Verb to be

  Verb to be

The verb to be means to exist (I am here), to occur (The meeting is Tuesday), or to have the characteristics of something (She was a quiet child). It is the most common verb in English, partly because of its additional uses in grammar: to be verbs can be auxiliary verbs that help create other tenses or linking verbs that help describe the subject of a sentence. 

As an irregular verb, to be has its own unique forms. When conjugated for different subjects or tenses, the verb to be can become am, are, is, was, or were. It’s also written differently in certain verb tenses: The present participle of to be is being. The past participle is been, and the bare infinitive form is be. 

Simple present tense

	Singular	Plural
First person	(I) am	(we) are
Second person	(you) are	(you) are
Third person	(he/she/it) is	(they) are

Simple past tense

	Singular	Plural
First person	(I) was	(we) were
Second person	(you) were	(you) were
Third person	(he/she/it) was	(they) were

The simple present and simple past tenses of to be are also used as auxiliary verbs to create the present continuous and past continuous tenses, which show an ongoing or continuous action. 

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