Verb to BE present tense
I _____
I am (I'm)
He/she/it _____________
He/she/it was
I ______ (read) a book.
I am (I'm) reading a book.
He ___________ (watch) TV at 8 o'clock yesterday.
He was watching TV at 8 o'clock yesterday.
John ________ (play) well in the game last week.
John played well in the game last week.
He/she/it ______________
He is, she is, it is (He's, she's, it's)
We _________
We were
They _____________ (have) dinner.
They are having dinner.
They're having dinner.
They ___________ (shop) when I saw them yesterday.
They were shopping when I saw them yesterday.
They __________ (visit) their grandparents last summer.
They visited their grandparents last summer.
They ___________
They are (They're)
They (interrogative?)
Were they?
We __________ (sit) on the sofa.
We are sitting on the sofa.
We're sitting on the sofa.
My parents ____________ (wait) for me when I arrived home yesterday.
My parents were waiting for me when I arrived home yesterday.
I ________ (try) to do my homework last night.
I tried to do my homework last night..
We _____________ (negative)
We are not (We aren't/We're not)
I _____________ (negative)
I was not (I wasn't)
_______ you ________ your homework? (do)
Are you doing your homework?
_______ you _______ (watch) the game when she scored the goal?
Were you watching the game when she scored the goal?
___________ you ________ all the cake yesterday? (eat)
Did you eat all the cake yesterday?
You (interrogative?)
Are you?
John ____________ (negative)
John was not (John wasn't)
She ____________ her homework. (not, do)
She is not doing her homework.
She isn't doing her homework.
She's not doing her homework.
Mary ______________ (not, listen) when the teacher asked her the question.
Mary was not listening when the teacher asked her the question.
Mary wasn't listening when the teacher asked her the question.
They ___________ to the doctor yesterday. (not, go)
They didn't go to the doctor yesterday.