English tenses - The verb 'be'

The verb be - long forms and contracted forms
The verb be - auxiliary and main verb
Forms of be - am, are, is - Exercise 1  Exercise 2  Exercise 3
was or were - Exercise
was not or were not - Exercise

Simple Present

Affirmative Negative
long form short form long form short form
I:
I am I'm I am not I'm not
he, she, it:
he is he's he is not he isn't or he's not
we, you, they:
we are we're we are not we aren't or we're not

Simple Past

Affirmative Negative
long form short form long form short form
I:
I was - I was not I wasn't
he, she, it:
he was - he was not he wasn't
we, you, they:
we were - we were not we weren't

Present Perfect

Affirmative Negative
long form short form long form short form
I, we, you, they:
I have been I've been I have not been I haven't been
he, she, it:
he has been he's been he has not been he hasn't been

Past Perfect (The verb be has the same form every time regardless the subject.)

Affirmative Negative
long form short form long form short form
I had been I'd been I had not been I hadn't been

will-future (The verb be has the same form every time regardless the subject.)

Affirmative Negative
long form short form long form short form
I will be I'll be I will not be I won't be or I'll not be

going-to-future

Affirmative Negative
long form short form long form short form
I:
I am going to be I'm going to be I am not going to be I'm not going to be
he, she, it:
he is going to be he's going to be he is not going to be he's not going to be or
he isn't going to be
we, you, they:
we are going to be we're going to be we are not going to be we're not going to be or
we aren't going to be

Conditional I (The verb be has the same form every time regardless the subject.)

Affirmative Negative
long form short form long form short form
I would be I'd be I would not be I wouldn't be or I'd not be

Conditional II (The verb be has the same form every time regardless the subject.)

Affirmative Negative
long form short form long form short form
I would have been I'd have been I would not have been I wouldn't have been or
I'd not have been
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