The Verb ‘to be’ (Present Tense)

Affirmative Singular Negative

I am I am/am not I am not
He He He
She is She is/is not She is not
It cold. It cold. It cold.
You You
We are You are/are not We are not
They They
Examples • It is cold. These pronouns can also be replaced Examples • It is not cold.
• I am cold. • You are cold. with proper nouns. • I am not cold. • You are not cold.
• Tomaz is cold.
• She is cold. • We are cold. • She is not cold. • We are not cold.
• Alicia is not cold.
• He is cold. • They are cold. • He is not cold. • They are not cold.
Affirmative Contractions Plural Negative Contractions
I ‘m I ‘m not
We
He are/are not cold. He
They
She ‘s She isn’t
It cold. These plural pronouns can also be It cold.
You replaced with proper nouns. You
We ‘re • Jack, Ahmed, Ruby and I are cold. We aren’t
They They
• Sasha and Mohammed are not cold.
Examples • It’s cold. Examples • It isn’t cold.
• I’m cold. • You’re cold. • I’m not cold. • You aren’t cold.
• She’s cold. • We’re cold. • She isn’t cold. • We aren’t cold.
• He’s cold. • They’re cold. • He isn’t cold.
visit twinkl.com • They aren’t cold.