What is the past tense of be?
The past tense of be is was, and the past participle is been.
Be is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.
All forms of be
as a noun
- base
- be
- plural
- bes
as a verb
- base
- be
- past tense
- was
- present participle
- being
- past participle
- been
- third-person singular
- is
- plural
- are