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Positive
I am
you are
he is
she is
it i s
we are
they are
Positive Short Form
I'm
you're
he's
she's
it's
we're
they're
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Negative
I am not
you are not
he is not
she is not
it is not
we are not
they are not
Negative short form
I'm not
you aren't
he isn't
she isn't
it isn't
we aren't
they aren't
And finally let's talk about the question form of the present simple with 'be'. Firstly, here's the 'yes / no' question form:
Yes / No Questions
Am I ?
Are you ?
Is he ?
Is she ?
Is it ?
Are we ?
Are they ?
If you'd like to make a 'wh' question, you just put the question word at the front:
Wh Questions
Where am I ?
What are you ?
Why is he ?
Who is she ?
When are we ?
How are they ?
Next, here's the negative. It's very easy. You only add 'not'.
Simple present tense with 'be'
The verb 'be' is different from the other verbs in this tense. Let's look at 'be' first:
Here's the positive form. This is sometimes called 'affirmative'
Present simple tense with other verbs.
With all other verbs, we make the present simple in the same way.
The positive is really easy. It's just the verb with an extra 's' if the subject is 'he', 'she', or 'it'. Let's take the verb 'play' as an example:
Positive (of 'play')
I play
You play
He plays
She plays
It plays
We play
They play
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Don't forget the 's'! Even really advanced students do this!
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For a few verbs, there is a spelling change before the 's'. For example,'study' becomes 'studies'.
There are also few verbs which are irregular in the present simple:
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'have' becomes 'has'
'do' becomes 'does'
'go' becomes 'goes'
To make the negative form, you need to use 'do not' (don't) or ' does not' (doesn't).
Negative (of 'play')
I do not play
You do not play
He does not play
She does not play
It does not play
We do not play
They do not play
I don't play
You don't play
He doesn't play
She doesn't play
It doesn't play
We don't play
They don't play
How about the question form of the present simple tense?
We use 'do' or 'does' before the subject to make the 'yes / no' question:
Yes / No questions
Do I play ?
Do you play ?
Does he play ?
Does she play ?
Does it play ?
Do we play ?
Do they play ?
Just like with 'be', if you'd like to make a 'wh' question, you just put the question word at the front:
Wh Questions
Where do I play ?
What do you play ?
Why does he play ?
Who does she play ?
When do we play ?
How do they play ?
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