After Be, Use The Present Participle Or The Past Participle

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After Be, Use The Present Participle Or The Past Participle

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The verb be in any of its forms (am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being) can be followed by another verb. This verb should be in the present participle or the past participle form.

  • We are do* our homework. (should be are doing)
  • The homework was do* early. (should be was done)
  • Tom is take* the book. (should be is taking)
  • The book was take* by Tom. (should be was taken)

The following chart outlines the use of verb forms after be:

BE + (1) present participle (2) past participle

Exercise

Complete the following exercises to reinforce what you’ve learned:

Each of the following sentences contains a verb formed with be. Underline the verbs twice. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I).

  1. __I__ At 12:00 Sam is eat his lunch.
  2. __C__ We are meeting them later today.
  3. _____ The message was taken by the receptionist.
  4. _____ Being heard was extremely important to him.
  5. _____ The Smiths are build their house on some property that they own in the desert.
  6. _____ It had been noticed that some staff members were late.
  7. _____ The report should have been submit by noon.
  8. _____ Are the two companies merge into one?
  9. _____ He could be taking four courses this semester.
  10. _____ The score information has been duplicates on the back-up disk.

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