am is are Revised - 55

               am is are Revised - 55

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Basics

Subject

Articles a, an, and the

First Second and Third person

Noun and kinds

Preposition

Question Types

Click grammarmail to view the explanation of the above terms.

In our conversation with others we talk about someone or something (= Subject) , the subject is usually a noun/pronoun/common noun/proper noun/abstract noun etc. Before we try to make sentences with noun/common noun/proper noun/abstract noun etc. we should first try to learn to make sentences with pronoun as subject (or Subject pronoun) , because number of Subject pronouns are limited ( seven) on the contrary the list of   nouns, proper nouns, common nouns are unlimited. We can convert any noun/proper noun/common noun/abstract noun etc. into its equivalent pronoun and use that as a subject to make a sentence. See the following conversion table.

 NOUN TO PRONOUN CONVERSION

NOUN Father Mother Teacher President Manager Customer Brother Clerk Driver Friend Students Machine animal

PRONOUN He She He/she He/she He/she He/she He He/she He/she He/she They It It

NOUN Pain Fever Crowd Team Nation Herd Audience Water Tea House Shops Chairs meeting

PRONOUN It It It It It It It It It It They They It

am is are are called the auxiliary (Helping verbs) – They help main verb to make questions negatives etc.

                                    am is are practical usage

Person                         Singular                              Plural

First                             I + am                                    We + are

Second                        You + are                               You + are

Third                            He/she/it  +  is                        They + are

 NOTE: The subjects he/she/it include all singular nouns, common nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns etc. The subject they include all plural nouns

am is are – Practical usage

a. Used to describe someone or something or self (in the present time)

b. To say some fact about someone or things

c. To give some information about someone or something.

d. Used as an auxiliary (helping) verb with the main verbs like watching, writing, learning etc

NOTE : There  are many  uses, we shall see those later.

Read the following sentences

I am a student ( Someone describes about himself as a student.)

Shane is my sister. Shane is my a sister  (Someone describes Shane as his/her sister.)

My brother is a Teacher (Someone describes his/her brother as a teacher.)

Sentence construction – Formal

a. Simple statement/sentence/information/news/ fact etc.

I + am  e.g. I am 26 (years old) and  I am married.

We + are e.g. we are Germans

You + are (Singular and plural). e.g. You are late today.

He/she/it + is  e.g. He is an attorney. His sister (She) is a doctor

They + are e.g. They are students.

b. Negative Sentences

I + am + not e.g.  I am not single I am married.

We + are + not (=we aren’t) e.g. we are not children we ar grown ups.

You + are +not (= you aren’t) e.g. You are not sincere and committed in you work.

He/she/it  + is + not (=he/she/it isn’t) e.g. He is in Washington now.

They + are + not (= they aren’t) e.g.They are rich and powerful.

c. Questions ( ‘yes/no’)

am + I e.g. Am I Right?

are + we e.g. Are we on time?

are + you e.g. Are you late today?

Is +he/she/it e.g. Is she in the office?

Are + they e.g. Are they foreigners?

d. Negative question

aren’t + I (am + not + I)   e.g.  I am late today ….. aren’t I?

Aren’t + we (= are we not) e.g. Aren’t we sincere in our work?

Aren’t + you (= are you not) e.g. Aren’t you Oliver?

Isn’t +he/she/it (= is he/she/it not) e.g. Isn’t she Bill’s sister?

Aren’t + they (= are they not) Aren’t they Chinese?

e. Question (‘wh’ question word)

‘wh’ question word + am + I e.g. How much am I to pay for this? 60 $

‘wh’ question word + are + you e.g. Where are you these days? in Sydney

‘wh’ question word + is + he/she/it e.g. How is your mother (she)? Fine

‘wh’ question word + are + they e.g. How are your parents? They are OK

f. Alternate question

Am + I + Choice(1) or choice(2) e.g. am I right or not? you are right.

Are + we + Choice (1) or Choice (2) e.g. Are we on the firs floor or the second floor? First

Are + you (Singular and plural) + Choice (1) or choice (2) e.g. Are you an Indian or an American?

Is + he/she/it + choice (1) or Choice (2) e.g. Is he a student or a teacher?