Basic English 101

EN= A personal pronoun is a pronoun that is associated primarily

with a particular person, in the grammatical sense. When discussing
person in terms of the grammatical, the following rules apply: First
person, as in I Second person, as in you
IT=Un pronome personale un pronome che associato
principalmente con una particolare persona , nel senso grammaticale .
Quando si parla di " persona " in termini di grammatica , valgono le
seguenti regole : Prima persona , come in " I" La seconda persona ,
come in " voi"

EN= Utilizing the personal pronoun with the verb to be

IT= Utilizzando il pronome personale con il verbo "essere "
Present tense Tempo Presente

Past tense Passato

To Be Affirmative Affermativa
Subjec
t

To
Be

Examples

I am from New

am

You

are

You are Chilean.

He

is

He is twenty years
old.

She

is

She is a nurse.

It

is

It is a big dog.

We

are

We are intelligent.

You

are

You are students.

They

are

They are married.

He is a pilot.

Is he a pilot?

She is from Spain.

Is she from Spain?

It is a big house.

Is it a big house?

We are ready.

Are we ready?

You are doctors.

Are you doctors?

They are rich.

Are they rich?

Zealand.

To Be - Negative Sentences Negativo

The negative of To Be can be made by
adding not after the verb.
Subje
ct

To
Be

Examples

To Be - Questions
To create questions with To Be, you put

the Verb before the Subject.

You
Affirmative

You

are

Are

you

Verb

Subject

are
not

happy?

Am I intelligent?

You are a student.

Are you a student?

You are not Australian.

He is not thirty years

is not

She

is not

She is not a secretary.

It

is not

It is not a small cat.

We

Question

I am intelligent.

I am not from Spain.

He

You
Affirmative

not

happy.

Subject Verb

Question

am

They

are
not
are
not
are
not

old.

We are not stupid.

You are not teachers.
They are not single.

To Be - Short Answers

In spoken English, we usually give short

answers in response to questions.
Are you a student? - Yes, I am (a student).
The last part (a student) is not necessary.
We use shorts answers to avoid repetition,
when the meaning is clear.

Question

Short
Answers**

Short
Answers

Am I

Yes, you

No, you

intelligent?

are.

aren't.

Are you a
student?

Yes, I am.

Is he a pilot? Yes, he is.

Is she from
Spain?
Is it a big
house?
Are we
ready?
Are you
doctors?

Yes, she is.

Yes, it is.
Yes, we are.
Yes, we are.

No, I am
not.
No, he
isn't.
No, she
isn't.
No, it isn't.
No, we
aren't.
No, we
aren't.

Are they

Yes, they

No, they

rich?

are.

aren't.

Day of the WeekGiorni

da
ys
of
the

Day
of
the
Week

Abbreviation

weekd
ays
(5
days)

Monday

Mo
n.

M
o.

Tuesda

Tu

we
ek
(7
da
ys)

weeke
nd
(2
days)

e.

u.

Wedne
sday

We
d.

W
e.

Thursd
ay

Th
u.

T
h.

Friday

Fri.

Fr
.

Saturda
y

Sa
t.

S
a.

Sunday

Su
n.

S
u.