Verb To Be

Verbo TO BE – Ser o Estar

El verbo TO BE, que en castellano se traduce como SER o ESTAR, en el idioma inglés goza de una particular importancia. Su significado depende del sentido de la oración. Por ejemplo:

I am a doctor. Soy un doctor. (Se aplica como verbo ser)
I am in my house. Estoy en mi casa. (Se aplica como verbo estar)

En el siguiente cuadro se puede observar su declinación en el modo indicativo del Presente Simple:

Tanto en el modo afirmativo como en la forma negativa pueden utilizarse las siguientes contracciones:

Un detalle a tener en cuenta, es que las contracciones generalmente se usan durante una conversación y no así en la escritura, salvo que se trate de un texto informal o que transcriba un diálogo.

Cabe destacar que el verbo TO BE también se utiliza en algunos casos especiales que difieren de idioma español, como por ejemplo:

• Sirve para expresar la edad y también sensaciones, en cuyo caso se traduce como ’tener’:

John is 15 years old. John tiene 15 años.
Peter is hungry. Pedro tiene hambre.

• Otro caso particular es cuando se habla del clima y entonces se traducirá como “hacer”:

It is hot. Hace calor.

Existen otros casos donde el verbo TO BE se emplea como auxiliar para conjugar tiempos verbales y también para dar órdenes de manera impersonal que desarrollaremos en una próxima entrega.

Ahora te proponemos que intentes realizar oraciones simples utilizando distintos pronombres y las formas explicadas de este verbo.

PRACTICE

PROFESSIONS

TO LEARN VOCABULARY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WHAT DO YOU DO?

PRACTICE

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - PA

What is Physical Activity?

http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/index.html

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT - AM

What is Administrative Management?

Administrative management is all about managing information through people. Information is central to all of the management processes, while people are the resources who make the best use of that information to add value. Most working professionals and all the managers, have to have some element of administrative management in their jobs.

http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-administrative-management

http://amaudcasena.blogspot.com/

What is Administrative Management?

The Family

Understand the relationship between the different members of the family.

Talking about Family

http://www.irchads.com/2013/04/talking-about-family.html
Speak  English speaking Beginner

The words below are some of the most important used when talking about Family and Relationships.

Family and Relationships - Families

aunt

brother elder / older brother

cousin

daughter

father

grandchild

granddaughter / son

grandfather / mother

grandparent (s)

great-grandchild

husband

ex-husband

in-laws

son-in law, etc.

mother

niece

nephew

parents

sister

son

step-father

step-daughter, etc.

twin

twin-sister/ brother

uncle

widow (woman)

widower (man)

wife

ex-wife

Family and Relationships - Marital Relationships

divorced

engaged

married / unmarried

separated

single

widowed

Family and Relationships - Verbs

get divorced (from)

get engaged (to)

get married (to)

get on (well) with someone

marry someone

start / end a relationship with someone

Introducing your family

This is my mother/mom.

This is my father/dad.

(These are my parents)

This is my wife.

This is my husband.

There are five people in my family.
(My mother, my father, my older brother, my older sister, me, my younger brother.)

I have two brothers.
One is older.
One brother is older (than me).
One is younger.

I have one sister.

I'm number three.

Asking about family

How many brothers and sisters do you have?

What number are you?

He's the oldest (of five children).

She's the youngest.

Cindy doesn't have any brothers or sisters.

Jared is an only child.

How many children do you have?

We have two. One son and one daughter.

Do you have any kids?

No, I'm not married.

PRACTICE

Family Quiz

Genetive Case- 's possessive

To understand and practice the genetive case 's

PRACTICE:

Do at least five links to practice the 's in possession

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-possessive.htm

Possessive 's

When we want to show that something belongs to somebody or something, we usually add 's to a singular noun and an apostrophe ' to a plural noun, for example:

• the boy's ball (one boy)
• the boys' ball (two or more boys)

Notice that the number of balls does not matter. The structure is influenced by the possessor and not the possessed.

	one ball	more than one ball
one boy	the boy's ball	the boy's balls
more than one boy	the boys' ball	the boys' balls

The structure can be used for a whole phrase:

• the man next door's mother (the mother of the man next door)
• the Queen of England's poodles (the poodles of the Queen of England)

Although we can use of to show possession, it is more usual to use possessive 's. The following phrases have the same meaning, but #2 is more usual and natural:

1. the boyfriend of my sister
2. my sister's boyfriend

Proper Nouns (Names)

We very often use possessive 's with names:

• This is Mary's car.
• Where is Ram's telephone?
• Who took Anthony's pen?
• I like Tara's hair.

When a name ends in s, we usually treat it like any other singular noun, and add 's:

• This is Charles's chair.

But it is possible (especially with older, classical names) to just add the apostrophe ':

• Who was Jesus' father?

Irregular Plurals

Some nouns have irregular plural forms without s (man > men). To show possession, we usually add 'sto the plural form of these nouns:

singular noun	plural noun
my child's dog	my children's dog
the man's work	the men's work
the mouse's cage	the mice's cage
a person's clothes	people's clothes

http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/showing_possession01.html

Showing Possession (#1), by Dennis Oliver

There are several common ways of showing possession in English. The most common one is through use of the apostrophe ( ' ): 1.   Make most singular nouns possessive by adding 's: John's car the boy's room my friend's father  my neighbor's car       2.   If a singular noun ends in s or ss, it's possible to add 's, but many people feel that adding only an apostrophe looks better and is clearer--especially if the noun ends in ss: Dennis's car / Dennis' car Charles's children / Charles' children Russ's room / Russ' room Bess's father / Bess' father       3.   If a noun is plural and ends in s, make it possessive by adding only an apostrophe: the boys' room my parents' jobs the students' opinions his brothers' names       4.   For common words with irregular plurals, add 's: the children's toys women's gymnastics men's clothing Special Notes: 1.   Possessives for words ending with s are pronounced the same if they use 's or ': Dennis's / Dennis' = 'Dennisuz' Charles's / Charles' = 'Charlesuz' Russ's / Russ' = 'Russuz' Bess's / Bess' = 'Bessuz.'       2.   Singular possessive nouns ending with 's and plural possessive nouns ending with s' also have the same pronunciation: your son's / your sons' = the same pronunciation the neighbor's / the neighbors' = the same pronunciation my brother's / my brothers' = the same pronunciation       3.   For singular / plural nouns, adding 's or ' can change meanings: his son's room = the room belonging to his son his sons' room = the room belonging to his sons the neighbor's children = the children of only one neighbor the neighbors' children = the children of two or more neighbors       4.   The combination 's doesn't always show possession: 's can also mean is or has. To know which meaning is intended, look at the words following 's: Mary's father ( 's shows possession ) Mary's intelligent ( 's = is ) Mary's working hard. ( 's = is ) Mary's been there many times. ( 's = has ) Mary's had problems. ( 's = has )