the verb "to be" in english

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auxiliary verb “to be” "to be" is a special verb because it can be used as a main verb or an auxiliary verb. as a main verb, it means "exist," "occur," or "happen." as an auxiliary verb (or helping verb), the meaning comes from the verb it is helping. look at these examples: "to be" as a main verb: · i am here. (i "exist" here.) · the meeting was in london. (the meeting "happened" in london.) "to be" as an auxiliary verb: · i am working at home. (here, "to be" is an auxiliary verb helping the verb "to work.") · tom was painting the fence yesterday. (here, "to be" is an auxiliary verb helping the verb "to paint.") when used as an auxiliary verb, "to be" helps to show the tense of the verb it is helping. "am," "is," and "are" are used to show the present progressive …

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t participle. as a past participle, "been" is mostly used as an auxiliary verb. · the cows have been milked. (as before, the meaning comes from the verb "to milk." the verbs "have" and "been" are both auxiliary verbs.) when "been" is not an auxiliary verb, it has a meaning like "existed in a state of." · you have been naughty. (here, "have" is an auxiliary verb helping "been.") negative forms of "to be" the negative forms of "to be" are made by adding "not." · here are the present tense forms: i am not happy. we are not happy. you are not happy. you are not happy. he/she/it is not happy. they are not happy. · here are the past tense forms: i was not sad. we were not sad. you were not sad. you were not sad. he/she/it was not sad. they were not sad. as shown in …

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ainting the fence. · he is painting the fence. · we are painting the fence. "was" and "were" have two common uses: (1) as main verbs, they are often used to link something to a description. · i was happy. · he was a policeman. · we were on the bus. (just as before, the verb "to be" is a linking verb. this time though, they are in the past tense.) "was" and "were" are also used in those two constructions starting "it" or "there." · it was cold. · there was one reason. · there were two reasons. (2) as auxiliary verbs, "was" and "were" are used to form the past progressive tense. · she was painting the fence. · they were painting the fence. "being" has two main uses: (1) as the main verb in a sentence, "being" has a meaning like "existing in the state of." · …

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" while "being" is helped by the auxiliary verb "to be.")

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auxiliary verb “to be” "to be" is a special verb because it can be used as a main verb or an auxiliary verb. as a main verb, it means "exist," "occur," or "happen." as an auxiliary verb (or helping verb), the meaning comes from the verb it is helping. look at these examples: "to be" as a main verb: · i am here. (i "exist" here.) · the meeting was in london. (the meeting "happened" in london.) "to be" as an auxiliary verb: · i am working at home. (here, "to be" is an auxiliary verb helping the verb "to work.") · tom was painting the fence yesterday. (here, "to be" is an auxiliary verb helping the verb "to paint.") …

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