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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. compound subjects part two

3. Quotation Marks Part Three

4. Sound a like words Part Four

5. the noun

6. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

7. Confusing usage words part six

8. complete and simple subjects

9. the indirect object

10. Second Capitalization List

11. the object of the preposition

12. the adverb

13. irregular verbs part two

14. agreement involving prepositional phrases

15. Confusing usage words part three

16. More Apostrophe Situations

17. the adjective phrase

18. Using Capital Letters

19. The possessive case

20. the noun clause

21. personal pronouns

22. Confusing usage words part two

23. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

24. the prepositional phrase

25. Confusing usage words part three

26. The Semicolon

27. Quotation Marks Part Two

28. regular verb tenses

29. introducing phrases

30. the adjective clause

31. Confusing usage words part five

32. Quotation Marks Part One

33. types of sentences by purpose

34. the adjective

35. the adverb phrase

36. the infinitive and infinitive phrase

37. introducing clauses

38. Confusing usage words part seven

39. Confusing usage words part eight

40. Sound alike words part one

41. Sound a like words Part Two

42. The Colon

43. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes

44. irregular verbs part one

45. the subordinating conjunction

46. the interjection

47. the verb phrase

48. the pronoun

49. the noun adjective pronoun question

50. Indefinite pronouns and the possessive case