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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Is being

the boy is being naughty.

is "is" an auxiliary or helping verb the form of "to be" and "being" a main verb?

does "being" mean "to behave" or "to act"?

  

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Jigneshbharati T he boy is being naughty. I s "is" an auxiliary (or helping) verb the form of "to be" and "being" a main verb? [YES ] D oes "being" mean "to behave" or "to act"?

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  • Jigneshbharati T he boy is being naughty.
  • I s "is" an auxiliary (or helping) verb the form of "to be" and "being" a main verb?
  • [YES ] D oes "being" mean "to behave" or "to act"?
  • [behaving or acting, YES] As answered above.
  • Whenever you have two or more verb forms together, the first one is always an auxiliary verb , and the last one is always the main verb .
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Jigneshbharati

The boy is being naughty.

Is "is" an auxiliary (or helping) verb the form of "to be" and "being" a main verb? [YES ]

Does "being" mean "to behave"

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