Verb to be

VERB TO BE

Forms and Tenses

Singular PluralI am WeYou are YouHe TheySheIt

Verb To Be

Is

Are

Affirmative form (verb be after pronoun) I am … I am from David You are . . . You are from David He is … He is from David She is… She is from David It is… It is from David We are … We are from David You are … You are from David They are … They are from David

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Negative form ( add NOT after verb be) I am not … I am not from David You are not. . . You are not from David He is not … He is not from David She is not… She is not from David It is not… It is from David We are not… We are not from David You are not … You are not from David They are not … They are from David

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Interrogative form Am I …? Am I from David ? Are you . . .? Are you from David? Is he …? Is he from David? Is she…? Is she from David? Is it…? Is it from David? Are we …? Are we from David? Are you …? Are you from David? Are they …? Are they from David?

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Verb To Be

Affirmative Short Form

I’m … You’re … (sing &

plur) He’s She’s It’s We’re They’re

Negative Short Form

I’m not You’re not (sing &

plur) He’s not She’s not It’s not We’re not They’re not

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Interrogative

Am I …? Are you? … (sing &

plur) Is he …? Is she …? Is it …? Were we …? Were they …?

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SIMPLE TENSES

Simple Present Tense (affirmative) I am … I am from David You are . . . You are from David He is … He is from David She is… She is from David It is… It is from David We are … We are from David You are … You are from David They are … They are from David

Verb To Be

Verb To Be

Simple Present Tense (negative) I am not … I am not from David You are not. . . You are not from David He is not … He is not from David She is not… She is not from David It is not… It is from David We are not… We are not from David You are not … You are not from David They are not … They are from David

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Simple Present Aff. (short)

I’m … You’re … (sing &

plur) He’s She’s It’s We’re They’re

Simple Present Neg. (short)

I’m not You’re not (sing &

plur) He’s not She’s not It’s not We’re not They’re not

Simple Past Tense (affirmative) I was … I was in David You were . . . You were in David He was … He was in David She was… She was in David It was… It was in David We were … We were in David You were … You were in David They were … They were David

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Simple Past Tense (negative) I was not … I was not in David You were not . . . You were not in David He was not … He was not in David She was not… She was not in David It was not… It was not David We were not… We were not in David You were not… You were not in David They were not … They were not in

David

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Verb To Be

Simple Past Aff. (short)

Simple past affirmative has not short form.

Simple Past Neg. (short)

I wasn’t You weren’t (sing &

plur) He isn’t She isn’t It isn’t We weren’t They weren’t

To Be: Future Tense

Will Generally we use will

when we decide to do something at the time of speaking. Something is new to you (for instance information you didn't know) and you decide to do something about it just then.

Going to when we have

already decided to do something we use going to instead. It is generally something that we intend to do in the future.

Verb To Be

Will (Aff.)

I will be … You will be …(S – P) He will be … She will be … It will be … We will be … They will be …

Going to (Aff.)

I am going to be … You are going to be

… He is going to be … She is going to be … It is going to be … We are going to be

… They are going to be

…

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Will (Affirmative - short)

I’ll be … You’ll be …(S – P) He’ll be … She ‘ll be … It will be … We’ll be … They’ll be …

Going to (Aff.)

I’m going to be … You’re going to be … He’s going to be … She’s going to be … It’s going to be … We’re going to be … They’re going to be

…

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Will (Neg.)

I will not be … You will not be…(S –

P) He will not be … She will not be … It will not be … We will not be … They will not be …

Going to (Neg.) I am not going to be … You are not going to be… He is not going to be … She is not going to be .. It is not going to be … We are not going to be.. They are not going to

be

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Will (Neg. short)

I won’t be … You won’t be…(S – P) He won’t be … She won’t be … It won’t be … We won’t be … They won’t be …

Going to (Neg. short) I

I’m not going to be … You’re not going to be… He’s not going to be … She’s not going to be .. It’s not going to be … We’re not going to be.. They’re not going to

be

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Going to (Neg. short) II

I’m not going to be … You aren’t going to be… (s –

p) He isn’t going to be … She isn’t going to be .. It isn’t going to be … We aren’t going to be.. They aren’t going to be