Saturday, September 17, 2016

Sentence making in English, revised -3

Am  is  are usage  - as a state of being verbs.

What is a Verb ?                                                                                                                            
Verb is an important word in a sentence, a word that expresses an action e.g. eat, see, walk etc., is called Action verb.  a Word that describes  state/condition e.gam ,is are etc., (of the somebody/something) is called Being verb.  In this Post  we are going to discuss sentences making with being verb am, is, are

Am  is  are-  These verbs are used in a sentence to describe the condition/state  of self and  other people including  animals and  things. The things include anything. We have chosen  five types of sentence structures commonly used in communication.

  1. Simple sentences
  2. Negative sentence
  3. Yes/No question
  4. Yes/No negative
  5. ‘Wh’ question

  1. Structure – Simple Sentence
  Person                     Singular                              Plural

First                               I + am                                  We + are

Second                          You + are                             You + are

Third                            He/she/it  +  is                    They + are

Note:

Are not = aren't and  is not = isn't
'He' includes all males names  e.g. Robert, Alex, Jim, and common nouns like President , Director, Chairman, Friend, Father, Uncle etc.
'She' includes all female names e.g. Elizabeth, Mary, and common nouns like President,  Director, Chairman, Friend, Mother, aunt etc.
'It' includes all types of nouns and pronouns (Singular form of things, animals etc.), & collective nouns (like team, army, group etc.
'They' includes all types of nouns and pronouns (Plural form of things, people, animals etc.)    
I am Shane/My name is Shane
I am 32.
 I am   married.
He is my friend.
We are classmates
She is my cousin.
The  weather is fine. (The weather = it)
It’s very playful (it= a puppy)
Obama is the president of USA
The weather is very Chill.
It’s a new car.
It’s Holiday today (Idiomatic structure not connected with this topic)
Hillary is New York .
We are in President’s office new.
She is in Paris                                                     
  1. Structure – Negative sentence

Person                     Singular                               Plural

First                         I + am + not                        We + are + not

Second                     You + are + not                  You + are + not

Third                       He/she/it + is + not          They + are + not

Note:
Are not = aren't and  is not = isn't
'He' includes all males names  e.g. Robert, Alex, Jim, and common nouns like President , Director, Chairman, Friend, Father, Uncle etc.
'She' includes all female names e.g. Elizabeth, Mary, and common nouns like President,  Director, Chairman, Friend, Mother, aunt etc.
'It' includes all types of nouns and pronouns (Singular form of things, animals etc.), & collective nouns (like team, army, group etc.)
'They' includes all types of nouns and pronouns (Plural form of things, people, animals etc.)    

He isn’t Jim. 
I am not a student .
They aren’t Indians.
The president is not in the Capital
We aren’t  in office.
She isn’t Mary .

Structure – Simple and Negative combination

We aren’t Americans we are Indians.
She isn’t Mary she is Clara
They are Students they aren’t  outsiders.
He isn’t in the town he is abroad.
She isn’t my cousin she is my niece.

Will continue.....

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