Dengan catatan: 1.

BE menjadi is, am atau are pada kalimat yang menggunakan simple present tense (see pola 1) dan present continuous (see pola 2). 2. BE menjadi was atau were pada kalimat yang menggunakan simple past tense ( see pola 3) dan past continuous (see pola 4). 3. BE menjadi been pada kalimat yang menggunakan perfect tenses (see pola 5, 6, 7 ,8, 13, 14, 15 & 16). 4. BE tetap be (simple form) pada kalimat yang menggunakan future tenses ( see pola 9, 10, 11 & 12). 5. BE diikuti oleh being (yaitu, untuk memberi makna sedang in action) pada kalimat-kalimat progressive (see pola 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 & 16).

Berikut adalah pola-pola penggunaan be pada tiap tensis/aspek dalam Bahasa Inggris.

No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Patterns S + is/am/are + adjective/noun/adverb S + is/am/are + being + adjective/noun/adverb S + was/were + adjective/noun/adverb S + was/were + being + adjective/noun/adverb S + has/have + been + adjective/noun/adverb S + has/have + been + being + adjective/noun S + had + been + adjective/noun/adverb S + had + been + being + adjective/noun/adverb S + will + be + adjective/noun/adverb S + will be + being + adjective/noun/adverb S + would + be + adjective/noun/adverb S + would + be + being + adjective/noun/adverb S + will + have + been + adjective/noun/adverb S + will + have + been + being + adjective/noun/adverb S + would + have + been + adjective/noun/adverb S + would + have + been + being + adjective/noun/adverb

Tenses/aspects
Simple present Present continuous Simple past Past continuous Present perfect Present perfect continuous Past perfect Past perfect continuous Simple future Future continuous Past future Past future continuous Future perfect Future perfect continuous Past future perfect Past future perfect continuous

NOTE: Di pola 9, 10, 11 & 12 di atas, baru penggunaan be setelah modal auxiliary will dan would. The simple form of be juga digunakan setelah modal auxiliary lainnya, seperti, can, may, might, shall, should, must, have to (simple future), dan could, might, should, had to (future in the past).

Sedangkan yang berikut adalah contoh kalimat penggunaan be untuk tiap tensis/aspek.

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10

11

12

13

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15

16

EXAMPLES He is sick I am a student They are here He is being sick I am being a student They are being here He was sick I was a student They were here He was being sick I was being a student They were being here He has been sick I have been a student They have been here He has been being sick I have been being a student They have been being here He had been sick I had been a student They had been here He had been being sick I had been being a student They had been being here He will be sick I will be a student They will be here He will be being sick I will be being a student They will be being here He would be sick I would be a student They would be here He would be being sick I would be being a student They would be being here He will have been sick I will have been a student They will have been here He will have been being sick I will have been being a student They will have been being here He would have been sick I would have been a student They would have been here He would have been being sick I would have been being a student They would have been being here

Tenses/aspects Simple present

Present continuous

Simple past

Past continuous

Present perfect

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect

Past perfect continuous

Simple future

Future continuous

Past future

Past future continuous

Future perfect

Future perfect continuous

Past future perfect

Past future perfect continuous