例如:—Who is he?—He is Tom’s father.—What’s this?—It is a book.are用于第二人稱單、復數和第一、三人稱的復數。例如:You are a student. We are students, too.
2、am,is和are可以幫助構成否定句和疑問句。在am,is或are之后加上not,即將句子變成了否定句；把be動詞提到句首,即將句子變成了疑問句。
例如:I’m from China. →I’m not from China. →Are you from China? (對I am的提問比較特別)
He’s thirteen years old.→He isn’t thirteen years old.→Is he thirteen years old?
They are policemen. →They aren’t policemen. →Are they policemen?
看了以上例句,一定要注意am,is和are在句中的縮寫形式。另外,am,is,are與this,these,those在一起時一般不縮寫。
3、be也可以位于句首,表示向別人提出要求。例如: Be a good student! 做個好學生！