Forms of The Verb 'Be' and Its Conjugation
| Conjugation of The Verb 'Be' (Finite Forms) | |||||||
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| Indicative Mood | Subjunctive Mood | Imperative Mood | |||||
| Tense | Person | sing. | pl. | sing. | pl. | sing. | pl. |
| Present | 1st | I am | we are | I be | we be | be |
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| 2nd | thou art(1) | ye(2) are | thou be / beest(3) | ye be | |||
| you are | you are | you be | you be | ||||
| 3rd | he/she/it is | they are | he/she/it be | they be | |||
| Past | 1st | I was | we were | I were | we were | ||
| 2nd | thou wast | ye were | thou wert | ye were | |||
| you were | you were | you were | you were | ||||
| 3rd | he/she/it was | they were | he/she/it were | they were | |||
| Non-Finite Forms of The Verb 'Be' | |||||||
| Infinitive | (to) be | ||||||
| '-ing' form | being | ||||||
| Participle II | been | ||||||
| Aspect Forms of The Verb 'Be' in The Present Tense | |||||
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| Aspect | |||||
| Number | Person | Indefinite | Continuous | Perfect | Perfect Continuous |
| sing. | 1st | I am | I am being | I have been | I have been being |
| 2nd | thou art | thou art being | thou hast been | thou hast been being | |
| you are | you are being | you have been | you have been being | ||
| 3rd | he is | he is being | he has been | he has been being | |
| she is | she is being | she has been | she has been being | ||
| it is | it is being | it has been | it has been being | ||
| pl. | 1st | we are | we are being | we have been | we have been being |
| 2nd | you are | you are being | you have been | you have been being | |
| 3rd | they are | they are being | they have been | they have been being | |
| Aspect forms of the verb 'Be' in the past tense | |||||
| sing. | 1st | I was | I was being | I had been | I had been being |
| 2nd | thou wast | thou wast being | thou hadst been | thou hadst been being | |
| you were | you were being | you had been | you had been being | ||
| 3rd | he was | he was being | he had been | he had been being | |
| she was | she was being | she had been | she had been being | ||
| it was | it was being | it had been | it had been being | ||
| pl. | 1st | we were | we were being | we had been | we had been being |
| 2nd | you were | you were being | you had been | you had been being | |
| 3rd | they were | they were being | they had been | they had been being | |
| Negative and Interrogative Forms of The Verb 'Be' in The Indefinite Aspect of The Present Tense | |||||
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| Number | Person | 'to be (at) home' | |||
| Affirmative | Interrogative | Negative | Negative Interrogative | ||
| sing. | 1st | I am home. | Am I home? | I am not home. | Am I not home? |
| 2nd | Thou art home. | Art thou home? | Thou art not home. | Art Thou not home? | |
| You are home. | Are you home? | You are not home. | Are you not home? | ||
| 3rd | He is home. | Is he home? | He is not home. | Is he not home? | |
| She is home. | Is she home? | She is not home. | Is she not home? | ||
| It is home. | Is it home? | It is not home. | Is it not home? | ||
| pl. | 1st | We are home. | Are we home? | We are not home. | Are we not home? |
| 2nd | You are home. | Are you home? | You are not home. | Are you not home? | |
| 3rd | They are home. | Are they home? | They are not home. | Are they not home? | |
| Negative and Interrogative Forms of The Verb 'Be' in The Indefinite Aspect of The Past Tense | |||||
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| Number | Person | 'to be (at) home' | |||
| Affirmative | Interrogative | Negative | Negative Interrogative | ||
| sing. | 1st | I was home. | Was I home? | I was not home. | Was I not home? |
| 2nd | Thou wast home. | Wast thou home? | Thou wast not home. | Wast Thou not home? | |
| You were home. | Were you home? | You were not home. | Were you not home? | ||
| 3rd | He was home. | Was he home? | He was not home. | Was he not home? | |
| She was home. | Was she home? | She was not home. | Was she not home? | ||
| It was home. | Was it home? | It was not home. | Was it not home? | ||
| pl. | 1st | We were home. | Were we home? | We were not home. | Were we not home? |
| 2nd | You were home. | Were you home? | You were not home. | Were you not home? | |
| 3rd | They were home. | Were they home? | They were not home. | Were they not home? | |
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