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Today we’re going to look at the contracted forms of the verb “to be” in the present simple. Remember that contractions are very common in informal writing and speech in English.Hoy vamos a estudiar las formas contraídas del verbo “to be” en el presente simple. Recuerda que las contracciones son muy comunes cuando se escribe o se habla de manera informal en inglés. Before we continue, here’s a reminder of the verb “to be” in the present simple: I am You are He / She / It is We are You (plural) are They are To make a contraction with a subject pronoun and the verb “to be”, join the two words and replace the first letter of the conjugated verb “to be” with an apostrophe. Para hacer una contracción con un pronombre de sujeto y el verbo “to be”, une las dos palabras y reemplaza la primera letra de la forma conjugada del verbo “to be” con un apóstrofo: I am I'm You are You're He / She / It is He's / She's / It's We are We're You (plural) are You're They are They're Have a look at the following dialogue between Richard (R) and Sandra (S) to see contractions in everyday speech: S: Hey, Rich! I heard you’re going to Brazil this week!¡Hola, Rich! ¡Me han dicho que te vas a Brasil esta semana! R: Yes, I’m leaving on Thursday morning. Sí, me marcho el jueves por la mañana. S: You’re so lucky. I’m just staying here the whole summer.Qué suerte tienes. Yo me quedo por aquí todo el verano. R: That’s unfortunate. Did you hear that John’s coming with me to Brazil?He’s buying his ticket tonight. We’re both really excited. ¡Qué mala suerte! ¿Sabías que John me acompaña a Brasil? Se compra el billete esta noche. Los dos estamos muy emocionados! S: Have a great time! ¡Pasadlo muy bien! To make a negative sentence, just add “not” after the contraction. For example, - I’m not happy because it’s raining.No estoy contento porque está lloviendo. - She’s not coming to the party.Ella no viene a la fiesta. - They’re not tired today.No están cansados hoy. - We’re not going to the party because we haven’t been invited.No vamos a la fiesta porque no nos han invitado. It is also possible to say “you aren’t” instead of “you’re not”, “he / she / it isn’t” instead of “he / she / it’s not”, “we aren’t” instead of “we’re not” and “they aren’t” instead of “they’re not”. For example, - She isn’t coming to the party. - They aren’t tired today. - We aren’t going to the party because we weren’t invited. Have an awesome weekend! Take care,