This document provides information on the forms and tenses of the verb "to be" in English, including:
1) Singular and plural subject pronouns and their conjugations of the verb "to be".
2) Affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the present, past, and future tenses.
3) Short forms for affirmative and negative constructions.
The document serves as a reference for how to properly conjugate the verb "to be" in English based on subject and tense.
4. 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 VerbTo Be
5. Negativeform ( add NOT afterverb 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 VerbTo Be
6. Interrogativeform 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? VerbTo Be
7. VerbTo Be Affirmative Short Form I’m … You’re … (sing & plur) He’s She’s It’s We’re They’re Negative Short Form I’mnot You’renot (sing & plur) He’snot She’snot It’snot We’renot They’renot
8. VerbTo Be Interrogative Am I …? Are you? … (sing & plur) Is he …? Isshe …? Isit …? Werewe …? Werethey …?
11. 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 VerbTo Be
12. VerbTo 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
14. 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 VerbTo Be
15. 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 VerbTo Be
16. VerbTo Be Simple PastAff. (short) Simple pastaffirmative has not short form. Simple PastNeg. (short) Iwasn’t Youweren’t (sing & plur) He isn’t Sheisn’t Itisn’t Weweren’t Theyweren’t
17. 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. Goingto 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.
18. VerbTo 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 … Goingto (Aff.) I am goingto be … You are goingto be … He isgoingto be … Sheisgoingto be … Itisgoingto be … We are goingto be … They are goingto be …
19. VerbTo Be 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 … Goingto (Aff.) I’mgoingto be … You’regoingto be … He’sgoingto be … She’sgoingto be … It’sgoingto be … We’regoingto be … They’regoingto be …
20. VerbTo Be 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 … Goingto (Neg.) I am notgoingto be … You are notgoingto be… He isnotgoingto be … Sheisnotgoingto be .. Itisnotgoingto be … We are notgoingto be.. They are notgoingto be
21. VerbTo Be 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 … Goingto (Neg. short) I I’mnotgoingto be … You’renotgoingto be… He’snotgoingto be … She’snotgoingto be .. It’snotgoingto be … We’renotgoingto be.. They’renotgoingto be
22. VerbTo Be Goingto (Neg. short) II I’mnotgoingto be … Youaren’tgoingto be… (s – p) He isn’tgoingto be … Sheisn’tgoingto be .. Itisn’tgoingto be … Wearen’tgoingto be.. Theyaren’tgoingto be