Learn English – How to use Are you and have you

sentence-construction

Which sentence is correct?
When to use Are you and have you?

Are you returned from conference?
Or
Have you returned from conference?

Best Answer

It's "Have you returned from the conference?".

Be can be a helping verb with the -ing form of the verb (to express progressive tenses), not the -ed form.

For example: "I am returning", "she was returning", etc.

So, in interrogative mood, it would be "Are you returning from the conference?".

If you want to ask a question, but don't want to use a progressive tense, and aren't using any other helping verbs like have, will, should, you'll generally need to use do as a helping verb.

Did you return from the conference?