VERBO THERE TO BE
THERE TO BE - VERBO HAVER – EXISTIR
O verbo HAVER em inglês é representado pela palavra THERE ( que normalmente significa LÁ, ALÍ, mas que neste caso fica sem significado) e o verbo TO BE. Daí ser chamado THERE TO BE.
O verbo THERE TO BE tem duas formas, uma para o singular e outra para o plural.
THERE IS = HÁ EXISTE ( presente / singular, geralmente seguido de A ou AN. )
THERE ARE = HÁ, EXISTEM ( presente / plural, não seguido de A ou AN )
THERE WAS = HAVIA, EXISTIA ( passado / singular, geralmente seguido de A ou AN )
THERE WERE = HAVIA, EXISTIAM ( passado / plural, não seguido de A ou AN )
FORMA AFIRMARIVA:
EX.:THERE IS A BOY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE ( presente /singular)
THERE ARE FIVE BOYS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE (presente /plural)
THERE WAS A BOY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE (passado /singular)
THERE WERE FIVE BOYS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE (passado /plural)
A forma interrogativa é feita colocando-se IS, ARE, WAS, WERE antes da palavra THERE.
AF. >THERE IS AN ORANGE ON THE TABLE = IS THERE AN ORANGE ON THE TABLE?
>THERE WERE MANY CARS IN THE GARAGE = WERE THERE MANY CARS IN THE GARAGE ?
A forma negativa é feita colocando-se NOT após IS, ARE, WAS, WERE.
AF. THERE WAS AN ORANGE ON THE TABLE
NEG. = THERE WAS NOT AN ORANGE ON THE TABLE.
AF. THERE ARE MANY ORANGES ON THE TABLE
NEG. THERE ARE NOT MANY ORANGES ON THE TABLE.
ATT.: Temos as formas contraídas:
THERE IS = THERE´S
THERE IS NOT = THERE ISN´T
THERE ARE NOT = THERE AREN´T
THERE WAS NOT = THERE WASN´T
THERE WERE NOT = THERE WEREN´T.
ATT.: O futuro de THERE TO BE é THERE WILL BE. Ex.:
Af.> THERE WILL BE A PARTY AT CAROL´S HOUSE .......
Int.> WILL THERE BE A PARTY AT CAROL´S HOUSE ? ......
Neg.> THERE WILL NOT BE A PARTY AT CAROL´S HOUSE. ..............................
ATT. WILL NOT BE = WON´T BE
ACTVITIES : COMPLETE WITH : THERE TO BE ( Observe o tempo verbal pedido )
1- _____ a car in your house (present)
2- _____ two girls here (past)
3- _____ an ant on the table (past)
4- _____ men at work (present)
5- _____ a child sick (present)
6- _____ a game tomorrow (present)
7- _____ many pretty cats (past)
8- _____ ten tests last week (past)
9- _____ a big mouse here (past)
10- _____ two black dogs (present)
11- _____ a boy near me (present)
12- _____ flowers in the vase (past)
E. L. T. Marcos Carvalho
