The verb to be and its conjugations often cause headaches regarding its spelling. When we say you are bad students we are referring to the second person plural of the present tense of the Indicative Mood.
The word soys does not exist in the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, so there should be no such confusion.
We want to teach you within the spelling and conjugation of verbs how to write sois or soys, helping you to remember and practice with support exercises so that the new knowledge takes hold.
The sound is the same you are and you are but the writing is different, the first is correct and the second is not. The word soys does not exist, therefore there should be no doubt about how it is written, there is only soys.
We will show you the conjugation of the verb “to be” and its applications so that you remember its writing and discard the incorrect forms.
What do you need to write are you or are you?
- Paper and pencil.
- Books, magazines, newspapers.
- Computer and Internet connection
Instructions to write you are or you are
- The verb to be is an irregular verb and as such its conjugation has difficulties. There are no rules to learn it, just practice, memorize, write and apply in sentences.
- The Present of the Indicative Mood is conjugated:
- I am
- You are
- He is
- We are
- You are
- They are.
- Regarding its application, we will write some sentences in which we include the second person plural of the verb to be.
- Are you sure that you are all students of this school?
- You are fakers, the truth was hidden behind your words.
- Remember yourself: it says YOU ARE, you never ARE
- To practice this learning and remove any doubts you may have, we will do an exercise. We will give you a sentence in the present, past or future applying the verb to be and you will transcribe it to the second person plural (you…) of the Present. For example: ” The man was the last survivor after the nuclear explosion“, although the sentence is in the imperfect tense and corresponds to the third person singular (he) we will write it as we said : “You are the last survivors after the nuclear explosion ” Is it clear? Let’s go to work, take paper and pencil, read the sentences and write the new ones. We help you in the first
- We were all in charge of finding the culprit of the theft of the documents.
- You……..
- In the ’80s, men were more attentive to women.
- Today in the actuality…..
- Let him go to the contest because I am not the best prepared to face the others.
- I was the right person to talk about such a controversial subject.
- Joaquín and Isabel will be recommended to participate in the contest for the new job.
- Another exercise for you to practice with the verb to be conjugated (it will not always be you are, logically) will be the following: Complete the text with the verb to be conjugated.
- All the people came and went down the street because the rain was imminent, suddenly the streets were filled with umbrellas that………….red, blue, black. The southerly wind whipped the trees that rooted hard to the ground like people did clinging to anything or hiding in the bars that offered a warm aroma of coffee. Suddenly I thought that you …………..who would be happy to contemplate this moment, this landscape in which the protagonists ……..the wind and the rain. I imagined them in that hot city where………living while complaining about the heat. The children …………….on the beach playing with the sea and the sand while I………..glued to the misted glass watching people run. And grief invaded me, you ……. my family, the part of me that is far away, in a country that attracts them for money and comfort. With pain I moved away from the window and turned off the light, you ………… my love and I will sleep dreaming of seeing you again.
Tips for writing you are or you are
- Practice writing on a piece of paper the various conjugations of the verb to be.
- Read a lot and pay attention to reading.
- If you are a parent encourage reading in your children so that their spelling is not a problem as they grow up and into adulthood, it is better to learn to write correctly than to try to improve spelling in adolescence, youth and adulthood.