Be: Present Simple

PRESENT SIMPLE

Here are some examples of be in the Present Simple:

          This is my brother . He's ten years old.
          I'm a student. These are my books.
          They aren't at home. They're at the theatre.

     >In speech, we usually use the short forms:

          She's my sister.         He's my brother.

          I'm from Italy.          They're German.

     >>We use be:

     >To say who we are:

          I'm Steve and this is my friend Bill. We're from Scotland.

          I'm Janet and these are my sisters. This is Sandra and this is Patricia. Sandra and Patricia are doctors.

    

     >To talk about the weather:

          

          It's cold today.                 

          It's a beautiful day.

          It's usually hot here.

          It isn't very warm today.

      >To talk about the time:

           

           It's ten o'clock.

           It's half past four.

           You're late!

       >To talk about places:

           

           Milan is in the north of Italy.

           John and Mary are in Yorkshire.

            

       >To talk about people's ages:

           

           My sister is six years old.

PRESENT SIMPLE

We form the Present Simple of be like this:

PHRASAL VERBS

Write down - anotar

"She wrote down every word the teacher said."

Find out - descobrir/ achar

"I found out what was troubling her"

Grow up - crescer

"I'm going to be an engineer when I grow up."

Dive off - escapar de/ mergulhar

"She dived off a rock into the sea."

Fall in love - apaixonar-se

"He falls in love with each new secretary."

Be in touch with - comunicar-se/ ter noticias

"I haven't been in touch with my friends from High School."

Keep-in touch - manter contato

"Keep in touch with me when you return to France."

Look for - procurar

"I looked for my lenses but I couldn't find them."

Go back - voltar

"Let's go back for a minute to what we were talking about earlier."

Get along with - relacionar-se/ entender-se

"The children just cannot get along together."

Hit it off - entender-se bem

"We hit it off as soon as we met."

End up - acabar

"I knew that he would end up in prison."

Drift apart - separar-se

"European and Brazilian politics seem to be drifting apart."

Count-on - esperar apoio

"They count on their parents for leadership and love."

Be up to - estar a fim de

"I'm up to go out."

Take care - cuidar-se

"Take care or you will fall."

PHRASAL VERBS

Go down - descer/ diminuir/ ser lembrado

"His bravery will go down in history."

Get better - sarar/ melhorar

"John's grades got better after taking private classes."

Be or get stuck - ficar preso (transito, elevador, etc.)

"It had rained all night on the farm, so he got stuck in the mud."

Take off - levantar voo, decolar/ tirar a roupa

"Take off your shoes as soon as you get into a Japanese house."

Run away from - escapar/ fugir

"He ran away with all her money."

Wake up - acordar

"The baby woke up in the middle of night."

Run into - encontrar por acaso

"Yesterday I ran into a wallet on the sidewalk."

Cross out - eliminar, tirar fora

"Cross out the first two names on the list."