English Lessons for Spanish Speakers
Lesson Number: 1 Lesson Category: Grammar
Lesson Level: Basic X Lesson Date: 03/24/2010
TOPIC: The verb “to be”
The most important verb in English is the verb “to be.” Like most languages, English has a highly irregular verb of being. Here is the full conjugation.
Spanish Equivalent: ser/estar
Infinitive: to be
Gerund/Present Participle: being
Past Participle: been
Imperative: be
Singular Plural
Present Tens
1 I I am we we are
2 you you are you you are
3 he/she/it he/she/it is they they are
Past Tense
1 I was we were
2 you were you were
he/she/it was `they were
Future Tense
1 I will be we will be
2 you will be you will be 3 he/she/it will be they will be
Present Perfect Tense
1 I have been we have been
2 you have been you have been
3 he/she/it has been they have been
Past Perfect Tense
1 I had been we had been
2 you had been you had been
3 he/she/it had been they had been
Future Perfect Tense
1 I will have been we will have been
2 you will have been you will have been
3 he/she/it will have been they will have been
Notice that although “to be” is irregular, the differences occur in only the First and Third Person Singular forms, and in 3 of the Tenses, all the forms are exactly the same.
