Use verb to be

Verb to be

• Qué es y cómo usar el Verbo To Be - To Be Verb | Gramática en inglés (Embed)
• The verb to be means "ser o estar"
• For example:
• Ser
• He is smart = Él es inteligente
• Estar
• It is cold today = Hoy está hacienda frío
• Haber
• Is there anybody inside? = ¿Hay alguien adentro?
• Poder (permiso)
• Tell her she is not to open the door to strangers = Dile que no puede abrirle la puerta a extraños.

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• How and when is the verb to be used?
• Uses of the verb to be
• When you start to study English you will find many phrases that have the verb to be, with different meanings, and it might be a bit difficult to tell them apart. In general, you will see the verb to be used in two ways:
• Main verb
• The verb to be will appear only when it is the verb that gives meaning to the sentence.
• Examples:
• The car is red. (The car is red)
• There is a snake over there. (there's a snake there)
• Verb to be as auxiliary
• You can use the verb to be as an auxiliary verb in continuous verb tenses accompanied by a gerund or past participle verb.

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• Main uses of the verb to be
• Once we know its most well-known meanings, we can learn about the most common uses of this term:
• Sirve para mencionar una acción o estado del sujeto en cualquier tiempo.
• I am Mexican = Soy mexicano.
• I was a doctor = Yo era doctor.
• Verbo auxiliar
• Se usa en compañía de otros verbos para dar a entender que las acciones o estados se desarrollan en el momento. Para ello se usa la conjugación –ing.
• I am still working= Todavía estoy trabajando.
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• Conjugation of the verb to be
• We present some tables with the conjugations of the following tenses: present, simple past, simple future, present perfect, past perfect, future perfect, conditional and conditional perfect. We also include its affirmative, negative and question forms.
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• VERB TO BE ✨ English Class for Beginners (Embed)