'BE' a general overview of time constructions and uses

Students tend to find the verb 'BE' difficult to understand and use. They often try to use it with the auxiliaries 'do' and 'did' and believe that things will become more complicated as their knowledge of English progresses. The aim of this worksheet is to give a holistic view of this verb and help them to 'visualize' their future studies with less anxiety. (Some future forms are not taken into consideration in order not to create confusion)

This printable, downloadable handout was created for at Intermediate (B1) and Pre-intermediate (A2) level. It is valuable for practising BE (auxiliary verb), BE: WAS or WERE, Future continuous tense: (will be V+ing), Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense, Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense, Future perfect simple tense, Future simple tense expressed with WILL, Future simple vs future continuous, Future tenses, Infinitive: Bare infinitive, Infinitive: Perfect infinitive, Infinitive: Progressive infinitive, Irregular verbs, Negatives (negation, saying No), Participles, Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE), Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING), Passive voice or active voice, Past continuous (progressive) tense, Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense, Past perfect simple tense, Past perfect simple vs continuous tense, Past simple tense, Past simple vs continuous tense, Present continuous (progressive) tense, Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense, Present perfect or past simple tense, Present perfect simple tense, Present perfect tenses, Present simple tense, Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs, Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense, Questions (interrogative), Verb patterns, Verb tenses, Verbs: Action verbs, Verbs: State verbs (aka stative verbs) and Verbs: State verbs vs dynamic verbs in English, and can be used for enhancing your class' Writing skills.

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