TO BE
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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