[Grammar] I am a teacher. IS THE SENTENCE POSSIBLE IN ALL 12 TENSES?

[Sahil Dhankhar]

This is not my homework.

I am a teacher.
q1- Is the above sentence the example of a simple present tense?
q2- Can we convert the sentence in all 12 tenses as given below like we can do other simple present tenses?

I am a teacher.
I am being a teacher.
I have been a teacher.
I have been being a teacher.

I was a teacher.
I was being a teacher.
I had been a teacher.
I had been being a teacher.

I will be a teacher.
I will be being a teacher.
I will have been a teacher.
I will have been being a teacher.

 

[Sahil Dhankhar]

Okay, should I assume that - "I am happy" is also similar?
I am happy.
I am being happy.
..........

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes. "I am happy" is what we say. The present continuous is unnatural. I am aware that it's used a lot in Indian English but it doesn't work in most other variants.

 

[Sahil Dhankhar]

I had been being a teacher ...
Is it grammatical to use two forms of be together i.e. 'been/be' and 'being'?

 

[Tdol]

I had been being a teacher ...
Is it grammatical to use two forms of be together i.e. 'been/be' and 'being'?

It's possible to use been being, but we generally try to avoid it because it sounds odd, but this is mostly in passives. People may use air quotes when using the form. You will really struggle to find a genuine need to say that you have been being a teacher.