AM, IS & ARE | What's the difference? | Learn with example sentences & quiz!

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[00:00:10]Am is are.

[00:00:14]These are the present tense forms of the verb to be.

[00:00:18]The form used will depend on the subject.

[00:00:22]Remember, the subject is who is doing the action.

[00:00:28]Therefore, we need the correct subject-verb agreement.

[00:00:35]Here is a table to summarize everything you need to know.

[00:00:40]Am is used with the subject I.

[00:00:44]The positive form is I am.

[00:00:47]Or we can use the contraction I'm.

[00:00:51]The negative form is I am not.

[00:00:55]Or we can use the contraction I'm not.

[00:00:59]When forming a question, we place the verb at the beginning of the question.

[00:01:05]For example, am I?

[00:01:11]The verb is is used for singular nouns.

[00:01:15]A singular noun refers to one person, place, or thing.

[00:01:20]He, she, it or a name of a person.

[00:01:25]The positive form is the subject plus is.

[00:01:29]For example, he is, she is, it is.

[00:01:34]Or we can use the contraction he's, she's, it's.

[00:01:40]The negative form is the subject plus is not.

[00:01:45]He is not, she is not it is not.

[00:01:50]Or we can say he's not, she's not it's not.

[00:02:02]We can also use the contraction isn't.

[00:02:06]He isn't, she isn't, it isn't.

[00:02:10]When forming a question, we place the verb at the beginning of the question.

[00:02:16]Is he?

[00:02:18]Is she?

[00:02:19]Is it?

[00:02:24]Are is used for plural nouns and subject you, we, they.

[00:02:29]A plural noun refers to more than one person, place, or thing.

[00:02:35]The positive form is the subject plus are.

[00:02:39]You are, we are, they are.

[00:02:43]Or we can use the contraction you're, we're, they're.

[00:02:49]The negative form is the subject plus are not.

[00:02:54]You are not, we are not, they are not.

[00:02:59]Or we can use the contraction you're not, we're not, they're not.

[00:03:07]We can also use aren't.

[00:03:10]You aren't, we aren't, they aren't.

[00:03:16]When forming a question, we place the verb at the beginning of the question.

[00:03:21]Are you?

[00:03:23]Are we?

[00:03:24]Are they?

[00:03:30]Now, let's look through some examples.

[00:03:35]First, let's look at the verb am.

[00:03:38]The positive form example is, I am late.

[00:03:43]Or I'm late.

[00:03:46]The negative form example is, I am not late.

[00:03:51]Or I'm not late.

[00:03:56]The question is Am I late?

[00:04:04]Now, let's look at the verb is.

[00:04:08]The positive form examples are He is a student.

[00:04:13]He's a student.

[00:04:16]She is a nurse.

[00:04:18]She's a nurse.

[00:04:20]It is raining.

[00:04:23]It's raining.

[00:04:25]The question is Is it raining?

[00:04:33]The negative form examples are He is not a student.

[00:04:39]Or He's not a student.

[00:04:44]She is not a nurse.

[00:04:47]She's not a nurse.

[00:04:52]It is not raining.

[00:04:56]It's not raining.

[00:04:58]Or we can say It's isn't raining.

[00:05:08]Now, let's look at the verb are.

[00:05:13]You are funny.

[00:05:15]You're funny.

[00:05:18]We are at home.

[00:05:21]We're at home.

[00:05:25]They are my books.

[00:05:28]They're my books.

[00:05:31]The question is Are they your books?

[00:05:39]The negative form examples are You are not funny.

[00:05:45]Or You're not funny.

[00:05:48]We are not at home.

[00:05:52]We're not at home.

[00:05:56]They are not my books.

[00:06:01]They're not my books.

[00:08:13]>> Mhm.