Grammar Level 4- Lesson Nineteen- Review Verb Tenses
In this grammar lesson, you learn about Review Verb Tenses in English and how to use them in your English conversation and writing. Just follow examples and write them down a few times to learn them very well. After finishing this lesson, you should work on its quiz.
Grammar Recap
In our previous lesson, we covered the Review Continuous Verbs If you just landed on this page, we suggest that you complete our previous lesson including its quizzes before continuing on this lesson.
Requirement Lessons
There is no required lessons for working and learning this lesson.
Review All of Verb Tenses
It’s useful to review the way the verb “be” changes in various tenses when you study the passive voice. Look at the charts below. A past participle following the verb “be” forms the passive voice.
| 1- Present Tense – Be To make the negative, use “not” Students are not told what to do by the teacher. |
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| Plural | Singular |
| We are You are They are |
I am You are He is She is It is |
| 2- Present Continuous Tense – Be To make the negative, use “not” — She isn’t being…. He’s being fed by his mother. baby |
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| Plural | Singular |
| We are being You are being They are being |
I am being You are being He is being She is being It is being |
| 3- Past Tense – Be To make the negative, use “not” — was not / wasn’t; were not / weren’t My pants were ironed by my wife |
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| Plural | Singular |
| We were You were They were |
I was You were He was She was It was |
| 4- Past Continuous Tense – Be
To make the negative, use “not”– you weren’t being…. It was loud outside our office yesterday because the streets were being worked on. |
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| Plural | Singular |
| We were being You were being They were being |
I was being You were being He was being She was being It was being |
| 5- Future Tense – Be
To make the negative, use “will” + “not” = will not be / won’t be If you want some pie, get it now because all of it will be eaten by tomorrow. |
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| Plural | Singular |
| We will be You will be They will be |
I will be You will be He will be She will be It will be |
| 6- “Going to” Future Tense – Be To make the negative, use “not” after “am,” “are,” or “is,” or use a contraction. He’s going to be seriously hurt if he’s not careful. |
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| Plural | Singular |
| We are going to be You are going to be They are going to be |
I am going to be You are going to be He is going to be She is going to be It is going to be |
| 7-Present Perfect Tense – Be
use “have” + “not” = have not / haven’t; has not / hasn’t been That song has been sung by many different performers |
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| Plural | Singular |
| We have been You have been They have been |
I have been You have been He has been She has been It has been |
| 8- Past Perfect Tense – Be
To make the negative, use “had” + “not” = had not / hadn’t been |
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| Plural | Singular |
| We had been You had been They had been |
I had been You had been He had been She had been It had been |
| 9- Future Perfect Tense – Be
To make the negative, use “will” + “not” = will not / won’t + have been By this time next year, this car will have been driven over 100,000 miles. |
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| Plural | Singular |
| We will have been You will have been They will have been |
I will have been You will have been He will have been She will have been It will have been |
Quiz for Review Verb Tenses
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