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to be

The verb to be is the most irregular of the irregular verbs.

• Base Form----------------- Be
  Past Simple---------------- Was / Were
  Past Participle------------- Been
  1st Person Singular----- Am / Was
  2nd Person Singular---- Are / Were
  3rd Person Singular----- Is
  3rd Person Plural-------- Are / Were
  Present Participle
  / Gerund ------------------- Being

was: I was; he was; she was

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