How to form sentences with "To Be" - Present Form - Assertive Sentences

"Be" has three forms in the present - am, is and are.


Do you want to learn the sentence structure of "Be"?


Here it is: Affirmative Sentence: Subject + be (am/is/are) + noun/adjective/prepositional phrase.


Negative Sentence: Subject + be (am/is/are) + not + noun/adjective/prepositional phrase.

Contracted structure: Subject + isn't/aren't + noun/adjective/prepositional phrase.


What is a prepositional phrase - A prepositional phrase is a phrase with a preposition in it.


Subject pronouns: I, we, you, he, she, it and they.



Now, let us look at some sentence examples:

--- I am a student. (noun)
--- He is happy. (adjective)
--- We are in the classroom. (prepositional phrase)
--- The weather is pleasant today. (adjective). "today" is an adverb in this sentence.
--- I am in a stalemate. (prepositional phrase)
--- She is not (isn't) sad. (adjective)
--- The vegetables are not fresh. (adjective)
--- His condition is not stable. (adjective)


As you can see, you can make various kinds of sentences with the structure of "to be". Try to make some sentences on your own with these structures. Remember, practice makes a man perfect.

Please know that this structure is not a part of any tenses. This is not the Simple Present Tense/Present Indefinite Tense, as some people would like to believe or make you believe.




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