to be indicative active

8/3/2019 To Be Indicative Active

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By Theresa

To Be: Indicative Active

Indicative: is a fact or as actually existing

Present: Past: Future:I am I was I will

you are you were you will

he/she/it is he// was he willwe are we were we willyou are you were you willthey are they were they will

Present Perfect: has qualities of present and past

I have been

you have been

he has been

we have been

you have been

they have been

Past Perfect: has qualities of an action which was progressing but which is now complete.

I had been

you had been

he had been


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we had been

you had been

they had been

Future Perfect: has qualities of future and past. Something that has happened and will continue.

I will have been

you will have been

he will have been

we will have been

you will have been

they will have been

I am Xavier.I am happy.I was happy.I will be happy.I have been happy. = present perfect.I had been happy. = past perfect.

I will have been happy. I will be happy in November

I am having a talk.

pron+verbpresent past future present

perfectpast perfect future perfect

to have I am having atalk.

I was having atalk.

I will be havinga talk.

I have beenhaving a talk

I had beenhaving a talk

I will have beenhaving a talk.

I have a talk. I had a talk I will have a talk I have had atalk.

I had had atalk.

I will have had atalk.

to find 3 pl. they find they found they will find they havefound

they had found they will havefound

you + likepotato

you likepotatoes

You likedpotatoes

You will likepotatoes.

You would like

potatoes.

POTENTIAL


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Power, necessity, liberty, duty,or liability of acting or being in a certain state:

Would / should / must / could / can / might / may

Can or could: shows the power to do something, the ability to perform a task.

Can present Could future

You can speak English better than I canspeak Spanish!

I could speak Spanish, if I learned. I amsure I have that power waiting to be used.

I can be very organized with my career. I could go to ID if I pass the toefl test.

We can study together if we want. You could call it a table.

They can sing in Latin, French, and

English in my school choir. Sometimesthey even can sing German, Hebrew, andSpanish songs.

We could not sing in any language.

may or might: implies the possibility, probability, permission, wishing.

May: present or short lasting Might: long lasting or in the future

You may call me Tere if you want. I might speak Spanish if I were Mexican.

May I go to the restroom? I might go to bed at 23.00 o`clock.

I may go to another country for college. They might eat bugs in Africa, I do notknow what their name is however.

I may eat a bug if you pay me 1000dollars.

I might learn German next year.

must: denotes necessity.

must:

We must go to bed to not be too tired tomorrow.


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We must eat vegetables to be healthy.

They must go to school or they will not learn to read and write.

He must work to be able to support a family.

should:shows that an action is not dependent on the doers will but of someone else

( another person ), therefore should implies duty or obligation.

should:

I should help with the chores at home which my Mom gives me.

Should we stop the chatting and focus on the lessons?

How should I know about fishing if I live in the desert

How should we know if we are right, if everything is relative to the point of view?

would implies inclination, wish, or desire.

would:

I would go to Ecuador if I had the chance and my parents permission.

I would love to read your books.

I would let you read my books ,if I had them, but now I should not ask for my giftback, as it is not polite.

I would score 79 in the toelf test, if you keep teaching me.

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