Verbo to be em inglês

Como usar o verbo to be

Ao começar a estudar inglês, você encontrará várias frases com o verbo to be apresentando significados diferentes e pode ser um pouco difícil diferenciá-los. Preste atenção aos princípios básicos que você deve saber sobre a conjugação do verbo to be.

Pode aparecer sozinho

Em essência, o verbo to be pode aparecer sozinho, mas, na maioria dos casos, acompanhará outros verbos nos tempos verbais compostos. Mas primeiro vamos ao básico, vejamos a conjugação do to be verb.

Presente

No presente, o verbo é conjugado como I am, you are, he/she/it is, e com os pronomes no plural we, you, they conjuga-se como are. 

Passado

No tempo passado, a maioria dos pronomes são conjugados com were, exceto por I, he, she, it que são conjugados com was. Nas formas perfeitas (ou particípio passado) toma a forma been e a forma progressiva se transforma em being.

Verbo to be como auxiliar

Você pode utilizar o verbo to be  como um verbo auxiliar nos tempos verbais contínuos, acompanhado de um verbo no gerúndio, como é observado nos seguintes exemplos:

• Jenny is studying a new career. (Jenny está estudando uma nova carreira.)
• I was working till late last night. (Eu estava trabalhando até tarde ontem à noite.)We were watching TV last Sunday. (Estávamos assistindo televisão no domingo passado.)

Quando usar o verbo to be

A seguir, você verá alguns situações nas quais poderá utilizar o verbo to be corretamente:

Descrever algo ou alguém

Se você quer descrever uma pessoa, o verbo to be será muito útil. Veja o seguinte exemplo:

• Colin is an accountant. He is a man. He is canadian. His eyes are brown. He is intelligent and very friendly. (Colin é um contador. É um homem. É canadense. Seus olhos são castanhos. Ele é inteligente e muito amigável.)

💡 Lembre-se de que, em inglês, para falar sobre a idade, não utiliza-se o verbo ‘ter’ (have), mas sim o verbo to be. 

Exemplo: (Tenho 34 anos.)

❌ Incorreto: I have 34 years old.

✅ Correto: I am 34 years old.

Falar do estado de ânimo de alguém

O verbo to be ajuda você a descrever o humor de uma pessoa.

• He is angry. (Ele está bravo.)
• You are sad today. (Você está triste hoje.)
• She was tired. (Ela estava cansada.)
• They are a bit disappointed. (Eles estão um pouco decepcionados.)

Falar do clima

Utiliza-se o verbo to be quando queremos descrever a temperatura ou o clima de um lugar.

• Manhattan is rainy today. (Hoje está chovendo em Manhattan.)
• The Arctic pole is quite cold. (O polo Ártico é bastante frio.)
• Tomorrow will be a sunny day. (Amanhã será um dia ensolarado.)

Mencionar uma localização

Você pode falar sobre a localização geográfica ou espacial de algo ou alguém.

• Martin is at the university. (Martin está na universidade.)
• New Orleans is in the United States. (Nova Orleans fica nos Estados Unidos.)
• The keys are under the bed. (As chaves estão debaixo da cama.)

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Conjugação do verbo to be

Agora, vejamos de forma breve os tempos verbais do verbo to be em inglês. Lembre-se de que os tempos verbais apresentam uma forma afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa.

O verbo to be no presente é utilizado principalmente para referenciar algo verdadeiro no presente ou para dar informações básicas. As formas do verbo no presente são am, is e are.

O verbo to be no passado é usado para falar de informações verdadeiras, acontecimentos ou dados ocorridos no passado. O verbo toma a forma de was e were, dependendo do pronome pessoal com o qual é conjugado.

O verbo to be no futuro utiliza a forma will be e é usado para falar de algo que será ou estará no futuro. 

Present Simple (Presente Simples)

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I am	I am not	Am I ?
You are	You are not	Are you ?
He/She/It is	He/She/It is not	Is he/she/it ?
We are	We are not	Are we ?
You are	You are not	Are you ?
They are	They are not	Are they ?

Past Simple (Passado Simples)

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I was	I was not	Was I ?
You were	You were not	Were you ?
He/She/It was	He/She/It was not	Was he/she/it ?
We were	We were not	Were we ?
You were	You were not	Were you ?
They were	They were not	Were they ?

Future Simple (Futuro Simples)

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I will be	I will not be	Will I be?
You will be	You will not be	Will you be?
He/She/It will be	He/She/It will not be	Will he/she/it be?
We will be	We will not be	Will we be?
You will be	You will not be	Will you be?
They will be	They will not be	Will they be?

Present Perfect Simple (Presente Perfeito)

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I have been	I have not been	Have I been?
You have been	You have not been	Have you been?
He/She/It has been	He/She/It has not been	Has he/she/it been?
We have been	We have not been	Have we been?
You have been	You have not been	Have you been?
They have been	They have not been	Have they been?

Past Perfect Simple (Passado Perfeito)

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I had been	I had not been	Had I been?
You had been	You had not been	Had you been?
He/She/It had been	He/She/It had not been	Had he/she/it been?
We had been	We had not been	Had we been?
You had been	You had not been	Had you been?
They had been	They had not been	Had they been?

Future Perfect (Futuro Perfeito)

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I will have been	I will not have been	Will I have been?
You will have been	You will not have been	Will you have been?
He/She/It will have been	He/She/It will not have been	Will he/she/it have been?
We will have been	We will not have been	Will we have been?
You will have been	You will not have been	Will you have been?
They will have been	They will not have been	Will they have been?

Conditional (Condicional)

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I would be	I would not be	Would I be?
You would be	You would not be	Would you be?
He/She/It would be	He/She/It would not be	Would he/she/it be?
We would be	We would not be	Would we be?
You would be	You would not be	Would you be?
They would be	They would not be	Would they be?

Conditional Perfect (Condicional Perfeito)

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I would have been	I would not have been	Would I have been?
You would have been	You would not have been	Would you have been?
He/She/It would have been	He/She/It would not have been	Would he/she/it have been?
We would have been	We would not have been	Would we have been?
You would have been	You would not have been	Would you have been?
They would have been	They would not have been	Would they have been?

Exercícios

Está na hora de colocar em prática os conhecimentos desta lição. Complete as seguintes frases com a resposta correta:

1. We ____ starting a new project. (Nós estamos começando um novo projeto.) 
2. They _____ near Main Avenue. (Eles estavam perto da Avenida Main.) 
3. He ____ a tall guy. (Ele é um homem alto.) 
4. I will ___ a famous tennis player some day. (Eu serei um jogador de tênis famoso algum dia.) 
5. Yesterday _____ a cloudy day. (Ontem foi um dia nublado.) 
6. You ____ 24 years old a year ago. (Um ano atrás, você tinha 24 anos.)

Respostas

1. are
2. were
3. is
4. be
5. was
6. were

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