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Green Level

Lesson Twenty

Verb tense review for the verb "be"

 

It’s useful to review the way the verb "be" changes in various tenses when you study the passive voice. Look at the charts below. A past participle following the verb "be" forms the passive voice.

Present Tense – Be

Singular
Plural
I am

We are
You are
You are
He is  
She is
They are
It is  
To make the negative, use "not"
Students are told what to do by the teacher. student

Present Continuous Tense – Be

Singular
Plural
I am being

We are being
You are being
You are being
He is being  
She is being
They are being
It is being  
To make the negative, use "not" — She isn’t being….
He’s being fed by his mother. baby

Past Tense – Be

Singular
Plural
I was

We were
You were
You were
He was  
She was
They were
It was  
To make the negative, use "not" — was not / wasn’t; were not / weren’t

My pants were ironed

by my wife.

ironing

Past Continuous Tense – Be

Singular
Plural
I was being

We were being
You were being
You were being
He was being  
She was being
They were being
It was being  
To make the negative, use "not"– you weren’t being….
It was loud outside our office yesteday because the streets were being worked on. working

Future Tense – Be

Singular
Plural
I will be

We will be
You will be
You will be
He will be  
She will be
They will be
It will be  
To make the negative, use "will" + "not" = will not be / won’t be
If you want some pie, get it now because all of it will be eaten by tomorrow. pie

"Going to" Future Tense – Be

Singular
Plural
I am going to be

We are going to be
You are going to be
You are going to be
He is going to be  
She is going to be
They are going to be
It is going to be  
To make the negative, use "not" after "am," "are," or "is," or use a contraction.
He’s going to be seriously hurt if he’s not careful. skateboard

Present Perfect Tense – Be

Singular
Plural
I have been

We have been

You have been
You have been
He has been  
She has been
They have been
It has been  

To make the negative…

use "have" + "not" = have not / haven’t; has not / hasn’t been

That song has been sung by many different performers. singer

Past Perfect Tense – Be

Singular
Plural
I had been

We had been

You had been
You had been
He had been  
She had been
They had been
It had been  
To make the negative, use "had" + "not" = had not / hadn’t been
Many different computer programs had been tried at that company before they found one that they could depend on. computer

Future Perfect Tense – Be

Singular
Plural
I will have been

We will have been

You will have been
You will have been
He will have been  
She will have been
They will have been
It will have been  
To make the negative, use "will" + "not" = will not / won’t + have been
By this time next year, this car will have been driven over 100,000 miles. car

In the next lesson, you will learn to use "be" + "used."

Next: Lesson Twenty-one