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Be Verbs
Be
(used with modals, after "to") (imperative form)
Is, Are, Am (present tense)
's 're 'm
(in contractions)
Was
(past tense)
Were
(past tense)
Been
(past participle)
Being
(-ing form, gerund)
Examples of usage:
Be
I will be there tomorrow.
(use "be" after modals)
I might be late.
He wants to be an
astronaut.
(use "be" with "to" in the
infinitive)
"To be or not to be;" that
is the question.
Be nice now.
(use "be" in the
imperative)
Please be quiet.
Is / Am / Are
Bill is sick today.
(use "is" with he/she/it
in the present tense)
She is a doctor.
It is not time yet.
She is not here right now.
(use 's as the contracted
form of "is")
She isn't here right now.
She's not here right now.
Mr. Lee is eating dinner
right now.
(use "is" with he/she/it
in the present continuous)
She's talking on the
phone.
Maggie's leaving tomorrow.
The dog is running down
the street.
(use "is" with he/she/it
in the present continuous)
I am a lawyer.
(use "am" with I in the
present tense)
I am not a liar.
I'm happy to be here.
(use 'm as the contracted
form of "am")
I'm not going anywhere.
We are at the office.
(Use "are" with
they/we/you in the present tense.)
Jack and Jill are over the
hill.
You are welcome anytime.
They're in the building.
(Use 're as the contracted
form of "are")
We're on the way.
You're kidding!
We are working hard.
(Use "are" with
you/we/they in the pres. continuous.)
They are hardly working.
The boys are waiting to
see her.
We are not paying for the
extra drink.
(The negative "are not"
can be contracted two ways)
We're not paying for the
extra drink.
We aren't paying for the
extra drink.
Was / Were
I was here yesterday, so
was Tina.
(Use "was" with I/ he/she
and it in the past tense.)
It was a really nice trip.
Henry was at the dentist's
for two hours.
We were in Spain last
week.
(Use "were" with
you/we/they in the past tense.)
The Smiths were on
vacation.
You were the only one
here.
They weren't at work
yesterday.
(The only contracted forms
are wasn't/weren't.)
Jared wasn't here either.
I wasn't aware of that.
Been
Rachel has been there
before.
(Use "been" after
have/has/had.)
I've never been to Maine.
We have been living here
since June.
You should have been
paying attention.
Being
Being a good sport is
important.
(Use "being" when a gerund
form of be is required.)
Being on time is
essential.
I was being a jerk.
(Use "being" when "be" is
used in the continuous.)
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