This lesson is entitled so, because, “be” is often use in a sentence. “be” can’t be deleted in a sentence, if “be” is deleted than the sentence will have different meaning or the meaning will be unclear.
For example:
- They ear (means that” they” listen to something)
- They are ear (means that “they” are parts of the body, though it should be “they are ears (plural)).
The class of “be” is helping verb. There are many “helping verb”s in English structure. They are varied according to the structure/ tenses and function. Helping verbs in English are:
1. “be” preceding nouns
2. “be” preceding adjectives
3. “be” preceding adverbs
4. “be” in continuous tense.
5. “be” in passive sentences
6. Have/has, and had in perfect tense
7. “been” before perfect tense passive
8. Do/does in present simple tense
9. Did in past tense simple
10. Modals
Here are “be”s in English according to their structure and tense.
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