Grammatica Inglese Verbo essere to be

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Il verbo essere in inglese si
traduce con TO BE.

• Forma AFFERMATIVA: Soggetto + TO BE + complemento (Es: Mark is American.)
• Forma NEGATIVA: Soggetto + TO BE + NOT + complemento (Es: Mark is not American.)
• Forma INTERROGATIVA: TO BE + soggetto + complemento (Es: Is Mark American?)
• Forma INTERROGATIVA-NEGATIVA: forma contratta di BE/ NOT+ soggetto + complemento (Es: Isn’t Mark American?).

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Simple Present

FORMA PER ESTESO
Affermativa	Negativa	Interrogativa	Interrogativa Negativa
I am	I am not	Am I…?	Am I not…?
You are	You are not	Are you…?	Are you not…?
He is	He is not	Is he…?	Is he not…?
We are	We are not	Are we…?	Are we not…?
You are	You are not	Are you…?	Are you not…?
They are	They are not	Are they…?	Are they not…?

FORMA CONTRATTA
Affermativa	Negativa 1	Negativa 2	Interrogativa negativa
I’m	I’m not		Aren’t I…?
You’re	You’re not	You aren’t	Aren’t you…?
	He’s not	He isn’t
We are	We are not	Are we…?	Are we not…?
You are	You are not	Are you…?	Are you not…?
	She’s not	She isn’t	Isn’t he…?
He’s	It’s not	It isn’t
She’s			Isn’t she…?
It’s			Isn’t it…?
We’re	We’re not	We aren’t	Aren’t we…?
You’re	You’re not	You aren’t	Aren’t you…?
They’re	They’re not	They aren’t	Aren’t they…?

Attenzione! La forma estesa viene usata prevalentemente nella lingua scritta. La forma contratta di Am I not…? usata nel parlato è Aren’t I…?

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Simple Past

FORMA PER ESTESO
Affermativa	Negativa	Interrogativa	Interrogativa Negativa
I am	I am not	Am I…?	Am I not…?
I was	I was not	Was I…?	Was I not…?
You were	You were not	Were you…?	Were you not…?
He was	He was not	Was he…?	Was he not…?
She was	She was not	Was she…?	Was she not…?
It was	It was not	Was it…?	Was it not…?
We were	We were not	Were we…?	Were we not…?
You were	You were not	Were you…?	Were you not…?
They were	They were not	Were they…?	Were they not…?

FORMA CONTRATTA
	Negativa		Interrogativa negativa
	I wasn’t		Wasn’t I…?
	You weren’t		Weren’t you…?
	He wasn’t		Wasn’t he…?
	She wasn’t		Wasn’t she…?
	It wasn’t		Wasn’t it…?
	We weren’t		Weren’t we…?
	You weren’t		Weren’t you…?
	They weren’t		Weren’t they…?

Il Past Participle di TO BE è
BEEN
(“stato”).

Questa grammatica è a cura di Raffaele Nardella, insegnante di lingua inglese presso il Liceo “Salvador Allende” di Milano