Simple Present Tense - verb to be

Simple present tense (to be)

Nota: El verbo to be es solo un verbo en el ingles (ser o estar). Este post tocara solo el verbo to be.

to be = infinitive (verbo en bruto/ ser o estar)
Conjugaciones = am / is / are

I - am = I'm
he/she/it - is = he's, she's, it's
we/you/they - are = we're, you're they'e

This is the list and form of to be with the pronouns.

Max is a great student (is because Max is pronoun he) => He's a great student.
My father and brother are in Las Vegas (are because father and brother is pronoun they)

Question Form

To form questions we change the Subject and verb position.

Is he your father?
Is she your sister?
Is it your dog?
Are you students?


We can put question words (QW) before this order.
QW = who, where, what, when, how long ... etc.

Where is your girlfriend? What time is it? When is your birthday?
When are your brothers here?

Negative form

To form the negative (-) form just add not to the to be conjugation (am, is, are)

I'm not ------he, she, it + isn't (is+not) ------------we, you they + aren't (are+not)

or

I am not ------he's, she's, it's + not ----------we're, you're, they're + not

Examples:

Lima isn't in the Andes -- You aren't a nice person --- Shakira isn't Peruvian