Conjugation of To Be in Perfect Tense

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1 This table covers Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect, and Future in the Past Perfect forms of “to be” in Indicative mood, with affirmative, question, and negative forms.

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This table covers Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect, and Future in the Past Perfect forms of “to be” in Indicative mood, with affirmative, question, and negative forms.

Tense	Affirmative	Question	Negative
Present Perfect	I have been	Have I been?	I have not been / I haven’t been
	You have been	Have you been?	You have not been / You haven’t been
	He/She/It has been	Has he/she/it been?	He/She/It has not been / hasn’t been
	We have been	Have we been?	We have not been / We haven’t been
	You have been	Have you been?	You have not been / You haven’t been
	They have been	Have they been?	They have not been / They haven’t been
Past Perfect	I had been	Had I been?	I had not been / I hadn’t been
	You had been	Had you been?	You had not been / You hadn’t been
	He/She/It had been	Had he/she/it been?	He/She/It had not been / hadn’t been
	We had been	Had we been?	We had not been / We hadn’t been
	You had been	Had you been?	You had not been / You hadn’t been
	They had been	Had they been?	They had not been / They hadn’t been
Future Perfect	I will have been	Will I have been?	I will not have been / I won’t have been
	You will have been	Will you have been?	You will not have been / You won’t have been
	He/She/It will have been	Will he/she/it have been?	He/She/It will not have been / won’t have been
	We will have been	Will we have been?	We will not have been / We won’t have been
	You will have been	Will you have been?	You will not have been / You won’t have been
	They will have been	Will they have been?	They will not have been / They won’t have been
Future in the Past Perfect	I would have been	Would I have been?	I would not have been
	You would have been	Would you have been?	You would not have been
	He/She/It would have been	Would he/she/it have been?	He/She/It would not have been
	We would have been	Would we have been?	We would not have been
	You would have been	Would you have been?	You would not have been
	They would have been	Would they have been?	They would not have been