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Simple Present

I'm a student.

I am a student. -> Sono studente

You're nice .

You are nice. -> Sei simpatico

He's my brother.

He is my brother. -> E' mio fratello

She's my sister.

She is my sister. -> E' mia sorella

It's his dog.

It is his dog. -> E' il suo cane

We're English.

We are English. -> Siamo inglesi

You're students.

You are students. -> Siete studenti

They're your friends.

They are your friends. -> Sono tuoi/vostri amici

Simple Present

forma negativa

I'm not

I am not a student.

I'm not a student. -> Non sono (uno) studente

you're not

you aren't

You are not nice.

You're not nice.

You aren't nice. -> Non sei simpatico

he's not

he isn't

He is not my brother.

He's not my brother.

He isn't my brother. -> Non è mio fratello

she's not

she isn't

She is not my sister.

She's not my sister.

She isn't my sister. -> Non è mia sorella

it's not

it isn't

It is not his dog.

It's not his dog.

It isn't his dog. -> Non è il suo cane

we're not

we aren't

We are not English.

We're not English.

We aren't English. -> Non siamo inglesi

you're not

you aren't

You are not students.

You're not students.

You aren't students. -> Non siete studenti

they're not

they aren't

They are not your friends.

They're not your friends.

They aren't your friends. -> Non sono tuoi/vostri amici

Simple Present

forma interrogativa

Am I wrong? -> Ho torto?

Are you English? -> Sei inglese?

Is he a teacher? -> E' un insegnante?

Is she your girlfriend? -> E' la tua fidanzata?

I found this wallet. Is it yours? -> Ho trovato questo portafogli. E' il tuo?

Are we alone? -> Siamo soli?

Are you students? -> Siete studenti?

Are they your friends? -> Sono tuoi/vostri amici?

Simple Present

forma interrogativa-negativa contratta

Aren't I right? -> Non ho ragione?

Aren't you English? -> Non sei inglese?

Isn't he a teacher? -> Non sei un insegnante?

Isn't she your girlfriend? -> Non è la tua fidanzata?

I found this wallet. Isn't it yours? -> Ho trovato questo portafogli. Non è il tuo?

Aren't we alone? -> Non siamo soli?

Aren't you students? -> Non siete studenti?

Aren't they your friends? -> Non sono tuoi/vostri amici?

Risposte brevi

Are you Italian?  Yes, I am./No, I'm not. -> Sei italiano? Sì/No

Is Jane nice?  Yes, she is./No, she isn't. -> E' carina Jane? Sì/No

Are you tired? Yes, we are./No, we aren't. -> Siete stanchi? Sì/No

Simple Past

I was in London last summer. -> Sono stato a Londra la scorsa estate

You were at home yesterday. -> Sei stato a casa ieri

He was a computer programmer. -> Era un programmatore di computer

She was my girlfriend. -> E' stata la mia fidanzata

It was my school. -> E' stata la mia scuola

We were friends. -> Siamo stati (Fummo) amici

You were at the pub last Saturday. -> Siete stati al pub lo scorso sabato

They were very nice. -> Sono stati molto carini

Simple Past

forma negativa

I was not in London last summer.

I wasn't in London last summer. -> Non sono stato a Londra l'estate scorsa

You were not at home yesterday.

You weren't at home yesterday. -> Non sei stato a casa ieri

He was not good at maths.

He wasn't so good at maths. -> Non era così bravo in matematica

She was not my girlfriend.

She wasn't my girlfriend. -> Non era la mia fidanzata

It was not my school.

It wasn't my school. -> Non era la mia scuola

We were not friends.

We weren't friends. -> Non eravamo amici

You were not at the pub last Saturday.

You weren't at the pub last Saturday. -> Non siete stati al bar sabato scorso

They were not very nice.

They weren't very nice. -> Non sono stati molto carini

Simple Past

forma interrogativa

Was I right? -> Avevo ragione?

Where were you yesterday evening? -> Dove sei stato ieri sera?

Was he at home last weekend? -> Era a casa lo scorso fine settimana?

Why was she so sad? -> Perché era così triste?

What was it? -> Cos'è stato?

Were we lucky? -> Siamo stati fortunati?

When were you in England? -> Quando siete stati in Inghilterra?

Were they nice? -> Erano simpatici?

Simple Past

forma interrogativa-negativa contratta

Wasn't I right? -> Non avevo ragione?

Weren't you at the pub? -> Non sei stato al bar?

Wasn't he at home? -> Non era a casa?

Why wasn't she happy? -> Perché non era contenta?

Wasn't it hers? -> Non era il suo?

Weren't we lucky? -> Non siamo stati fortunati?

Weren't you in England? -> Non siete stati in Inghilterra?

Weren't they nice? -> Non sono stati carini?

Risposte brevi

Were you in London last year?  Yes, I was./No, I wasn't. -> Sei stato a Londra l'anno scorso? Sì/No

Was Jane nice?  Yes, she was./No, she wasn't. -> E' stata carina Jane? Sì/No

Were you tired? Yes, we were./No, we weren't. -> Eravate stanchi? Sì/No