CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEGAN
PRESENT
Present
I begin
you begin
he/she/it begins
we begin
you begin
they begin
Present continuous
I am beginning
you are beginning
he/she/it is beginning
we are beginning
you are beginning
they are beginning
Present perfect
I have begun
you have begun
he/she/it has begun
we have begun
you have begun
they have begun
Present perfect continuous
I have been beginning
you have been beginning
he/she/it has been beginning
we have been beginning
you have been beginning
they have been beginning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I began
you began
he/she/it began
we began
you began
they began
Past continuous
I was beginning
you were beginning
he/she/it was beginning
we were beginning
you were beginning
they were beginning
Past perfect
I had begun
you had begun
he/she/it had begun
we had begun
you had begun
they had begun
Past perfect continuous
I had been beginning
you had been beginning
he/she/it had been beginning
we had been beginning
you had been beginning
they had been beginning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will begin
you will begin
he/she/it will begin
we will begin
you will begin
they will begin
Future continuous
I will be beginning
you will be beginning
he/she/it will be beginning
we will be beginning
you will be beginning
they will be beginning
Future perfect
I will have begun
you will have begun
he/she/it will have begun
we will have begun
you will have begun
they will have begun
Future perfect continuous
I will have been beginning
you will have been beginning
he/she/it will have been beginning
we will have been beginning
you will have been beginning
they will have been beginning
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would began
you would began
he/she/it would began
we would began
you would began
they would began
Conditional continuous
I would be beginning
you would be beginning
he/she/it would be beginning
we would be beginning
you would be beginning
they would be beginning
Conditional perfect
I would have began
you would have began
he/she/it would have began
we would have began
you would have began
they would have began
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been beginning
you would have been beginning
he/she/it would have been beginning
we would have been beginning
you would have been beginning
they would have been beginning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you begin
we let´s begin
you begin
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
beginning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEGAN»
The term «began» is very widely used and occupies the
4.227 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
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10 QUOTES WITH «BEGAN»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
began.
I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.
Western concepts of ownership and privatization came in and clashed with that. So land began to be exchanged.
I began making pictures because I wanted to record what supports hope: the untranslatable mystery and beauty of the world. Along the way, however, the camera also caught evidence against hope, and I eventually concluded that this, too, belonged in pictures if they were to be truthful and thus useful.
'Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up and play the guitar and be at the forefront of the band. It's also the album on which I began to address religious issues in my music, and I think that happened simply because the time was right for it.
I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre.
I began illustrating children's books because of a growing disillusionment with the sort of work I was doing in the advertising industry. Book publishing offered me the chance to be far more creative.
I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.
My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, I asked a boy begging on the streets, 'If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?' and he answered me with two words: 'A pencil.' Luckily, I had one in my pocket, and in the second it took me to give it to him, a defining dream was born.
In my second year, after moving to the Medical School, I began the courses of Anatomy and Physiology. I had begun to see that I was interested in cells and their functions.
I began with track and field because this is what I know.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEGAN»
Discover the use of
began in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
began and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How It All
Began: A Novel
A writer of rare wisdom, elegance, and humor, Lively is a consummate storyteller whose gifts are on full display in this masterful work.
2
How Life
Began: Evolution's Three Geneses
It is this version of genesis that Alexandre Meinesz explores in this engaging tale of life's origins and evolution.
3
Tomorrow, When the War Began
When Ellie and six of her friends return home from a camping trip deep in the bush, they find things hideously wrong -- their families gone, houses empty and abandoned, pets and stock dead.
In How War Began, author Keith F. Otterbein draws on primate behavior research, archaeological research, data gathered from the Human Relations Area Files, and a career spent in research and reflection on war to argue for two separate ...
After she is in a horrific car crash when drunk, Los Angeles high school student Gabriella Gardiner assumes she stole her rich boyfriend's car and smashed it into a tree, but she cannot remember anything about the events of the evening.
Ann Redisch Stampler, 2012
6
1492: The Year Our World
Began
Wars and witchcraft, plagues and persecutions, poetry and prophecy, science and magic, art and faith - all the glories and follies of the time are in this book.
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, 2013
7
Where Christology
Began: Essays on Philippians 2
In this book, an international group of scholars comment on the classic and current understandings of this passage, searching for insights into the ongoing exegetical inquiry.
Ralph P. Martin, Brian J. Dodd, 1998
8
Where The Sky
Began: Land of the Tallgrass Prairie
It was the tall prairie.”—from the “Prologue” Originally published in 1982, Where the Sky Began, John Madson’s landmark publication, introduced readers across the nation to the wonders of the tallgrass prairie, sparking the ...
From the pen of the leading German theologian, this is a collection of wide-ranging and powerful sermons that take their themes from the Biblical story of Creation.
Explores the development of communication from smoke signals to the wedge-shaped alphabet.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEGAN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
began is used in the context of the following news items.
BAMBERG-DENMARK 50 THINGS/DAY 17: Library began with …
The Bamberg County Library received strong support from the public from its very beginning. This photo is from “Bamberg County Builds a ... «The Tand D.com, Jul 15»
Worst June hospital trolley figures since records began
The numbers awaiting hospital treatment on trolleys in hospitals around the country has soared, representing the worst level of overcrowding ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
There when it began: UAB professor recalls modest early days of …
munchus1.jpg George Munchus in 1989 became the inaugural faculty advisor for the UAB football club, a precursor to the Blazers. «AL.com, Jul 15»
Negotiations continue on state budget for new fiscal year that began …
BOSTON — Nearly a week into the new fiscal year that began July 1, Democratic leaders in the state House and Senate are confident ... «GazetteNET, Jul 15»
Yacht rescued after it began drifting onto rocks near Shetland
Lerwick RNLI all-weather lifeboat then took over and began towing the vessel back to Lerwick. Download: The STV News app is Scotland's ... «stv.tv, Jul 15»
Top sheriff's career began, ended with motorcycles
OXFORD -- It has been a year since one of Mississippi's longest-serving sheriffs died, but people in Warren County remember. Everybody has ... «The Commercial Dispatch, Jul 15»
Political parties began submitting nominations for the general …
Meanwhile accepting of postal voting application began yesterday(6) Deputy Elections Commissioner M.M.Mohamad noted that the election ... «Newsfirst, Jul 15»
Saturday's chase began with car stop, drug arrest attempt
Debenigno resisted arrested and began to struggle with the trooper as he was being handcuffed, troopers said. The trooper deployed his Taser ... «The Ridgefield Press, Jul 15»
Greece: How did it get into this mess?
(CNN) Greece's affair with the euro began with the grandest of hopes. The country approved the euro in 2001, in time to be among the first ... «CNN, Jul 15»
Camp where Debbie Friedman began Jewish folk movement marks …
(JTA) — Whether it's first love or night swimming, many American Jews have nostalgic memories from Jewish summer camp. For the first class ... «Jewish Post, Jul 15»
