Tuesday, 22 November 2011

LINKING VERBS- AM,IS,ARE

We use ‘Am’ with I, ‘Is’ with He, She,It , Singular nouns and ‘Are’with you, we ,they and plural nouns to link two ideas


Postive Sentences : I am a doctor
                                I am a teacher
                                I am a student
                                I am a boy
                                I am a king
                               
                                 H e is my friend
                                 She is a cook
                                 It  is a ball
                                 My friend is a businessman
                                 His classmate is a cricket player
                                 He is Paul Walker
                                 Her name is Jasmine
                                 Harris is my friend
                                 Drew Barrymore is an actor
                                
                                They are learners
                                My friends are designers
                                We are adults
                                You are my friends
                                You are writers
                                You are my friend
                                You are a writer
                                His neighbors are doctors
                                The boys are tennis players
                                 The school girls are singers


Negative Senteces:   We use ‘Not’ after  ‘Am’, ‘Is’, and ‘Are’ to form Negative Sentences
                              I am not  a doctor
                              I am not  a teacher
                              I am not  a student
                              I am not  a boy
                              I am not a king
                               
                               H e is not  my friend
                               She is not  a cook
                               It  is not  a ball
                               My friend is not  a businessman
                               His classmate is not  a cricket player
                               He is not Paul Walker
                                 Her name is not  Jasmine
                                 Harris is not  my friend
                                 Drew Barrymore is not  an actor
                                
                                 They are not  learners
                                 My friends are not  designers
                                 We are not  adults
                                 You are not  my friends
                                 You are not  writers
                                 You are  not my friend
                                 You are not a writer
                                 His neighbors are not  doctors
                                 The boys are not  tennis players
                                 The school girls are not  singers


Questions:                We use ‘Am’ before I ,  ‘Is’ before  he/she/it/singular nouns  and ‘Are’ before  you/we/they/plural nouns to form Questions
I am a doctor
                              Am  I a teacher?
                              Am  I  a student?
                              Am  I  a boy?
                              Am  I  a king?
                               
                              Is  he my friend
                              Is  she  a cook
                              Is  it   a ball
                              Is  my friend  a businessman
                              Is  his classmate  a cricket player
                              Is  he  Paul Walker
                              Is  her name  Jasmine
                              Is  Harris  my friend
                              Is  Drew Barrymore  an actor
                                
                              Are  they  learners?
                              Are  my friends  designers?
                              Are  we  adults?
                              Are you  my friends?
                              Are   you  writers?
                              Are   you  my friend?
                              Are   you  a writer ?
                              Are   his neighbors  doctors?
                              Are    the boys  tennis players?
                              Are   the school girls  singers?
                                 
                                  

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