Spanish has two verbs meaning TO BE: ser and estar SER TO BE ESTAR soy eres es I am you are he/she is estoy estás está somos sois son we are you are they are estamos estáis están _____________________________________________________________________ USES OF SER USES OF ESTAR a) STATING LOCATION: if you wish to say where someone or something is eg: estoy en Londres Madrid está en España b) PERMANENT STATE: Someone or something is in a state not likely to change (eg: nationality, origin, profession, quality) eg: soy inglés es trabajador b) TEMPORARY STATE: Someone or something is in a state likely to change eg: la casa está sucia estoy aburrido Translate the following sentences into Spanish, conjugating ser o estar and bring this work in school tomorrow Thursday 14th January. Madrid is the capital of Spain__________________________________________________ Madrid is in the centre of Spain________________________________________________ My book is on the table_______________________________________________________ I am English________________________________________________________________ I am very angry with my brother________________________________________________ Your pen is in your pencil case__________________________________________________ My school is big and it is in the centre of Oxford____________________________________