ENGLISH FOR YOU-2 - am / is / are - QUESTION FORMS

This lesson consists with answers for the previous exercise about am, is and are.

ANSWERS
1) This ..is.... a big book.
2) It ...is.... not mine.
3) I ...am... a teacher.
4) It ..is....  not going to bark now.
5) This red dress ....is.... not suitable for you.
6) I ..am... thirsty and I want to drink some water. 
7) That door ...is.... not shut properly.
8) She ..is... practising for her dancing event.
9) All the pens...are... in the drawer.
10) My mother ...is.... cooking in the kitchen.
11) The chair ...is.... near the table.
12) We ....are... studying science subjects.
13) He ..is... a good carpenter.
14) We ..are .. hungry.
15) The boys are playing outside.
16) This paper ..is... not very difficult.
17) The children ...are.... in a hall now.
18) The flowers ...are.... beautiful.
19) The supermarket ..is... not very far from here.
20) My keys ..are.... in my pocket.   
                                                                      
IMPORTANT
 Introducing verb 'BE'.
'BE' is the most important verb in the English Language.
Do you know that? 
'BE' - Is used as the main verb.
'Be' - Is used as an auxiliary verb.
'BE' - Is used in the passive voice.

Please keep in your mind.
'BE' is the only verb in the English Language that has three conjugations in the simple present tense (am, is, are). All the other verbs have two conjugations in the simple present.

'BE' is the only verb that has two conjugations in the simple past tense. All other verbs have only one conjugation in the simple past.

'BE' - conjugations- simple present

	SINGULAR	PLURAL
First Person	I / am	We / are
Second Person	You / are	You / are
Third Person	He, She, It / is	They / are

 'BE' - conjugations - simple past

  

	SINGULAR	PLURAL
First Person	I / was	We / are
Second Person	You / were	You / were
Third Person	He, She, It / was	They / were

am / is / are - question forms. 

How do we make questions? It is very easy.
Look at below explanation.

I am a teacher.- (sentence/with a full stop.)---> I am - change as 'Am I'.
Am I a teacher? - (question- with a question mark.)

You are a teacher.   -----> Are you a teacher?
He is a teacher.       ------> Is he a teacher?         
She is a dancer.      ------->Is she a dancer?
It is barking.          --------> Is it barking?
It is on the table.    --------> Is it on the table?   

 SENTENCES IN SINGULAR FORM    

We are students. --------> Are we, students?
You are good children.  -------> Are you good children?
They are playing.   --------> Are they playing?

 SENTENCES IN PLURAL FORM    

There are main three steps to be followed when making questions from sentences with am, is and are.
1) The question to be started from the 'verb'(am/is/are).
2) The first letter should be capital.
3) The question has to be ended with the question mark.

Exercise: Make questions from the below-given mixed words.


1) the/ near/wall/is/tree/the
2) reading/having/is/grandma/our/books/spectacles/withou  3) a/climb/trying/is/hill/to/he  
4) bad/is/weather/today/very/not/the 
5) at/today/is/work/she   
6) for/term/they/concert/practicing/are/end/their  
7) a/father/newspaper/my/reading/is   
8) you/bark/is/ready/at/it/to 
9) city/far/my/from/village/the/is  
10)his/cleaning/is/clothes/he 
11)lunch/get/are/now/to/you/your/going 
12) their/happy/neighbors/not/are/about/they
13) a/pretty/she/girl/is
14) my/studying/I/hard/examination/final/for/am
15)  very/station/the/closer/railway/is/the/to/supermarket  

(Answers at the next 'lesson.')