"Be Verbs" - am/is/are

                                   

"Be" Verbs    -           am/is/are

Using 'am'.

I am = I'm -  talking about me - only myself (singular)

Using 'is'    - talking about others (singular)
he is   = he's
she is = she's
it is    = it's

Using 'are'
we are  = we're - talking about us (plural) 
you are = you're - talking about others (singular/plural)
they are = they're - talking about others (plural) 

am/is/are in sentences.

I am hungry. / I am a boy./I am a girl./I am a teacher.

He is a doctor. / She is an actress. / It is a clock.

We are students. / You are here now. / They are playing.

1) How do you say your name?
    My name is Sam.
2) How do you say your age?
    I am twenty-one years old.
    My age is twenty-one.
3) How do say that where you are from?
    I am from the United Kingdom. 
    I am from Sri Lanka. 
4) How do you say what kind of job you are doing?
    I am a teacher./I am an archaeologist.

Exercise
Fill in the blanks with am/is/are.

1) He ....... the tallest student in this class.
2) They .......... playing football.
3) Leena ......... the youngest.
4) Our books ........... on the table.
5) I ......... standing here.
6) We ............. singing now.
7) Your shoes ............. neatly polished today.
8) I .......... interested in classical music.
9) It ........... gloomy today.
10) My mother .......... in the kitchen.
11) He ........... shutting windows.
12) We ............ ready to listen to him.
13) I ......... reading a book.
14) He .......... not a bad person.
15) You ............ not correct at this time.