Simple present tense

Exercise-3

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

Meet me!

I ______ an elephant.

My name ______ Jumbo.

I ______ 120 years old.

My body ______ grey.

I ______ not thin. I ______ very fat.

My eyes ______ brown.

My mouth ______ big too.

I ______ not scary at all.

I ______ a friendly animal.

Exercise-4

Insert am, is, isn't are, aren't.

1. We______ happy to see you.

2. We______ scared of spiders.

3. They______ not scared of lizard.

4. Ananya ______ at home at the moment.

5. He ______ always in a good mood.

6. I ______ afraid of snakes.

7. He ______ rich he ______ poor. (aff) (neg)

8. She ______ not a teacher

9. We ______ not anxious about our exam.

10. I ______ a lawyer.

11. Anita ______ at school today.(neg)

Am/Is/Are Questions

We make questions with Am/Is/Are (be) in the Present Simple like this:

When someone asks a question with Am/Is/Are (be), we can give short answers also:

Are you tired?

► Yes, I am. (Not only Yes.)

Is he here?

► No, he's not. (Not only No.)

Important point :

→ We cannot use a short form in affirmative short answers.

Here are some more examples of questions and short answers: