"To Be" - Present Form - Interrogative 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:


Interrogative Sentence (Positive):

Be (am/is/are) + Subject + noun/adjective/prepositional phrase?


Negative Sentence:

Be (am/is/are) + Subject + not + noun/adjective/prepositional phrase?

Contracted structure: Isn't/aren't + Subject + 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.


Question/Interrogative/"Wh" words can be used in the beginning of the interrogative sentences as per the demand of the sentence. They are: Who, whose, whom, which, what, where, when, why and how.


We can also use a question/interrogative phrase in the beginning of the interrogative sentence if they are needed in the sentence. They are: With whom, how much, how many, at what time etc.




Now, let us look at some sentence examples:


--- Are you a student? (noun)

--- Is he happy? (adjective)

--- Why is he happy? (adjective)

--- Are they in the classroom? (prepositional phrase)

--- Is the weather pleasant today? (adjective). "today" is an adverb in this sentence.

--- How is the weather pleasant today?

--- Is he in a stalemate about switching jobs? (prepositional phrase)

--- Is she not (isn't she) sad"? (adjective)

--- Are the vegetables not fresh? (adjective)

--- Why are the vegetables not fresh?

--- Is his condition 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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