The verb are is a present tense form of the verb "to be." The adjective our is the possessive form of "we."
Examples:
- "I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle." (Alfred Hitchcock)
- "Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource." (John F. Kennedy)
Practice:
(a) "Plans _____ nothing; planning is everything." (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
(b) "We shape _____ buildings; thereafter they shape us." (Winston Churchill)
