THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: TO BE

THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: TO BE

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A sentence in English always requires a verb. The

Construction is Subject + Verb. In case we talk about

situation, existence, condition, identification, location,

profession, and nationality or when there is no physical nor

intellectual activity, we should use the verb TO BE.

This table shows the forms of TO BE :

AFFIRMATIVE		NEGATIVE		INTERROGATIVE
Full	Short	Full	Short
I am You are He is She is It is We are They are This is That is	I'm You're He's She's It's We're They're - That's	I am not You are not He is not She is not It is not We are not They are not This is not That is not	- You aren't He isn't She isn't It isn't We aren't They aren't This isn't That isn't	Am I? Are you? Is he? Is she? Is it? Are we? Are they? Is this? Is that?