| Root word Present tense Future tense | To be is/ am/ are will/shall |
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Is Am are future tense?
Future
– Be Going To. We usually use am, is or are + going to + the base form of the verb to talk about actions in the future that have already been decided on.
What is the past tense of AM?
The past tense of am is
was
(colloquial, nonstandard).
Can we say I were?
“I were” is called
the subjunctive mood
, and is used when you’re are talking about something that isn’t true or when you wish something was true. If she was feeling sick… <– It is possible or probable that she was feeling sick. “I was” is for things that could have happened in the past or now.
Is Am are past perfect?
| [is, am, are] + Present participle (is going) is present continuous. | [was, were] + Past Participle (was gone) is present perfect | [is, am, are] + Past Participle (are engaged) Which tense is this? |
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Why do we say if I were?
The reason we use WERE instead of WAS is
because the sentence is in the SUBJUNCTIVE mood which is used for hypothetical situations
. This is a condition which is contrary to fact or reality (the fact is, I am NOT you). In the subjunctive mood we use IF + I / HE / SHE / IT + WERE for the verb To Be.
Is it correct to say if I were?
A good trick to decide which you want to use is to determine if the thing you are talking about is something that actually happened or something that you are wishing or imagining might have happened. If it really happened,
use “if I was
,” but if not, go with “if I were.”
Is if I were grammatically correct?
Many people use if I was and if I were interchangeably to describe a hypothetical situation. The confusion occurs because when writing in the past tense, I was is correct while I were is incorrect. However, when
writing about non-realistic or hypothetical situations, if I were is the only correct choice
.
Is Am are 3rd form of verb?
| Base Form Simple Past Past Participle (3rd form) | go went gone |
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Are have been?
The auxiliary verb ‘are’ is used as the plural form of the auxiliary verb ‘is’, and it is used in the present continuous tense. On the other hand, the form ‘have been’ is used as the
preset perfect continuous form of any given verb
. … It is used in the case of plural number.
Is past tense form?
The past tense of is
is was
(colloquial, nonstandard).
Is if I were a boy grammatically correct?
Senior Member. It’s were instead of was because it’s a contrary-to-fact situation that calls for the subjunctive. Many English speakers do not make the distinction and simply say “if I was a boy,” but
this is not considered correct
.
Is it if there was or if there were?
Existential there has no special rules when it comes to the subjunctive. Just as “he was” becomes “he were” in the subjunctive, “there was” becomes “there were.” So the answer to Jessica’s question is that
“were” is the correct choice
.
Can we say he were?
Existential there has no special rules when it comes to the subjunctive. Just as “he was” becomes “he were” in the subjunctive, “there was” becomes “there were.” So the answer to Jessica’s question is that
“were”
is the correct choice.
When should I use was or were?
Was is used in the first person singular (I) and the third person singular (he, she, it)
. Were is used in the second person singular and plural (you, your, yours) and first and third person plural (we, they). I was driving to the park. You were drinking some water.
Where do we use were?
Whereas was is the singular past tense of to be, were
is used for both the third person plural past tense
(they and we) and the second person past tense (you). In the past indicative, were acts similar to was. “They were at the store,” you could say, for example.
