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Adjectives
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ReportedSpeech Here'sthepositiveform(positivemeansanormalsentence,notanegativeora
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ThePassive
IrregularVerbs Positive PositiveShortForm

StativeVerbs Iam I'm

youare you're
RelativeClauses
heis he's
Prepositions
sheis she's 3:Youcouldbuymy
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itis it's
Gerundsand weare we're
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theyare they're
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ImproveYourEnglish Clickheretopractisemakingthepositivewith'be'.
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Negative Negativeshortform
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Iamnot I'mnot
youarenot youaren't
heisnot heisn't
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sheisnot sheisn't
itisnot itisn't
wearenot wearen't
Est recibiendo
theyarenot theyaren't
pocos llamados?

Clickheretopractisemakingthenegativewith'be'.

Andfinallylet'stalkaboutthequestionformofthepresentsimplewith'be'.

Firstly,here'sthe'yes/no'questionform:

Yes/NoQuestions
amI?
areyou?
ishe?
isshe?
isit?
arewe?
arethey?

Clickheretopractisemakingyes/noquestionswith'be'.

Ifyou'dliketomakea'wh'question,youjustputthequestionwordatthefront:

WhQuestions
where amI?
what areyou? English
why ishe? Schools
who isshe?
Serving
when arewe?
International
how arethey? Students.
Study in New
Clickheretopractisemaking'wh'questionswith'be'.
York City
Clickheretopractisemakingpositive,negativeandquestionforms [Link]

with'be'(exercise1)
Clickheretopractisemakingpositive,negativeandquestionforms
with'be'(exercise2)

Presentsimpletensewithotherverbs

Withallotherverbs,wemakethepresentsimpleinthesameway.

[Link]'sjusttheverbwithanextra's'ifthesubjectis'he',
'she',or'it'.Let'staketheverb'play'asanexample:

Positive(of'play')
Iplay
youplay

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heplays
sheplays
itplays
weplay
theyplay

Don'tforgetthe's'!Evenreallyadvancedstudentsdothis!
Forafewverbs,thereisaspellingchangebeforethe's'.Forexample,
'study'becomes'studies'.Clickhereforalistoftheseverbs
.
Therearealsofewverbswhichareirregularinthepresentsimple:

1.'have'becomes'has'
2.'do'becomes'does'
3.'go'becomes'goes'

Clickheretopractisemakingthepositiveformforotherverbs
(exercise1)
Clickheretopractisemakingthepositiveformforotherverbs
(exercise2)

Tomakethenegativeform,youneedtouse'donot'(don't)or'doesnot'
(doesn't).

Negative(of'play')
Idonotplay Idon'tplay
youdonotplay youdon'tplay
hedoesnotplay hedoesn'tplay
shedoesnotplay shedoesn'tplay
itdoesnotplay itdoesn'tplay
wedonotplay wedon'tplay
theydonotplay theydon'tplay

Clickheretopractisemakingthenegative(exercise1)
Clickheretopractisemakingthenegative(exercise2)

Howaboutthequestionformofthepresentsimpletense?

Weuse'do'or'does'beforethesubjecttomakethe'yes/no'question:

Yes/Noquestions
doIplay?
doyouplay?
doesheplay?
doessheplay?
doesitplay?
doweplay?
dotheyplay?

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Clickheretopractisemakingyes/noquestions.

Justlikewith'be',ifyou'dliketomakea'wh'question,youjustputthe
questionwordatthefront:

WhQuestions
where doIplay?
what doyouplay?
why doesheplay?
who doessheplay?
when doweplay?
how dotheyplay?

Clickheretopractisemaking'wh'questions

Mixedexercise1
Mixedexercise2
Mixedexercise3
Mixedexercise4usingboth'be'andotherverbs

Clickhereforalltheexercisesaboutthistense

Next,IexplainhowtoUSEthePresentSimple.

Ifyouwanttolearnmoreaboutthetenses,especiallyabouthowtousethem
whenyou'respeaking,youcouldtrymyvideocourse,TerrificTenses,whichis
partofPerfectEnglishGrammarPlus.

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