Hi EnglishQuizA112 questions · Beginner · Sentence Foundations
Multiple-choice practice on am, is and are: matching be to singular and plural subjects, subjects joined by and, what follows be, the short forms, negatives with not, yes/no and Wh- questions, and short answers. Every question comes with an answer and an explanation.
My brother ____ a taxi driver in Hải Phòng.
Why: My brother is one person and can be replaced by he, so the verb is is. Be on its own is the base form and never appears as the main verb of a present-tense statement.
My brothers ____ at school today. They're ill.
Why: My brothers is plural, so the verb is are and its negative short form is aren't. Don't belongs to ordinary verbs, and amn't is not English.
____ this your bag?
Why: This bag is one thing, so the verb is is, and it moves to the front to ask. Be needs no helper, which is why do and does cannot appear here.
Am, is and are with every subject, what follows be, the short forms, isn't and aren't, yes/no and Wh- questions, and the short answers that go with them.
Where an English adjective stands — before the noun and after be — why it never takes -s in the plural, and how very works.
Always, usually, often, sometimes and never: what each one means and exactly where it goes — before the main verb, after be, after an auxiliary.
A and an with singular countable nouns, why the choice follows sound not spelling, the for something already known, and the cases that take no article.
Subject, verb and object, why English word order carries the meaning, the two slots no sentence may leave empty.
The seven possessive adjectives, why his and her follow the owner, its versus it's, where the apostrophe goes on singular and plural owners, and Whose.
in, on and at for places and for times, the words under, behind, in front of, next to, between and near, and the time words that take no preposition at all.
Am, is and are with verb-ing, negatives, questions and short answers, when to use the present continuous, and the -ing spelling rules that trip learners up.
The three forms of the present simple, the third-person -s spelling rules, the short answers with do and does, and its four main uses.
What the seven subject pronouns stand for, how to replace a noun with the right one, and why it is never used for a person while you covers one and many.
When to use was and when to use were, negatives with wasn't and weren't, questions, short answers and the time phrases that go with the past.
What, where, when, who, why and how: the word order with be, with do and does, and why the question word always comes first.
