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SIMPLE PRESENT

Singular / Plural

1. Affirmative

I am here. / We are here. (1st person)

You are here. / You are here. (2nd person)

He is here. / They are here. (3rd person)

She is here. / They are here. (3rd person)

It is here. / They are here. (3rd person)

2. Negative (no contraction)

I am not here. / We are not here.

You are not here. / You are not here.

He is not here. / They are not here.

She is not here. / They are not here.

It is not here. / They are not here.

3. Negative (contraction: pronoun + verb)

I'm not here. / We're not here.

You're not here. / You're not here.

He's not here. / They're not here.

She's not here. / They're not here.

It's not here. / They're not here.

4. Negative (contraction: verb + "not")

I amn't here. / We aren't here.

You aren't here. / You aren't here.

He isn't here. / They aren't here.

She isn't here. / They aren't here.

It isn't here. / They aren't here.

5. Interrogative (affirmative)

Am I here? / Are we here?

Are you here? / Are you here?

Is he here? / Are they here?

Is she here? / Are they here?

Is it here? / Are they here?

6. Interrogative (negative) (usually used when you expect the answer to be "yes")

*Aren't I here? / Aren't we here?

Aren't you here? / Aren't you here?

Isn't he here? / Aren't they here?

Isn't she here? / Aren't they here?

Isn't it here? / Aren't they here?

*"Aren't I here?" for negative, BUT "Am I here?" for positive; "Amn't I here?" is WRONG, because "amn't" is never used in English.


SIMPLE PAST

Singular / Plural

7. Affirmative

I was here. / We were here.

You were here. / You were here.

He was here. / They were here.

She was here. / They were here.

It was here. / They were here.

8. Negative (no contraction)

I was not here. / We were not here.

You were not here. / You were not here.

He was not here. / They were not here.

She was not here. / They were not here.

It was not here. / They were not here.

9. Negative (contraction: verb + "not") Note: in past tense, you can't contract pronoun and verb: I'as

I wasn't here. / We weren't here.

You weren't here. / You weren't here.

He wasn't here. / They weren't here.

She wasn't here. / They weren't here.

It wasn't here. / They weren't here.

10. Interrogative (affirmative)

Was I here? / Were we here?

Were you here? / Were you here?

Was he here? / Were they here?

Was she here? / Were they here?

Was it here? / Were they here?


SIMPLE FUTURE

11. Affirmative (no contraction)

I will be here. / We will be here.

You will be here. / You will be here.

He will be here. / They will be here.

She will be here. / They will be here.

It will be here. / They will be here.

12. Affirmative (contraction)

I'll be here. / We'll be here.

You'll be here. / You'll be here.

He'll be here. / They'll be here.

She'll be here. / They'll be here.

It'll be here. / They'll be here.

13. Negative (no contraction)

I will not be here. / We will not be here.

You will not be here. / You will not be here.

He will not be here. / They will not be here.

She will not be here. / They will not be here.

It will not be here. / They will not be here.

14. Negative (contraction)

I won't be here. / We won't be here.

You won't be here. / You won't be here.

He won't be here. / They won't be here.

She won't be here. / They won't be here.

It won't be here. / They won't be here.

15. Interrogative (affirmative)

Will I be here? / Will we be here?

Will you be here? / Will you be here?

Will he be here? / Will they be here?

Will she be here? / Will they be here?

Will it be here? / Will they be here?



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