I at home?
You
are
at home.
You
are not
at home.
Are
you at home?
He/She/It
is
at home.
He/She/It
is not
at home.
Is
he/she/it at home?
We
are
at home.
We
are not
at home.
Are
we at home?
You
are
at home.
You
are not
at home.
Are
you at home?
They
are
at home.
They
are not
at home.
Are
they at home?
The following contracted forms are often used in spoken and in informal written language:
I am
»
I'm
you are
»
you're
he/she/it is
»
he's/she's/it's
we are
»
we're
you are
»
you're
they are
»
they're
are not
»
aren't
is not
»
isn't
Related topics:
The auxiliaries DO and DOES for emphasis
Subject-auxiliary inversion in questions
Present simple for present habits and states
The present simple tense is used to express repeated, habitual actions in the present. Adverbs of frequency, such as always, usually, regularly, frequently, often, sometimes, rarely, seldom, occasionally and never, and adverb phrases, for example, every year, once in a blue moon and three times a day, are often used with this tense:
What's the first thing you
usually do
when you
get up
in the morning?
I
go
to the gym
twice a week
.
Every 15 minutes
, someone
dies
as a result of an alcohol-related collision.
The present simple is also used to refer to states that exist at the time of speaking:
My sister
lives
in Canada.
George
likes
pudding.
This house
is
really beautiful.
Quotes:
I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It's not. Mine had me trained in two days. - Bill Dana
Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it. - Haim Ginott
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. - Winston Churchill
Related topics:
Past simple for past habits and states
Present simple for general truths
The present simple is used to express facts that are always true or events that always happen. This use is often described with the term "general truth":
A magnet
attracts
iron.
The sun
rises
in the east.
Water
boils
at 100 degrees Celsius.
Quotes:
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
Most of us spend our lives as if we had another one in the bank. - Ben Irwin
Lost time is never found again. - Benjamin Franklin
Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home. - Carol Nelson
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. - Chili Davis
It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens. - Cynthia E. Varnado
Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching? - Dennis and Wendy Mannering
Saying nothing sometimes says the most. - Emily Dickinson
The greatest weariness comes from work not done. - Eric Hoffer
No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. - Hal Borland
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. - Henry David Thoreau
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. - Jim Rohn
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao Tse
What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee. - Marcus Aurelius
Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live. - Margaret Fuller
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. - Pablo Picasso
The best way to predict the future is to create it. - Peter Drucker