 33  Future Indefinite |
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Singular |
Plural |
Singular ; Plural |
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I am you are he, she, it is |
we are you are they are |
I was j we were you were i you were he, she, it was ! they were |
I shall be you will be he, she, it will be |
we shall be you will be they will be |
Глагол to be примечателен и тем, что он едва ли не единственный глагол, который в вопросительной и отрицательной формах обходится без помощи глагола to do.
Не is kind and clever.— Он добрый и умный.
Is he kind and clever?
He is not (isn’t) kind and clever.
She was busy yesterday.— Она была занята вчера.
Was she busy yesterday?
She was not (wasn’t) busy yesterday.
В этих примерах to be выступает в роли смыслового глагола со значением быть.
▲ В качестве вспомогательного глагола to be участвует в образовании второй группы времен (Continuous Tenses), четвертой группы времен (Perfect Continues Tenses), а также форм страдательного залога (Passive Voice).
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