PRESENT TENSE.
2. Be (you or them) ——; 2. Be (you)———.
INFINITIVES.
PRESENT TENSE.
To be ——.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE.
To have been ——.
PARTICIPLES.
PRESENT. PAST. PAST PERFECT.
Being ——. Been. Having been ——.
+To the Teacher+.—After the pupils have become thoroughly familiar with the verb be as a principal verb, teach them to use it as an auxiliary in making the +Progressive Form+ and the +Passive Form+.
The progressive form may be made by filling all the blanks with the present participle of some verb.