SCHEMA VERBO TO BE

PRONOUN	VERB	SHORT FORM	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE
I	AM	I'M	I'M NOT	AM I ?
YOU	ARE	YOU'RE	YOU AREN'T	ARE YOU ?
HE-SHE-IT	IS	HE'S	HE ISN'T	IS HE ?
WE	ARE	WE'RE	WE AREN'T	ARE WE?
YOU	ARE	YOU'RE	YOU AREN'T	ARE YOU?
THEY	ARE	THE'RE	THEY AREN'T	ARE THEY?

CONTRAZIONE Si può contrarre in I'M – YOU'RE – HE'S – WE'RE -YOU'RE - THEY'RE

INTERROGATIVE SI FORMANO METTENDO DAVANTI IL VERBO ESSERE (ARE) – POI VIENE IL SOGGETTO (YOU) E POI L'AGGETTIVO (STUPID) --------> come se in italiano dicessimo: sei tu stupido? Sono io carino? Siamo noi bravi? Esempi------> Are you stupid? Am I nice? Are they tall? Are we good?

NEGATIVE FORMATE DA SOGGETTO (I) – VERBO ESSERE (AM) – NEGAZIONE (NOT) – AGGETTIVO (GOOD) Esempi: I am not good – You are not boring – She is not tall CONTRAZIONE : I'm not (NON CAMBIA) ---->You are not--->you aren't – she is not--->she isn't