Monday 10 October 2011
Learning Shapes
These animation videos can help the slow learner to get the way how
to recognize and write out the name of the shapes.
Basic Tenses: Be
This page shows the basic tenses with the verb be.It includes the affirmative or positive form (+),
the negative form (-) and the interrogative or question form (?).
The basic structure is:
positive (+): | subject + auxiliary verb + main verb | ||
negative (-): | subject + auxiliary verb + not + main verb | ||
question (?): | auxiliary verb + subject + main verb |
But for simple past and simple present tenses, the structure is not the same.
In fact, it's even easier. There is no auxiliary verb. Here is the structure:
positive (+): | subject + main verb |
negative (-): | subject + main verb + not |
question (?): | main verb + subject |
These are the forms of the main verb be that we use to construct the tenses:
base | past simple | past participle | present participle | present simple |
be | was, were | been | being | am, are, is |
past | present | future | ||
SIMPLE present simple or past simple (except future: will + be) |
+ | I was | I am | I will be |
- | I was not | I am not | I will not be | |
? | Was I? | Am I? | Will I be? | |
SIMPLE PERFECT have + been |
+ | I had been | I have been | I will have been |
- | I had not been | I have not been | I will not have been | |
? | Had I been? | Have I been? | Will I have been? | |
CONTINUOUS be + being |
+ | I was being | I am being | I will be being |
- | I was not being | I am not being | I will not be being | |
? | Was I being? | Am I being? | Will I be being? | |
CONTINUOUS PERFECT have been + being |
+ | I had been being | I have been being | I will have been being |
- | I had not been being | I have not been being | I will not have been being | |
? | Had I been being? | Have I been being? | Will I have been being? |
In the following table, we see be conjugated for 12 basic tenses.
SIMPLE | past | present | future | |
singular | I | was | am | will be |
you | were | are | will be | |
he/she/it | was | is | will be | |
plural | we | were | are | will be |
you | were | are | will be | |
they | were | are | will be | |
PERFECT | past | present | future | |
singular | I | had been | have been | will have been |
you | had been | have been | will have been | |
he/she/it | had been | has been | will have been | |
plural | we | had been | have been | will have been |
you | had been | have been | will have been | |
they | had been | have been | will have been | |
CONTINUOUS | past | present | future | |
singular | I | was being | am being | will be being |
you | were being | are being | will be being | |
he/she/it | was being | is being | will be being | |
plural | we | were being | are being | will be being |
you | were being | are being | will be being | |
they | were being | are being | will be being | |
CONTINUOUS PERFECT | past | present | future | |
singular | I | had been being | have been being | will have been being |
you | had been being | have been being | will have been being | |
he/she/it | had been being | has been being | will have been being | |
plural | we | had been being | have been being | will have been being |
you | had been being | have been being | will have been being | |
they | had been being | have been being | will have been being |
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