This page shows the basic tenses with the irregular verb be , including the following structures:

  • affirmative or positive (+)
  • negative (-)
  • interrogative or question (?)

The basic structures are:

+positivesubject + auxiliary + main verb be
-negativesubject + auxiliary + not  + main verb be
?questionauxiliary + subject + main verb be

But for simple past and  simple present tenses, the structures are not the same. In fact, they are even easier. There is no  auxiliary verb. Here are the structures:

+positivesubject + main verb be
-negativesubject + main verb be + not
?questionmain verb be + subject

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

basepast simplepast participlepresent participle -ingpresent simple
bewas, werebeenbeingam, are, is

 And here is the result:

12 tenses (be)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?
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?
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 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 in all persons in the affirmative 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

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