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Verb "be" - Past participle use
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Verb "be" - Perfect present tense
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| Subject |
Auxiliary verb |
Main verb |
Object |
Time definition |
| I |
have |
been |
a good student |
all year.
recently.
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| You |
have |
been |
a nice girl |
all night. |
| He |
has |
been |
a smart man |
this semester. |
| She |
has |
been |
a university student |
for three years. |
| It |
has |
been |
an excellent university |
since 1808. |
| We |
have |
been |
a good class |
today. |
| You |
have |
been |
good students |
lately. |
| They |
have |
been |
excellent references |
until now. |
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Verb "be" - Perfect past tense
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| Subject |
Auxiliary verb |
Main verb |
Object |
Time definition |
| I |
had |
been |
a good student |
all year before the exam.
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| You |
had |
been |
a nice girl |
all night until dawn. |
| He |
had |
been |
a smart man |
this semester, when the finals arrived. |
| She |
had |
been |
a university student |
for three years, before she changed her major. |
| It |
had |
been |
an excellent university |
since 1808, when the celebration was held last week. |
| We |
had |
been |
a good class |
today, when the party began. |
| You |
had |
been |
good students |
lately before each exam. |
| They |
had |
been |
excellent references |
until the politics changed. |
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Verb "be" - Perfect future tense
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| Subject |
Auxiliary verb |
Main verb |
Object |
Time definition |
| I |
will have |
been |
a good student |
all semester when the final exam date arrives.
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| You |
will have |
been |
a nice girl |
all night when tomorrow comes. |
| He |
will have |
been |
a smart man |
when the semester ends and he passes the exams. |
| She |
will have |
been |
a university student |
for three years next July. |
| It |
will have |
been |
an excellent university |
for a hundred years in December this year. |
| We |
will have |
been |
a good class |
all morning when lunchtime arrives . |
| You |
will have |
been |
good students |
until the end of the year. |
| They |
will have |
been |
excellent references |
when analyzed. |
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