Forma
affermativa
SOGGETTO + AM/ARE/IS + COMPLEMENTI
TO BE
Forma contratta*
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I am
I'm
I'm
a student.
I am
a student.
= Sono studente
you are
you're
You're nice .
You are nice. = Sei
simpatico
he is
he's
He's my brother.
He is my brother. = E'
mio fratello
she is
she's
She's my sister.
She is my sister. = E'
mia sorella
it is
it's
It's his dog.
It is his dog. = E' il
suo cane
we are
we're
We're English.
We are English. = Siamo
inglesi
you are
you're
You're students.
You are students. =
Siete studenti
they are
they're
They're your friends.
They are your friends. = Sono tuoi/vostri amici
*La forma contratta è quella
più usata nel linguaggio colloquiale
F orma
negativa
SOGGETTO + AM/ARE/IS + NOT +
COMPLEMENTI
TO BE
Forme contratte
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I am not
I'm not
I am not
a student.
I'm
not a student.
= Non sono (uno) studente
you are not
you're not
you aren't
You are not nice.
You're not nice.
You aren't nice. = Non
sei simpatico
he is not
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 is not
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 is not
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 are not
we're not
we aren't
We are not English.
We're not English.
We aren't English. = Non
siamo inglesi
you are not
you're not
you aren't
You are not students.
You're not students.
You aren't students. = Non
siete studenti
they are not
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
**La forme contratte sono le
più usate
F orma
interrogativa
AM/ARE/IS + SOGGETTO + COMPLEMENTI
TO BE
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am I
Am I wrong? = Ho torto?
are you
Are you English? = Sei
inglese?
is he
Is he a teacher? = E' un
insegnante?
is she
Is she your girlfriend? =
E' la tua fidanzata?
is it
I found this wallet. Is it yours?
= Ho trovato questo portafogli. E' il tuo?
are we
Are we alone? = Siamo
soli?
are you
Are you students? = Siete
studenti?
are they
Are they your friends? =
Sono tuoi/vostri amici?
F orma
interrogativa-negativa
AREN'T/ISN'T + SOGGETTO + COMPLEMENTI
TO BE
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aren't I
Aren't I right? = Non ho
ragione?
aren't you
Aren't you English? = Non
sei inglese?
isn't he
Isn't he a teacher? = Non
è un insegnante?
isn't she
Isn't she your girlfriend? = Non è la tua fidanzata?
isn't it
I found this wallet. Isn't it yours?
= Ho trovato questo portafogli. Non è il tuo?
aren't we
Aren't we alone? = Non
siamo soli?
aren't you
Aren't you students? = Non
siete studenti?
aren't they
Aren't they your friends? = Non sono tuoi/vostri amici?
Short Answers
(Risposte
brevi)
Nelle risposte
brevi, dopo "Yes" o "No" si usa sempre il pronome personale; la forma
contratta si usa solo nelle negazioni.
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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
Laboratorio
interattivo
Esercizio 1
Esercizio 2
Esercizio 3
Esercizio 4
Esercizio 5