1、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: BeI will be there tomorrow. (use “be“ after modals)I might be late. He wants to be an a
2、stronaut. (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/AreBill 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
3、contracted form of “is“)She isnt here right now.Shes not here right now. Mr. Lee is eating dinner right now. (use “is“ with he/she/it in the present continuous) Shes talking on the phone. Maggies leaving tomorrow. The dog is running down the street. (use “is“ with he/she/it in the present continuous
4、) I am a lawyer. (use “am“ with I in the present tense)I am not a liar. Im happy to be here. (use m as the contracted form of “am“)Im 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.Theyre in the build
5、ing. (Use re as the contracted form of “are“)Were on the way.Youre 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
6、re not paying for the extra drink.We arent paying for the extra drink.Was/WereI 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 dentists for two hours. We were in Spain last week. (Use “were“ with you/we/they in the pas
7、t tense.) The Smiths were on vacation.You were the only one here. They werent at work yesterday. (The only contracted forms are wasnt/werent.)Jared wasnt here either.I wasnt aware of that. BeenRachel has been there before. (Use “been“ after have/has/had.)Ive never been to Maine.We have been living here since June. You should have been paying attention. BeingBeing 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.)
