TO BE: PRESENT SIMPLE

Look at the table and complete the missing words. It will help you if you read first all the forms for each person (e.g.: "I") in affirmative, negative and interrogative, and then try to find out the missing word which is already written in some of the other columns. When you finish completing the words, press on mark answers for correction.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative
Subject + am/ is/ are + ... Subject + am/ is/ are + NOT + ... Am/Is/ re + Subject + ...?
Full form Short form Full form Short form Full form
1. I I'm I am not I'm not 16. Am ?
You are 5. You You are not 9. You 17. you?
2. He He's 10. He He isn't 18. Is ?
She is 6. She She is not 11. She 19. she?
3. It It's 12. It We aren't 20. Is ?
We are 7. We 13. We You aren't 21. we?
4. You You're You are not 14. You 22. you?
They are 8. They 15. They They aren't 23. Are ?
Short answers Yes, + S + am/ is/ are No, + S + am/ is/ are + not.

Please, check the meaning of the verb to be in your own language by clicking on the Verbix button.