Exercise 1
Complete the present simple forms of the verb to be - positive, negative and questions.
Verb to be - present simple forms
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We can use full forms and short forms of the verb to be in the present simple tense. The full forms are used in informal English and the short forms are used in formal English.
Affirmative
Full forms - short forms:
I am crazy. - I'm crazy.
You are my friend. - You're my friend.
He is here. - He's here.
She is over there. - She's over there.
It is easy. - It's easy.
We are ready. - We're ready.
They are ill. - They're ill.
Negative
We make negative forms by putting 'not' after the verb to be.
Full forms - short forms:
I am not crazy. - I'm not crazy.
You are not my friend. - You aren't (You're not) my friend.
He is not here. - He isn't (He's not) here.
She is not over there. - She isn't (She's not) over there.
It is not easy. - It isn't (It's not) easy.
We are not ready. - We aren't (We're not) ready.
They are not ill. - They aren't (They're not) ill.
Questions
We just change the word order of a sentence to make a question.
Positive questions:
Am I crazy?
Are you my friend?
Is he here?
Is she over there?
Is it easy?
Are we ready?
Are they ill?
Negative questions:
Am I not crazy?
Are you not my friend? - Aren't you my friend?
Is he not here? - Isn't he here?
Is she not over there? - Isn't she over there?
Is it not easy? - Isn't it easy?
Are we not ready? - Aren't we ready?
Are they not ill? - Aren't they ill?