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Basic Tenses: Be

This page shows the basic tenses with the verb be. It includes the affirmative or positive form (+), the negative form (-) and the interrogative or question form (?).

The basic structure is:

positive (+):subject + auxiliary verb + main verb
negative (-):subject + auxiliary verb + not + main verb
question (?):auxiliary verb + subject + main verb

But for simple past and simple present tenses, the structure is not the same. In fact, it's even easier. There is no auxiliary verb. Here is the structure:

positive (+):subject + main verb
negative (-):subject + main verb + not
question (?):main verb + subject

These are the forms of the main verb be that we use to construct the tenses:

basepast simplepast participlepresent participlepresent simple
bewas, werebeenbeingam, are, is
 
pastpresentfuture
SIMPLE
present simple or past simple
(except future: will + be)
+I wasI amI will be
-I was notI am notI will not be
?Was I?Am I?Will I be?
SIMPLE PERFECT
have + been
+I had beenI have beenI will have been
-I had not beenI have not beenI will not have been
?Had I been?Have I been?Will I have been?
CONTINUOUS
be + being
+I was beingI am beingI will be being
-I was not beingI am not beingI will not be being
?Was I being?Am I being?Will I be being?
CONTINUOUS PERFECT
have been + being
+I had been beingI have been beingI will have been being
-I had not been beingI have not been beingI will not have been being
?Had I been being?Have I been being?Will I have been being?

In the following table, we see be conjugated for 12 basic tenses.

SIMPLEpastpresentfuture
singularIwasamwill be
youwerearewill be
he/she/itwasiswill be
pluralwewerearewill be
youwerearewill be
theywerearewill be
PERFECTpastpresentfuture
singularIhad beenhave beenwill have been
youhad beenhave beenwill have been
he/she/ithad beenhas beenwill have been
pluralwehad beenhave beenwill have been
youhad beenhave beenwill have been
theyhad beenhave beenwill have been
CONTINUOUSpastpresentfuture
singularIwas beingam beingwill be being
youwere beingare beingwill be being
he/she/itwas beingis beingwill be being
pluralwewere beingare beingwill be being
youwere beingare beingwill be being
theywere beingare beingwill be being
CONTINUOUS PERFECTpastpresentfuture
singularIhad been beinghave been beingwill have been being
youhad been beinghave been beingwill have been being
he/she/ithad been beinghas been beingwill have been being
pluralwehad been beinghave been beingwill have been being
youhad been beinghave been beingwill have been being
theyhad been beinghave been beingwill have been being