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Is, Am, Are, Was, Were
Edu-Primes
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8/9/2024
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Hi kids! Today we will learn and revise the use of IS, AM, ARE, WAS, and WERE. So let's start!
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There are some words that are called helping verbs and they are AM, IS, ARE, WAS, WERE, BEING,
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HAVE, HAS, HAD, DO, DOES, DID, COULD, MAY, MIGHT, WILL, WOULD, SHALL, SHOULD, MUST, etc.
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All these verbs are called helping verbs as they help the main verbs in the sentence.
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Helping verbs always come before verbs in the sentence.
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Today we will learn the uses of IS, AM, ARE, WAS, and WERE which are the forms of BE.
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IS, AM, ARE. These helping verbs are used in the present form of sentences.
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Dylan is a very cute boy. It is very late now. He is doing a fantastic job.
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She is cooking pizza. He is having his dinner.
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I am going to my grandma's house. I am going for my dance classes.
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I am not interested in reading comics. I am feeling sleepy.
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They all are acting in a play. They are having a party tonight.
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They are not going to the zoo today. All of them are wearing red hats.
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So kids, we used IS, AM, ARE in the present form of sentences and they are all helping words.
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All these words come before the verbs in the sentence like
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They are acting in some play.
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The verb here is ACTING and ARE comes before ACTING.
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They are having a party tonight. The verb here is HAVING and ARE comes before the verb HAVING.
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I am feeling sleepy. The verb here is FEELING.
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AM come before the verb FEELING.
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I am going for my dance classes.
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The verb here is GOING. AM, WILL has come before GOING.
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She is making pizza. The verb here is MAKING and IS is used before MAKING.
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He is doing a fantastic job. The verb here is DOING and IS is used before DOING.
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So, IS, AM, ARE are all helping verbs and they always come before main verbs.
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And, IS, AM, ARE are always used in the present form of sentences.
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Now we are going to learn the uses of WAS and WERE.
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WAS and WERE are also helping verbs.
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They are used in the past form of sentences.
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Yesterday, while coming back from school, I saw a dog that was not looking healthy.
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He was looking very weak and hungry. I gave him to eat whatever was left in my lunch box.
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All the sentences here are in the past form and so the helping verb used is WAS.
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Let's have a look at another example.
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It was raining. The weather was very pleasant. I and all my friends played outside in mild showers.
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We were having a great time, but when it started thundering, we rushed inside our home.
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Here again, all the sentences are in past tense.
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So, WAS and WERE are used as helping verbs.
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WAS is used in the past form of sentences where the noun is singular.
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And, WERE is the helping verb which is used in the past form of sentences where the noun is plural.
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It was raining. It is considered singular.
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The weather was very pleasant. Weather here is a singular noun.
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We were having a great time. WE is a plural pronoun.
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Here are some more examples.
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We were having a picnic in the fragrance garden last Sunday.
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WE is a plural pronoun, so the helping verb used is WERE.
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Suddenly, a rabbit came in the garden. We were all surprised to see a rabbit there.
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The plural pronoun WERE is used as WE is plural pronoun and because the sentences are in the past form.
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It was cute and furry, but as soon as it saw us, it got scared and rushed back into the woods.
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The helping verb WAS is used with the rabbit as it is a singular pronoun and the sentence is in the past form.
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So, KIDS, WAS and WERE are helping verbs used for past form of sentences.
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WAS is used with singular nouns or pronouns and WERE is used with plural nouns or pronouns.
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So, KIDS, we learned about the uses of IS, AM, ARE, WAS, WERE that are helping verbs.
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IS, AM, ARE are used in the present forms of sentences.
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IS and AM are used with singular nouns or pronouns.
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ARE is used with plural nouns and pronouns.
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WAS and WERE are used in the past form of sentences.
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WAS is used before singular nouns and pronouns.
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And WERE is used with plural nouns and pronouns.
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Now you may go ahead and take a quiz to learn more.
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Bye-bye!
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