verb -- ‘to be’ | verb ‘to be’- negative, interrogative patterns | 1a. English grammar – ‘am’ | 1b. am + -ing form of verb | 1c. am + being + past participle | 1d. am + past participle | 2a. English grammar – ‘is’ | 2b. is + -ing form of verb | 2c. is + being + past participle | 2d. is + past participle | 3a. English grammar – ‘are’ | 3b. are + -ing form of verb | 3c. are + being + past participle | 3d. are + past participle | 4a. English grammar – ‘was’ | 4b. was + -ing form of verb | 4c. was + being + past participle | 4d. was + past participle | 5a. English grammar – ‘were’ | 5b. were + -ing form of verb | 5c. were + being + past participle | 5d. were + past participle | notes - (1): question tags, (2): short answers (ellipsis], (3): addition to remarks, (4): there is/was and there are/were, (5): subjunctive mood – ‘were’, (6): be + going to + verb word, (7): ‘used to’ vs. ‘be + used to’, (8): be + to + verb word, (9): be + ‘being”+ adjective, (10): mixed sentences | exercises
