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What are the to be verbs?

Here's a quick list of the to be verbs and their functions:

Forms of to be verbs

Simple present and past tenses

The verb is most commonly used in the simple present and simple past tenses. These tenses each use their own special words for , depending on the person and number of the subject.
Simple present tense Simple past tense
The simple present and simple past tenses of are also used as auxiliary verbs to create the present continuous and past continuous tenses , which show an ongoing or continuous action.

As with other tenses, in the continuous tenses, verbs are still conjugated to match the subject. The main verb of the sentence comes after and is always in its present participle form (the - form), regardless of the subject.

Simple future and modal forms

The future tenses do not conjugate like the past and present do. The simple future tense uses the modal verb , and all modal verbs use the bare infinitive form of the main verb, regardless of the subject. The bare infinitive of is just , without . The simple future tense of looks like this:

Present participle

This works for the present and past continuous tenses, but we generally avoid using as the main verb in the future continuous-the simple future works fine in this situation.

[INCORRECT] I will be being hungry tomorrow.

Past participle

The perfect tenses use a conjugated form of the auxiliary verb with the past participle of the main verb afterward.

To be grammar rules

All verbs must agree with their subjects, something called subject-verb agreement . This means that the verb's person and number must match the subject's. So if the subject is first person and singular ( ), the verb must be first person and singular ( ).

Most regular verbs change only for third-person singular subjects in the present tense, but is more complicated because it has more forms than other verbs.

One particularly difficult area of subject-verb agreement concerns when to use vs. which we cover in detail . To summarize, when it follows , the verb matches the number of the noun after it and not that of the subject.

While writing negative verbs can be confusing, it's fairly simple with the verbs. In the present and past tenses, put the negative word immediately after to be.

Don't forget that you can use contractions with verbs. These are especially common in speech.

The verb also follows its own rules for questions (interrogative sentences). While other verbs use the auxiliary verb for yes-no questions, does not. However, like other verbs, still comes before the subject in yes-no questions, even when it's used as an auxiliary verb.

Examples of the verb to be in sentences

To be: present tense

To be: past tense

To be: present perfect tense

To be: past perfect tense

To be: past continuous tense

To be: future tenses

To be: modal verbs

Questions using to be verbs

Negatives with to be verbs

Imperative to be verbs

To be verbs FAQs

What is the verb to be?

The verb means to exist, occur, or show the characteristics of something. An irregular verb, it is the most common verb in English and can function as a main verb, an auxiliary verb, or a linking verb.

How do to be verbs work?

What are the most common tenses of to be verbs?

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The Verb "To Be" Explained, With Examples

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Learn about the verb "to be," how "to be" verbs work, and the most common tenses of "to be," with examples of "to be" in sentences.