A ]Gramática Inglês
Por: Ana Carolina Chaves • 26/7/2021 • Resenha • 5.891 Palavras (24 Páginas) • 149 Visualizações
VERBO TO BE
O verbo to be é um dos verbos mais utilizados da língua inglesa e pode ser traduzido como ser ou estar.
Não existe uma regra para saber quando ele significa ser e quando
significa estar. É preciso compreender o significado da mensagem expressa como um todo, para então entender o sentido do verbo na frase.
O verbo to be é classificado como verbo irregular, uma vez que não segue as regras de formação do passado simples e do particípio passado.
Ele pode ser usado como verbo principal e como verbo auxiliar de alguns tempos verbais.
Conjugações: presente, passado e futuro
Confira as informações abaixo sobre o uso do verbo to be como verbo principal.
No Simple Present (presente simples), as flexões do verbo to be são am, is e are.
Afirmativa | Negativa | Interrogativa | ||
I am | I'm | I am not | - | Am I...? |
You are | You're | You are not | You aren't | Are you...? |
He is | He's | He is not | He isn't | Is he...? |
She is | She's | She is not | She isn't | Is she...? |
It is | It's | It is not | It isn't | Is it...? |
We are | We're | We are not | We aren't | Are we...? |
You are | You're | You are not | You aren't | Are you...? |
They are | They're | They are not | They aren't | Are they...? |
Exemplos:
- I am not a doctor. (Eu não sou médica.) SER
- I am not at home. (Eu não estou em casa.) ESTAR
- Is he a soccer player? (Ele é jogador de futebol?) SER
- Is he at school? (Ele está na escola?) ESTAR
- She isn't my friend. (Ela não é minha amiga.) SER
- She isn't tired. (Ela não está cansada.) ESTAR
- What’s that? It is a turtle. (O que é aquilo? É uma tartaruga.) SER
- Where’s the book? It is on the table. (Onde está o livro? Está em cima da mesa.) ESTAR
- We aren't students. (Nós não somos alunos.) SER
- We aren't on the bus. (Nós não estamos no ônibus.) ESTAR
- You are great teachers. (Vocês são ótimos professores.) SER
- You are hungry! (Vocês estão com fome!) ESTAR
- Are they Brazilian? (Eles são brasileiros?) SER
- Are they thirsty? (Eles estão com sede?) ESTAR
Vale lembrar que no inglês, os pronomes pessoais (personal pronouns) no singular são: I, you, he, she, it. Já no plural temos: we, you e they.
No Simple Past (passado simples), as flexões do verbo to be são was e were.
Afirmativa | Negativa | Interrogativa | ||
I was | - | I was not | I wasn't | Was I...? |
You were | You're | You were not | You weren't | Were you...? |
He was | He's | He was not | He wasn't | Was he...? |
She was | She's | She was not | She wasn't | Was she...? |
It was | It's | It was not | It wasn't | Was it...? |
We were | We're | We were not | We weren't | Were we...? |
You were | You're | You were not | You weren't | Were you...? |
They were | They're | They were not | They weren't | Were they...? |
Exemplos:
- I was not a doctor. (Eu não era médica.) SER
- I was not at home. (Eu não estava em casa.) ESTAR
- Was he a soccer player? (Ele era jogador de futebol?) SER
- Was he at school? (Ele estava na escola?) ESTAR
- She wasn't my friend. (Ela não era minha amiga.) SER
- She wasn't tired. (Ela não estava cansada.) ESTAR
- What’s that? It was a turtle. (O que era aquilo? Era uma tartaruga.) SER
- Where’s the book? It was on the table. (Onde estava o livro? Estava em cima da mesa.) ESTAR
- We weren't students. (Nós não éramos alunos.) SER
- We weren't on the bus. (Nós não estávamos no ônibus.) ESTAR
- You were great teachers. (Vocês eram ótimos professores.) SER
- You were hungry! (Vocês estavam com fome!) ESTAR
- Were they Brazilian? (Eles eram brasileiros?) SER
- Were they thirsty? (Eles estavam com sede?) ESTAR
Veja também: Was e were
No Simple Future (futuro simples), as flexões do verbo to be são sempre will be.
Afirmativa | Negativa | Interrogativa | ||
I will be | I'll be | I will not be | I won't be | Will I be...? |
You will be | You'll be | You will not be | You won't be | Will you be...? |
He will be | He'll be | He will not be | He won't be | Will he be...? |
She will be | She'll be | She will not be | She won't be | Will she be...? |
It will be | It'll be | It will not be | It won't be | Will it be...? |
We will be | We'll be | We will not be | We won't be | Will we be...? |
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