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Practical English Grammar

The verb be

Forms of the verb to be are used very frequently in the English language. It is very useful to
know all of the verb’s forms. Here is a list to help you along with the verb’s tenses.

Present tense: The action either exists or is happening now.

	Singular	Plural
First person	I am happy.	We are there now.
Second person	You are tall.	You are here with us.
Third person	(He, She, It) is in the room.	They are laughing.

Past tense: The action was started and completed already.

	Singular	Plural
First person	I was there last night.	We were happy.
Second person	You were in the recital.	You were excited.
Third person	(He, She, It) was there.	They were ecstatic.

Future tense: The action will or shall occur later.

	Singular	Plural
First person	I will (or shall) be there.	We will (or shall) be there.
Second person	You will (or shall) be selected.	You will (or shall) be here.
Third person	(He, She, It) will (or shall) be on the panel.	They will (or shall) be with us.

Past perfect tense: The action ended before another past action or state of being.

	Singular	Plural
First person	I had sat in that room.	We had been friends.
Second person	You had swum in that lake.	You had helped my aunt.
Third person	(He, She, It) had been there.	They had sung with them.

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Notes

Practical English Grammar - Notes

1. Italics Hyphens and Brackets

2. Quotation Marks Part Three

3. compound subjects part two

4. Using Capital Letters

5. the adverb

6. the adjective clause

7. the indirect object

8. the appositive

9. The Apostrophe

10. the pronoun

11. what good writers do

12. Sound a like words Part Four

13. The possessive case

14. The verb be

15. The Colon

16. the correlative conjunction

17. the noun clause

18. the subordinating conjunction

19. the direct object

20. complete and simple subjects

21. the adjective

22. Confusing usage words part six

23. Quotation Marks Part Two

24. agreement involving prepositional phrases

25. the prepositional phrase

26. irregular verbs part two

27. Sound a like words Part Two

28. Commas Part One

29. Commas Part Five

30. More Apostrophe Situations

31. complex sentences

32. complete and simple predicates

33. Confusing usage words part three

34. Commas Part Four

35. Indefinite pronouns and the possessive case

36. Confusing usage words part one

37. Confusing usage words part seven

38. compound complex sentences

39. the object of the preposition

40. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

41. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

42. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks

43. Commas Part Two

44. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes

45. Second Capitalization List

46. compound subject and compound predicate

47. the verb

48. Sound alike words part one

49. Sound a like words Part Three

50. Commas Part Three