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Jarman Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Am, Is, Are

Are these forms of "be" people use only in Present Simple sentences? Or we use them only to describe something with an adjective?
  

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Am, is and are are used as main verbs, (present simple) followed by a noun* (with or without a determiner) , pronoun* adjective*; or preposition phrase*; and as auxiliary verbs in present progressive acive and present (simple and progressive) passive constructions. * These forms may be implied: Are you happy? Yes, I am.

— Fivejedjon

  • Am, is and are are used as main verbs, (present simple) followed by a noun* (with or without a determiner) , pronoun* adjective*; or preposition phrase*; and as auxiliary verbs in present progressive acive and present (simple and progressive) passive constructions.
  • * These forms may be implied: Are you happy?
  • Yes, I am.
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Am, is and are are used as main verbs, (present simple) followed by a noun* (with or without a determiner) , pronoun* adjective*; or preposition phrase*; and as auxiliary verbs in present progressive acive and present (simple and progressive) passive constructions.

* These forms may be implied:

Are you happy?
Yes, I am.
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Why don't we say "Do you happy?" "Does he happy"? but "Are you happy"? As I know we use "Do" or "Does" to build a Present Simple question.
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Even if the main verb of an interrogative present simple construct was some form of "do", you would still need to use another (auxiliary) do/does in such construct. e.g.:

They do their laundry on Saturdays.
Do they do their laundry on S
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