The verb 'be'

Level: beginner

The verb be has the following forms:

The verb be
Infinitive form	be
Present simple:	+	I am, I'mYou are, You'reHe/She/It is, He/She/It's	We are, we'reYou are, you'reThey are, they're
	?	Am I? Are you? Is he/she it?	Are we? Are you? Are they?
	-	I am not, I’m not You are not, You aren’t, You're not He/She/It is not, He/She/It isn’t, He's not	We are not, We aren’t, We're not You are not, You aren’t, You're not They are not, They aren't, They're not
Past simple	+	I was You were He/She/It was	We were You were They were
	?	Was I? Were you? Was he/she/it?	Were we? Were you? Were they?
	-	I was not, I wasn't You were not, You weren't He/She/It was not, He/She/It wasn't	We were not, We weren't You were not, You weren't They were not, They weren't
Past participle	been
Present perfect	has/have been
Past perfect	had been
Present participle	being
Present continuous	am/is/are being
Past continuous	was/were being

We use the infinitive form be with modal verbs:

It will be dark soon.
They might be tired.

The verb be is a link verb. It is used:

with a noun phrase:

My mother is a teacher.
Bill Clinton was the president of the US.

with an adjective:

This soup is very tasty.
The children were good.

with a prepositional phrase:

John and his wife are from Manchester.
The flowers are on the table.

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نام	تعداد آزمون	میزان موفقیت
mina roshanaei	3	100/00 %
پریسا سلوکی شهرضایی	3	100/00 %
Soheila Karimi	3	100/00 %
Omid Aghababaei	3	100/00 %
سعید گرجی	3	100/00 %
حمید اسکندری	1	100/00 %
المیرا چپ نویس	3	89/47 %
Bahareh slt	3	84/21 %
reza rouzkhosh	3	84/21 %
Parvin Nemati	3	84/21 %
Kimia Fooladgar	3	84/21 %
نیما شیرانی	3	78/95 %
نیلوفر نیک گفتار	3	73/68 %
رایحه فرح بخت	3	73/68 %
فرناز دهقان	3	63/16 %
آرین خزیمه	3	52/63 %
شيرين محكم كار	3	47/37 %
صبا دانشمند	2	0/00 %
ثنا راغیان	1	0/00 %

نام	تعداد آزمون	میزان موفقیت
َAmeneh Darvishzadeh	1	100/00 %
Mehrad Hashemi	1	100/00 %
مهدی حسین پور آقائی	1	100/00 %
zahra namdari	46	98/21 %
یاسمن محمدی پور	4	98/08 %
فرنوش طغیانی	17	98/06 %
Tara Mohammadi	3	96/43 %
yasaman mohamadipur	51	95/86 %
محمدجواد ملائی اردستانی	3	94/44 %
Arzhang Saberi	4	93/33 %
Soheila Karimi	123	92/71 %
aram farhmand	10	92/31 %
یاشار اسکندری	98	91/14 %
پریسا سلوکی شهرضایی	72	89/49 %
ارشیا قلمکاری	33	89/23 %
Omid Aghababaei	20	87/92 %
سجاد آقابابایی	2	87/50 %
محدثه درویشی	1	87/50 %
Fardin Azhdari	27	86/58 %
نازيلا حاجي صباغ	31	85/94 %