to" aps ele.
Normalmente o outro verbo estar no gerndio (-ing). Este tipo de construo
chama-se "Present Progressive".
Exemplos:
She's working (=ela est trabalhando)
We are playing (=ns estamos brincando)
Is he speaking? (=ele est falando?)
It isn't working (=isso no est funcionando)
Aren't they teaching? (=eles/elas no esto ensinando?)