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to be
The verb to be is the most irregular of the irregular verbs.
First person singular: am- Do you know who I am?
I am the person you see when you look in the mirror.
That's who I am.
I am the person I am.
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With most words that one syllable in length and end in a single consonant, the past or progressive tense is formed by doubling the final consonant and adding -ed or -ing. Examples: - slip, slipped, slipping
slap, slapped, slapping
trap, trapped, trapping
top, topped, topping
tap, tapped, tapping
fan, fanned, fanning
gum, gummed, gumming
sum, summed, summing
drum, drummed, drumming
trim, trimmed, trimming
slim, slimmed, slimming
grin, grinned, grinning
cram, crammed, cramming
slam, slammed, slamming
lob, lobbed, lobbing
grab, grabbed, grabbing
trip, tripped, tripping
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A single consonant after a single vowel.
In BE we also double the final 'l' in two syllable words, like 'travelling', but our American friends don't follow suit.  |
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12) be being
This is very rarely used. Yo u will occasionally hear 'He will be being picked up at this very moment', but it is an uncomfortable usage and we tend to avoid it. The same is true of 'been being'. |
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Originally Posted by tdol A single consonant after a single vowel.
In BE we also double the final 'l' in two syllable words, like 'travelling', but our American friends don't follow suit. | Yes, that's right. It's a single consonant after a single vowel. The same pattern is followed with adjectives, thus: - big, bigger, biggest
fat, fatter, fattest
fit, fitter, fittest
hot, hotter, hottest
sad, sadder, saddest
tan, tanner, tannest
dun, dunner, dunnest
glum, glummer, glummest
slim, slimmer, slimmest
trim, trimmer, trimmest
thin, thinner, thinnest
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