Congratulations to You for a Great Kickoff Meeting!

Hi Nia good morning! I came back from Milan and I want to tell you that the kickoff meeting was been great!

AFFIRMATIVE forms of "to be*

Simple Past was, were

Simple Present is, am, are

Simple Future will be

Present Continuous is being, am being, are being

Present Perfect has been, have been

Past Continuous was being, were being

plus 6 more verb tenses

Notice that for the "perfect" tenses and the "continuous tenses" there are "auxiliary verbs"

"to have" is an auxiliary verb in the perfect tenses

"to be" is an ausiliary verb in the continuous tenses

Here is another example

AFFIRMATIVE forms of "to work*

Simple Past worked

Simple Present work, works

Simple Future will work

Present Continuous is working, am working, are working

Present Perfect has worked, have worked

Past Continuous was being, were being

plus 6 more verb tenses

original

Hi Nia good morning! I came back from Milan and I want to tell you that the kickoff meeting was been great!

corrected version

Hi, Nia. Good morning! I came back from Milan and I want to tell you that the kickoff meeting was great!

AFFIRMATIVE forms of "to work*

Simple Past The kickoff meeting was great!

Simple Present The kickoff meeting is great!

Simple Future The kickoff meeting will be great!

Present Continuous The kickoff meeting is being great!

Present Perfect The kickoff meeting has been great!

Past Continuous The kickoff meeting was being great!

plus 6 more verb tenses

When you want to talk about the past, use simple past.

When you want to talk about the current routine and characteristics use simple present.

When you want to talk about the future, use simple future.

Stick to those 3 verb tenses! They are essential! They always work!

If someone asks you a question answer with the same verb tense that they use. So listen carefully for the complete verb and you will naturally answer in the correct verb tense.

Read these question and answer pairs. This shows what I mean by answering a question in the same verb tense as the question.

How are you?

I am fine.

How will you be?

I will be fine.

How were you?

I was fine.

How have you been?

I have been fine.