Present Tense                        Singular               Plural
(going on now)                           I am                      We are
                                                You are                 You are
                                               He/she/it is              They are

               Past Tense                              I was                     We were
          (action completed at a                       You were               You were
         specific time in the past)                     He/she/it was           They were

             Future Tense                             I shall be                We shall be
          (action which will take                      You will be              You will be
              place in the future)                        He/she/it will be        They will be

            Present Perfect Tense             I have been               We have been
     (action completed at he present             You have been            You have been
time or continuing into the present)             He/she/it has been       They have been

              Past Perfect Tense                I had been                   We had been
         (action completed before a         You had been               You had been
         certain time in the past)              He/she/it had been        They had been

           Future Perfect Tense          I shall have been            We shall have been
       (action which will be completed       You shall have been      You shall have been
           before a certain time in the          He/she/it will have been   They will have been
            future)

                Infinitive                            Present                   Past Perfect
                    (Verb with to)                        To be                     to have been

                Participle                          Present                    Past Perfect
         (Verb used as an adjective)              Being                    been having been

                Gerunds                           Present                       Perfect
                 (Verb used as a noun)              Being                       Having been

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