TO BE AND THERE TO BE

O verbo to be significa ser e estar em português. Vamos estudar

essas formas no presente simples (simple present). INTERROGATIVE FORM /
TRADUÇÃO
FORMA INTERROGATIVA
AFIRMATIVE FORM / FORMA AFIRMATIVA am I? eu sou/estou?
Forma sem contração Forma contraída Tradução are you? você é/está?
I am I’m eu sou/estou is he? ele é/está?
you are you’re você é/está is she? ela é/está?
he is he’s ele é/está is it? ele(a) é/está?
she is she’s ela é/está are we? nós somos/estamos?
it is it’s ele(a) é/está are you? vocês são/estão?
we are we’re nós somos/estamos are they? eles são/estão?
you are you’re vocês são/estão
Exemplos:
they are they’re eles são/estão
Are you a researcher at Instituto Oswaldo Cruz?
Are they on the second floor?
Exemplos:
Is It a good Hotel?
I’m German.
I’m a doctor at Hospital dos Servidores. Agora, vejamos o verbo to be no passado simples (simple past).
She’s a beautiful Chinese girl.
You are in Jane’s car. AFIRMATIVE FORM/
TRADUÇÃO
FORMA AFIRMATIVA
NEGATIVE FORM / FORMA NEGATIVA
I was eu era/estava
Forma sem
Forma contraída Tradução you were você era/estava
contração

I am not - I’m not eu não estou/sou he was ele era/estava

you are not you aren’t you’re not você não está/é she was ela era/estava

he is not he isn’t he’s not ele não está/é it was ele(a) era/estava

she is not she isn’t she’s not ela não está/é we were nós éramos/estávamos

it is not it isn’t it’s not ele(a) não está/é you were vocês eram/estavam

nós não estamos / they were eles eram/estavam

we are not we aren’t we’re not
somos
Exemplos:
you are not you aren’t you’re not vocês não estão/são
She was the best student in class last quarter.
they are not they aren’t they’re not eles não estão/são They were in Belo Horizonte last summer.
It was a bad day yesterday.
Exemplos:
I’m not from Argentina.
I’m not Argentinian.
She isn’t a very famous model in France.
We are not teachers, we are engineers.

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AFIRMATIVE FORM / FORMA AFIRMATIVA

NEGATIVE FORM / FORMA NEGATIVA
Forma sem Forma
Forma sem Forma Tradução
Tradução contração contraída
contração contraída
there is there’s há/existe (usado no singular)
I was not I wasn’t eu não era/estava
there are ––– há/existem (usado no plural)
you were not you weren’t você não era/estava

he was not he wasn’t ele não era/estava Exemplos:

There is much sugar on the shelf.
she was not she wasn’t ela não era/estava There are many people in the theater.

it was not it wasn’t ele(a) não era/estava

NEGATIVE FORM / FORMA NEGATIVA
we were not we weren’t nós não éramos/estávamos
Forma sem Forma
you were not you weren’t vocês não eram/estavam Tradução
contração contraída

they were not they weren’t eles não eram/estavam there is not there isn’t não há/existe

there are not there aren’t não há/existem

Exemplos:
I wasn’t tired during the trip.
Exemplos:
We were not in Rio in the Carnival.
There isn’t a nice door in this house.
Maria was not in that hotel.
There aren’t many windows in that office.

INTERROGATIVE FORM /
TRADUÇÃO INTERROGATIVE FORM /
FORMA INTERROGATIVA TRADUÇÃO
FORMA INTERROGATIVA
was I? Eu era/estava?
is there? há/existe?
were you? você era/estava?
are there? há/existem?
was he? ele era/estava?
Exemplos:
was she? ela era/estava?
Is there a little girl in the room?
was it? ele(a) era/estava? Are there trees in the garden?

were we? nós éramos/estávamos? O verbo “there be” no passado segue a mesma regra do presente.

were you? vocês eram/estavam?

AFIRMATIVE FORM / FORMA AFIRMATIVA
were they? eles eram/estavam?
Forma sem Forma
Tradução
contração contraída
Exemplos:
Was the car in the garage yesterday? havia/existia
there was ––
(usado no singular)
Were João and Paulo on the beach this morning?
Was the president in Brasília last Sunday? havia/existiam
there were ––
(usado no plural)
O verbo there be quer dizer haver, no sentido de existir, em
português. There is é usado antes de coisas ou pessoas no singular, já Exemplos:
there are é usado antes de coisas ou pessoas no plural.
There was an orange in the box.
There were many students in class yesterday.

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06. (UFRRJ) Complete the sentence with the correct verb.

NEGATIVE FORM / FORMA NEGATIVA
“_________biological agents in that tube.
Forma sem Forma a) There is c) Is e) Is there
Tradução
contração contraída b) There are d) There was

there was not there wasn’t não havia 07. (FAAP) Complete:
_________ many people living in China.
there were not there weren’t não havia
a) Is there c) There is e) Is
b) Are d) There are
Exemplos:
There wasn’t any book on the shelf. 08. (ITA) Who ______ that handsome young man and his friend?
There were some soldiers in the military lodgment. a) is c) wasn’t e) are
b) was d) isn’t
INTERROGATIVE FORM / FORMA
TRADUÇÃO 09. (UFBA) These _______ the beginnings of Maya civilization.
INTERROGATIVA
a) was c) has e) were
Was there? Havia/Existia? b) is d) there is

Were there? Havia/Existiam?

10. (FAAP SP) How many days _______ in a week?
a) are there c) is there e) was there
Exemplos: b) there are d) there is
Was there a party at Mario’s house last night?
Were there two cars in the garage?
EXERCÍCIOS DE

TREINAMENTO
How many cars were there in the garage?

EXERCÍCIOS DE

FIXAÇÃO
NAS QUESTÕES DE 01-10 PREENCHA AS LACUNAS COM A
ALTERNATIVA QUE COMPLETA CORRETAMENTE AS FRASES.

01. How many pencils ___________ in your bag?

01. (EEAR) Choose the best alternative to answer the question: “Are a) is there c) are there
you a pilot?”. b) there is d) there are
a) No, we are. c) No, I am not.
b) Yes, you are. d) Yes, I weren’t. 02. How many apples ___________ in the basket?
a) are there c) do there
02. (EEAR) An umbrella __________ a very ordinary object. b) is there d) does there
Choose the best alternative to complete the blank in the sentence.
a) is c) weren’t 03. Their teacher _______ very strict.
b) were d) are a) are c) do
b) does d) is
03. (FATEC SP) How much oil ______ in the can?
a) is there d) it is 04. _______ your father a dentist?
b) there is e) have a) Is c) What
c) is it b) Are d) Does

04. Complete the blank in the sentence. 05. Ayla and Najla ________ good friends. They don’t like each other.
A: Is there any milk in the fridge? a) are c) is
B: ____________________. b) isn’t d) aren’t
a) No, there is. c) Yes, there are.
06. The carpet ________ heavy. I cannot carry it.
b) Yes, there is. d) No, there aren’t.
a) is c) are
05. Complete the blank in the sentence. b) isn’t d) aren’t
Who ______responsible for this mess in the bathroom?
07. This classroom is empty. _____________ anybody inside.
a) are c) is
a) There aren’t c) There are
b) does d) were
b) There isn’t d) There is

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08. There ____ five students in the garden but there ___________ 06. (CESESP-PE) In 1975 ______ a great flood in Recife.
anybody in the classroom. a) there were
a) aren’t - aren’t b) there was
b) is - isn’t c) there are
c) are - is d) there is
d) are - isn’t e) there be

09. There ______ nothing in my bag. It’s empty. 07. (ITA) The United States ____________ a big country.
a) are a) is
b) isn’t b) are
c) is c) have
d) aren’t d) a e b são corretas.
10. ________ everybody in the class now? e) Todas são corretas.
a) Are c) Where
08. (PUC-PR) If the sentence “Ain’t that sweet!” were to be changed
b) Is d) Do from colloquial speech into more formal language, it would be:
a) “Aren’t those sweets!”
b) “Wasn’t that sweet!”
EXERCÍCIOS DE
c) “Isn’t that sweet!”

COMBATE d) “Is that as sweet!”

e) “Was that sweet!”

01. (EPCAR) Choose the option which contains the correct negative 09. (FGV) Assinale a alternativa correta.
for “Atheists are prone to discrimination”. a) There are a soldier in the hospital.
a) don´t c) aren’t b) There are some soldiers in the hospital.
b) didn´t d) can’t c) There is a lot of soldiers in the hospital.
d) There is little soldiers at the hospital.
02. (UEL) The point __________ exactly where you ________ now. e) There are much soldiers in the hospital.
As lacunas do texto são corretamente preenchidas pela alternativa:
a) are - is d) are - are 10. (EEAR) “[...] the airport lacks security.”means that
b) is - is e) there is - there are a) the airport has been properly secured.
c) is - are b) the airport is not vulnerable to attacks.
c) the airport is tightly secure from attacks.
03. (CFOE) Mark the alternative that complete the excerpt below. d) there isn’t enough security at the airport.
There __________ no special treatment for the women cadets during
the last war.
a) was c) be GABARITO
b) were d) is
EXERCÍCIOS DE FIXAÇÃO
04. (PUC-PR) Complete the following text with the correct form of 01. C 04. B 07. D 10. A
the verb: 02. A 05. C 08. E
A long time ago London ______ an important city, but it ______ 03. A 06. B 09. E
different from London today. There ______ not very many big
EXERCÍCIOS DE TREINAMENTO
buildings. There ______ a lot of small boats on the river.
01. C 04. A 07. D 10. B
a) is - is - are - are
02. A 05. D 08. D
b) was - is - are - are
03. D 06. A 09. C
c) was - was - were - were
EXERCÍCIOS DE COMBATE
d) was - is - were - were
01. C 04. C 07. A 10. D
e) had been - is - were - are
02. C 05. C 08. C
05. (EFOMM) The companies are expanding their business. They 03. A 06. B 09. B
__________ big now and __________ a lot of employees working
there. ANOTAÇÕES
a) is - there is
b) are - there is
c) are - there are
d) are - are there
e) is - is there

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