Are: Affirmative Answers About Profession

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We can use ‘are’ to answer the question about a profession. Let us see how to answer the questions.
 We can answer in affirmative and negative sentences.

Also, we can answer in complete sentences as well as in brief.

First, we shall answer in an affirmative sentence.

Formation of an affirmative answer

The formation of an affirmative answer is as follows:

  • Yes, + subject (we/you/they/plural noun) + are + other words + full stop (.)

In brief, we can say –

  • Yes, + subject + are.
  • Yes, we are.
  • Yes, you are.
  • Yes, they are.

Examples:

Let’s see how to use ‘are’ in answers about the profession with some examples.

Here are some examples. The formation is as above.

Have a look-

  1. Yes, you are a doctor.
    (Yes, you are.)
  2. Yes, we are professors.
    (Yes, we are.)
  3. Yes, they are potters.
    (Yes, they are.)
  4. Yes, my sisters are engineers.
    (Yes, they are.)
  5. Yes, you are a cook.
    (Yes, you are.)
  6. Yes, they are hawkers.
    (Yes, they are.)
  7. Yes, her sisters are designers.
    (Yes, they are.)
  8. Yes, we are collectors.
    (Yes, we are.)
  9. Yes, they are watchmen.
    (Yes, they are.)
  10. Yes, you are an advocate.
    (Yes, you are.)
  11. Yes, you are a manager.
    (Yes, you are.)
  12. Yes, you are a reporter.
    (Yes, you are.)
  13. Yes, they are blacksmiths.
    (Yes, they are.)
  14. Yes, his two uncles are photographers.
    (Yes, they are.)
  15. Yes, they are players.
    (Yes, they are.)
  16. Yes, you are a motorman.
    (Yes, you are.)
  17. Yes, we are clerks.
    (Yes, we are.)
  18. Yes, they are poets.
    (Yes, they are.)
  19. Yes, we are nurses.
    (Yes, we are.)
  20. Yes, you are a driver.
    (Yes, you are.)
  21. Yes, we are shopkeepers.
    (Yes, we are.)
  22. Yes, you are a writer.
    (Yes, you are.)
  23. Yes, we are architects.
    (Yes, we are.)
  24. Yes, you are an officer.
    (Yes, you are.)
  25. Yes, all my friends are pilots.
    (Yes, they are.)
  26. Yes, they are ministers.
    (Yes, they are.)
  27. Yes, we are MLAs. 
    (Yes, we are.)
  28. Yes, they are teachers.
    (Yes, they are.)
  29. Yes, they are book publishers.
    (Yes, they are.)
  30. Yes, we are booksellers.
    (Yes, we are.)

Related Lessons-

  1. Use of are: state of being
  2. Use of are: profession
  3.               negative sentences
  4.                questions
  5.  Use of are in affirmative answers about the profession

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