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THE

VERB
TO BE

ALL
PRESENT SIMPLE

am
is are

She is happy!
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
am being
is being
are being

He is being pensive
these days!
PRESENT PERFECT
SIMPLE
have been
has been

He has been a
wizard
for many years.
PAST SIMPLE
was
were

He was at the beach


yesterday.
PAST
CONTINUOUS
was being
were being

He was being funny!


PAST PERFECT
SIMPLE
had been

He had been
watching a comedy!
FUTURE SIMPLE

will be

He will be the
winner!
FUTURE PERFECT
SIMPLE
will have been

By this time next year,


he will have been
a pianist for 15 years.

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