Conjugation of the verb be in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb be in English.

Conjugation of the verb be in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I am
  • you are
  • he|she|it is
  • we are
  • you are
  • they are

Present Continuous

  • I am being
  • you are being
  • he|she|it is being
  • we are being
  • you are being
  • they are being

Present Perfect

  • I have been
  • you have been
  • he|she|it has been
  • we have been
  • you have been
  • they have been

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been being
  • you have been being
  • he|she|it has been being
  • we have been being
  • you have been being
  • they have been being

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb be in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I was
  • you were
  • he|she|it was
  • we were
  • you were
  • they were

Past continuous

  • I was being
  • you were being
  • he|she|it was being
  • we were being
  • you were being
  • they were being

Past perfect

  • I had been
  • you had been
  • he|she|it had been
  • we had been
  • you had been
  • they had been

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been being
  • you had been being
  • he|she|it had been being
  • we had been being
  • you had been being
  • they had been being

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb be in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will be
  • you will be
  • he|she|it will be
  • we will be
  • you will be
  • they will be

Future continuous

  • I will be being
  • you will be being
  • he|she|it will be being
  • we will be being
  • you will be being
  • they will be being

Future perfect

  • I will have been
  • you will have been
  • he|she|it will have been
  • we will have been
  • you will have been
  • they will have been

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been being
  • you will have been being
  • he|she|it will have been being
  • we will have been being
  • you will have been being
  • they will have been being

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to be

Present participle

  • being

Past participle

  • been

Perfect Participle

  • having been

The imperative in English, for the verb to be

Imperative

  • be
  • let's be
  • be

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