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Verb
A Verb can be complicated for some English learners. A Verb has some Conjugations. You will be good at arranging your sentences if you understand verb Conjugations.
In discussing verbs, we will start from BE. BE has two functions, as a main verb and as a helping/ an auxiliary verb. BE as a main verb (simple present tense form) :
I AM a postman
He IS lazy
You ARE at the cinema
BE functions as a main verb when there is no ordinary verb (such as walk, work, and run) in a sentence.
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (present continuous tense form) :
I AM writing a letter now She IS reading a magazine now
They ARE watching televisicn now
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (passive simple present tense form) :
I AM brought by him to a Shopping Mall every Sunday
A magazine IS read by her every evening
Some apples ARE bought by Susan every Saturday
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (passive simple present continuous form) :
I AM BEING fed by my mother
She IS BEING tough bu her tutor
BE functions as a helping/an auxiliary verb when there is an ordinary verb (such s bring, read, and buy) in a sentence
BE as a main verb (simple past tense form) :
I WAS here yesterday
They WERE at the cinema last night
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (past continuous tense form) :
I WAS cooking dinner yesterday evening
They WERE playing PS3 game yesterday evening
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (passive simple past tense fo ):
I WAS brought by him to a Shopping Mall last Sunday
Some apples WERE bought by Susan last Saturday
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (passive past continuous tense form) :
I WAS BEING fed by my mother yesterday morning
They WERE BEING taught by their teacher yesterday afternoon
BE as a main verb (present perfect tense form)
He has BEEN here since yesterday
They have BEEN at the cinema for one hour
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (present perfect continuous tense form ) :
I have BEEN watching television for 30 minutes
She has BEEN teaching Eaglish for one hour
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (passive present | fect te nse form) :
I have BEEN known by them for two years
She has BEEN treated well for one week
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (passive present perfect continuous tense form) :
They have BEEN BEING fed by their mother for 15 minutes
He has BEEN BEING punished by his father for one hour
BE as a main verb (past perfect ‘ense form) :
I had BEEN sad before he came to my house
I had BEEN angry with him before he asked for an apology
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (past perfect continuous tense form) :
We had BEEN studying for one hour when he came
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (passive past perfect tense form) :
We had BEEN taught by our teacher before we had lunch
BE as a helping/an auxiliary verb (passive past perfect continuous form) :
We had BEEN BEING taught by our teacher for 15 minutes when the fi e began
HAVE: HAVE has two functions, as a main verb and as an auxiliary verb:
HAVE functions as a main verb (simple present tense form):
I have two cars
She has two cars They have two cars
It has four legs
HAVE functions as a main verb (simple past tense form):
I had three cars last year
We had three cars last year
You had three cars last year
He had three cars last year
She had three cars last year
They had three cars last year.
HAVE functions as a main verb (present perfect tense form):
I have HAD two cars since two years ago
We have HAD two cars since two years ago
She has HAD two cars since two years ago
They have HAD two cars for two years
HAVE functions as a main verb (past perfect tense form):
I had HAD breakfast before I went to work
We had HAD breakfast before we went to work You had HAD breakfast before you went to work
He had HAD breakfast before he went to work She had HAD breakfast before she went to work
They had HAD breakfast before they went to work
HAVE functions as an auxiliary verb. (present perfect tense form):
We HAVE met Mr Susilo Bambang Yudoyono You HAVE met Mr Susilo Bambang Yudoyono
He HAS met Mr Susilo Bambang Yudoyono
HAVE functions as an auxiliary verb (past perfect tense form (the form becomes HAD):
I HAD taken a bath before my office mate came to my house
We HAD had breakfast before we went to work You HAD studied hard before you had your examination
He HAD graduated from law faculty when he started working at PT Global Perkasa
DO functions as a main verb (simple present tense form):
I DO my homework everyday
We DO our homework everyday
You Do your homework everyday
He DOES his homework everyday
She DOES her homework everyday
Do functions as main verb Simple Past Tense (DO becomes DID)
I DID my homework yesterday.
DO functions as a main verb (simple past) Do become Did
We DID our homework yesterday
You DID your homework yesterday
He DiD his homework yesterday
She DID her homework yesterday
They DID their homework yesterday
DO functions as an auxiliary verb (simple present tense form (it is used to forma Negative Sentence and an Interrogative Sentence):
I DO not study everyday
We DO not study everyday
You DO not study everyday
He DOES not study everyday
She DOES not study everyday
SITUATIONAL CONVERSATION:
A: I am often confused about how to use BE.
B: BE has two functions.
A: What are they?
B : As a main verb and as a helping/an auxiliary verb.
A: Can you give me the example of each?
B: “He IS a farmer” is the example of BE as a main verb and “He IS sleeping is the example of BE as a Helping/an auxiliary verb".
A: You are good at grammar.
B: Thank you. I am a diligent student.
SITUATIONAL CONVERSATION
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