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1. am, is, are are referred to as "to be verbs"? I don �t understand why.
2. I always correct my children when they use did and a verb.
Example. "I did eat my food" I then correct them and say, "I ate my food"
Is this right, because I hear lots of people talk like the children do. "I did go to the movies." "She did play outside" Have I been teaching them wrongly?
The verb to be is an irregular verb - so irregular that the parts sound different. It takes its name from the past partiple.
am is are
was were
been
being
It is the verb that describes our state of being. He is ....... I am .................
It is incorrect to say �I did eat my food � EXCEPT if did is used for emphasis, after being wrongly accused for example. It�s often used as a response to didn�t.
It sounds completely wrong if not being used for emphasis in this way.