Am, is, are and was, were

 Am, is and are

And

Was, were

Am', 'is' and 'are' are special helping verbs. They are used when the action is happening right now i.e. present time. 

'Was' and 'were' are in the past tense. They're used for the things or events that have already happened.

Am, is, are and was, were are 'to be ' verbs. They show the existence of something.

Every language has such different words for the existence.

e.g. in Hindi we know we use,

Mai hu

Tum ho

We/wah Hain. 

I am a boy.

(Mai ladka hu.)

These are boys.

(Yeh ladke hai.)

Those are boys.

(We ladke Hain.)

'Am', 'is' and 'are' and 'was'/'were' are used as follows:

Present Tense	Past Tense
I am	I was
We are	We were
You are	You were
They are	They were
He is	He was
She is	She was
It is	It was
This is	This was
These are	These were
Rina is	Rina was
Girls are	Girls were

Q. 1. Fill in the blanks with 'am', 'is' or 'are':

1. I _______at school everyday in the morning.
2. We ______all Indians
3. They ______friends of mine.
4.  He ______ studying.
5. You ________not foolish.
6. My mother says that I ____ a good girl.
7. Seeta ________in Delhi.
8. Those _____our new cricket bats.
9. The books _______our friends.
10. Meena _____ my sister. She_____good at studies.
11. My father ____a mechanic.
12. The cat_____ fast asleep.
13. The teacher ______a clever person.
14. Our Principal ______very kind.
15. It _____a rainy day yesterday. 
16. Moti _____ our pet. 
17. I______very fond of it.
18. My books ______new.
19. We______ a small family.
20. The table _____very big for me.

[Answers - am, are, are, is, are, am, is, are, are, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, am, are, are, is]

Q.2 Fill in the blanks using 'was' or 'were'.

1. The children_______at school in the morning.
2. Sandhya _____ in the garden.
3. Mohan _____a good and sincere boy.
4. My dog _______very faithful.
5. Sneha and I _____good friends.
6. The teacher ______busy.
7. My grandfather_____fond of music.
8. Mr. Sen and Mrs. Sen ______at the party.
9. You ____not at home.
10. Mr and Mrs Kapur_____in America.
11. Your parents ______helping you.
12. The dog ______at the gate.
13. The calendar _____on the wall.
14. We______tired and hungry.
15. It _____my happiest day.

[ Answers - were, was, was, was,were, was, was, were,were, were, were, was, was, were, was]

Q. 3 Fill in the blanks using 'am', 'is', 'are' or 'was', 'were'.

1. My classroom ____very big and airy.
2. The boys _____happy when they won the match.
3. Sita and Meera_____ coming to my house today.
4. Lakshmi ______fond of reading.
5. Shivaji _______a king with noble heart.
6. This _______a story of a little girl.
7. My father _______good at swimming in his childhood.
8. I _______surprised when I got a reward for bravery.
9. John _______the monitor of our class the previous year.
10. Sunita ______absent from the class yesterday.

[ Answers - is, were, are, is, was, is, was, was, is, is ]