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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. compound subjects part two

2. Quotation Marks Part Three

3. Italics Hyphens and Brackets

4. complete and simple subjects

5. Sound a like words Part Four

6. what good writers do

7. Commas Part Two

8. the indirect object

9. Commas Part Four

10. the adjective clause

11. the object of the preposition

12. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks

13. subject and verb agreement

14. The Apostrophe

15. First Capitalization List

16. compound subjects part one

17. Confusing usage words part one

18. Quotation Marks Part One

19. Confusing usage words part three

20. Confusing usage words part three

21. Confusing usage words part five

22. Quotation Marks Part Two

23. The coordinating conjunction

24. the verb phrase

25. the prepositional phrase

26. types of nouns

27. complex sentences

28. agreement involving prepositional phrases

29. pronouns and their antecedents

30. introducing phrases

31. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes

32. The verb be

33. personal pronouns

34. the infinitive and infinitive phrase

35. Transitive and intransitive verbs

36. Commas Part One

37. The Colon

38. types of sentences by purpose

39. the correlative conjunction

40. the subordinating conjunction

41. the adjective phrase

42. the noun adjective pronoun question

43. the verb

44. The nominative case

45. The possessive case

46. irregular verbs part two

47. The possessive case and pronouns

48. the participle and participial phrase

49. Active and passive voices

50. Sound a like words Part Two