LESSON 6

BE VERBS/
LINKING VERBS
Prepared by: Teacher Jessie
 Linking verbs

• It indicates a state of being.

• It links or connects the subject to the
predicate or to the rest of the
sentence.
 Subject Present Past Tense
Tense

Singular I am was
He, She, is
It
Plural We, You, are were
They
THE BE-VERBS
I am
am

I I was
WAS
 He was
He

She was
She

was
It was
It
 He is
He

She is
She

is
It is
It
We
We are
You are
are
You
They are
They
We
We were
You were
were
You
They were
They
 EXAMPLES

I am the president in our

class.
They were very happy.

She is my friend.
He was not following
instructions.