Am I? Is he? Are you? (A1)

要提问，就把 am / is / are 放到最前面。

用 Am / Is / Are 提问

• Am I late?
• Is he here?
• Are you ready?
• Not "You are ready?" — say "Are you ready?". 提问的时候，am / is / are 会跳到句子最前面。
• 试一试: ___ I late? (Am / Is / Are) 答案: Am — Am I late? 用 I 要配 Am——而且提问时它要放在最前面。

Is he? Is she? Is it?

问 he, she, it——另外一个人或一个东西——用 Is。

• Is he here?
• Is she here?
• Is it here?
• Not "Are she here?" — say "Is she here?". he, she, it → Is。但 you 永远配 Are。
• 试一试: ___ he a teacher? (Is / Am / Are) 答案: Is — Is he a teacher? He 是一个人，所以用 Is 提问。

Are you? Are we? Are they?

问 we 和 they，用 Are。You 也用 Are，不管是一个人还是很多人。

• Are you here?
• Are we here?
• Are they here?
• Not "Is they here?" — say "Are they here?". we, they 和 you → Are，从来不用 Is。
• 试一试: ___ they students? (Are / Is / Am) 答案: Are — Are they students? They 是不止一个人，所以用 Are 提问。

回答“是”

先说 Yes, 再说人和 be 动词。be 动词后面没有别的词了，所以不能缩写：Yes, I am.

• Yes, I am.
• Yes, he is.
• Yes, they are.
• Not "Yes, I'm." — say "Yes, I am.". I'm 后面必须跟一个词。这里句子已经结束了，所以要说 Yes, I am.
• 试一试: Are you ready? — Yes, ___. (I am / I'm / I is) 答案: I am — 如果你选了 I'm——这个形式后面永远要跟一个词，可这里句子已经结束了。所以要说 Yes, I am.

回答“不是”

先说 No, 再说人和否定词。这里后面有 not，所以可以用缩写：No, I'm not.

• No, I'm not.
• No, he isn't.
• No, they aren't.
• Not "No, I amn't." — say "No, I'm not.". 没有 “amn't” 这种说法。用 I 的时候，说 I'm not。
• 试一试: Is he here? — No, ___. (he isn't / he aren't / he not is) 答案: he isn't — No, he isn't. He 是一个人，所以否定词是 isn't。

问题 → 回答

回答用的 be 动词，要和问题里的一样。

• Are you ready? — Yes, I am.
• Is she here? — No, she isn't.
• Not "Are you ready? — Yes, I is." — say "Are you ready? — Yes, I am.". be 动词要对上：Are you…? → I am. Is he…? → he is.
• 试一试: Are they students? — Yes, ___. (they are / they is / they're) 答案: they are — Yes, they are. 问题用的是 Are，所以回答也用 are。