- The Present Tense of Verb "to be"
- am, is, are
-Affirmative Statements, Negative Statements
-Questions and Short Answers
THE PRESENT TENSE OF THE VERB ‘’TO BE’’
AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS (Singular) | AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS (Plural) | ||||
SUBJECT | BE | SUJECT | BE | ||
I | am | a teacher in Istanbul happy sad | We You They | are | cowboys. angry. in Texas. |
You | are | ||||
He She | is | ||||
It | is | an ashtray | |||
NEGATIVE STATEMENTS (Singular) | NEGATIVE STATEMENTS (Plural) | |||||
SUBJECT | BE+NOT | SUBJECT | BE+NOT | |||
I | am not | a singer in London old upset | We You They | are not | workers. happy. in Mexico. | |
You | are not | |||||
He She | is not | |||||
It | is not | an ashtray | ||||
CONTRACTIONS (affirmative) | CONTRACTIONS (Negative) | |||
I am | I’m | I am not | --------------- | (I’m not) |
You are | You’re | You are not | You aren’t | (You’re not) |
He is | He’s | He is not | He isn’t | (He’s not) |
She is | She’s | She is not | She isn’t | (She’s not) |
It is | It’s | It is not | It isn’t | (It’s not) |
We are | We’re | We are not | We aren’t | (We’re not) |
You are | You’re | You are not | You aren’t | (you’re not) |
They are | They’re | They are not | They aren’t | (They’re not) |
YES/NO QUESTIONS (Singular) | YES/NO QUESTIONS (Plural) | ||||
BE | SUBJECT | BE | SUBJECT | ||
Am | I | from Italy? | Are | we you they | from Italy? |
Are | you | ||||
Is | he she it | ||||
SHORT ANSWERS (Singular) | SHORT ANSWERS (Plural) | ||||
POSITIVE | POSITIVE | ||||
I | am are is | Yes , | we you they | are | |
Yes , | you | ||||
He she it | |||||
SHORT ANSWERS (Singular) | SHORT ANSWERS (Plural) | ||||
NEGATIVE | NEGATIVE | ||||
No , | I’m not ( I am not ) you’re not (you aren’t) he’s not ( he isn’t ) she’s not ( she isn’t ) it’s not (it’s not) | No , | we’re not(we aren’t) you’re not(you aren’t) they’re not(they aren’t) | ||
