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

Learning Months In A Year

Watch how to say the months of the year in English.
This is the basic knowledge for all the primary school children. So, teachers must
make sure that their students know about this. Because as I knew that still have
many school children can not say out or write out the months in a year correctly.

Moral Stories 

The Golden Touch

   

The Crow & The Necklace  

The Crocodile and The Monkey  

Timeless, treasured, fun filled animation stories that generations of children have grown up with and loved. These stories end with a moral and are pearls of wisdom, wit and learning.

Learning Days In A Week

There are 7 days... There are 7 days... There are 7 days in a week!



It's an English days of the week song.
This is the basic knowledge for all the primary school children. So, teachers must
make sure that their students know about this. Because as I knew that still have
many school children can not say out or write out the days of the week correctly.

WORD SEARCH

In Word Search, you must keep your cool and be patient because you are searching in messy stuff ! ! !
The words are either horizontal or vertical.
Most of all, enjoy yourself and BE HAPPY.

Look for these FRUITS.
apple	cherry	coconut	grape
melon	orange	papaya	pear

Collective Nouns

Collective nouns are used to describe a group of items, 

such as “a bunch of bananas” or “a flock of sheep”.

Can you match these collective nouns to the things they collect?

A flock of _______________.                    A litter of _______________.
A deck of _______________.                    A school of _____________.
A staff of ________________.                   A suit of ________________.
A stack of _______________.                   A pack of _______________.
A forest of _______________.                   A fleet of _______________.   
A crowd of _______________.                  A bunch of ______________.
A team of ________________.                  A swarm of ______________.
A herd of ________________.                   A hand of _______________.
A choir of ________________.                  A crew of _______________.

teachers	clothes	bananas	ships	grape	wolves
hay	bees	singers	whales	trees	birds
puppies	cows	footballers	people	sailors	cards