The verb ‘is’ is a form of ‘to be’.
We use ‘is’ with pronouns – he, she, it, or any singular noun.
Here are some examples. In these sentences, we used ‘is’ to ask a question.
Learn how to use ‘is’ to ask a question.
Formation of a question using is
In the formation of this sentence, we should use ‘is’ as the starting word.
The formation of a question will be
- Is + he/ she/ it/ singular noun + other words + question mark (?)
Have a look-
- Is she a girl?
- Is he a boy?
- Is your brother happy?
- Is she so tired?
- Is he bored?
- Is his father a peaceful person?
- Is she present?
- Is it very naughty?
- Is Saumitra busy with his work?
- Is his mother surprised?
- Is she sad?
- Is he thirsty?
- Is Kalyani frightened?
- Is she eighteen years old?
- Is he seventeen?
- Is your neighbour an old person?
- Is she angry with you?
- Is it cool?
- Is your boss a tragic person?
- Is he superstitious?
- Is she a collector?
- Is he a potter?
- Is that student polite?
- Is he your servant?
- Is he an administrator?
- Is she her boss?
- Is his sister a film editor?
- Is he a publisher?
- Is she an actress?
- Is he a producer of this film?
- Is she polite?
Using is to answer the question
Now, we shall learn how to use ‘is’ to answer the above questions.
There are two types of answers-
- affirmative
- negative
Formation of affirmative answers
First of all, we shall see affirmative answers.
In the formation of an affirmative answer, we should start a sentence with ‘Yes’.
So, we can form an affirmative answer as;
- Yes, + we/you/ he/ she/ it/ any singular noun + is + other words + full stop (.)
Have a look-
- Yes, she is a girl.
- Yes, he is a boy.
- Yes, your brother is happy.
- Yes, she is so tired.
- Yes, he is bored.
- Yes, his father is a peaceful person.
- Yes, she is present.
- Yes, it is very naughty.
- Yes, Saumitra is busy with his work.
- Yes, his mother is surprised.
- Yes, she is sad.
- Yes, he is thirsty.
- Yes, Kalyani is frightened.
- Yes, she is eighteen years old.
- Yes, he is seventeen.
- Yes, your neighbour is an old person.
- Yes, she is angry with you.
- Yes, it is cool.
- Yes, your boss is a tragic person.
- Yes, he is superstitious.
- Yes, she is a collector.
- Yes, he is a potter.
- Yes, that student is polite.
- Yes, he is your servant.
- Yes, he is an administrator.
- Yes, she is her boss.
- Yes, his sister is a film editor.
- Yes, he is a publisher.
- Yes, she is an actress.
- Yes, he is a producer of this film.
- Yes, she is polite.
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Formation of negative answers
Now, we shall see negative answers.
In the formation of a negative answer, we should start a sentence with ‘No’.
So, we can form a negative answer as follows;
- No, + we/you/ he/ she/ it/ any singular noun + is not + other words + full stop (.)
Have a look-
- No, she is not a girl.
- No, he is not a boy.
- No, your brother is not happy.
- No, she is not so tired.
- No, he is not bored.
- No, his father is not a peaceful person.
- No, she is not present.
- No, it is not very naughty.
- No, Saumitra is not busy with his work.
- No, his mother is not surprised.
- No, she is not sad.
- No, he is not thirsty.
- No, Kalyani is not frightened.
- No, she is not eighteen years old.
- No, he is not seventeen.
- No, your neighbour is not an old person.
- No, she is not angry with you.
- No, it is not cool.
- No, your boss is not a tragic person.
- No, he is not superstitious.
- No, she is not a collector.
- No, he is not a potter.
- No, that student is not polite.
- No, he is not your servant.
- No, he is not an administrator.
- No, she is not her boss.
- No, his sister is not a film editor.
- No, he is not a publisher.
- No, she is not an actress.
- No, he is not a producer of this film.
- No, she is not polite.
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