present tense
I/he/she/it was sleeping. You/we/they were sleeping.
The verb form changes because in the sentence "Why aren't I sleeping?" the contraction "aren't" is being formed with "am" (which is the main verb "to be" in the present tense) and "not." In the sentence "Why am I not sleeping?" the negation is directly attached to the main verb "am." Both forms are correct and commonly used in English.
It should be: "I was sleeping when you called me."
The past tense of the verb 'am' is 'was' or 'were.' The verb 'am' is derived from the verb 'to be.'
I am sleeping. She is sleeping. We are sleeping.
I/he/she/it was sleeping. You/we/they were sleeping.
was/were sleeping = Past Continuous Tense
The verb form changes because in the sentence "Why aren't I sleeping?" the contraction "aren't" is being formed with "am" (which is the main verb "to be" in the present tense) and "not." In the sentence "Why am I not sleeping?" the negation is directly attached to the main verb "am." Both forms are correct and commonly used in English.
It should be: "I was sleeping when you called me."
Past verb tense: We drank.Present verb tense: We are drinking.Future verb tense: We will drink.
The past tense of the verb 'am' is 'was' or 'were.' The verb 'am' is derived from the verb 'to be.'
I am sleeping. She is sleeping. We are sleeping.
The verb is still "to be", regardless of the tense. It is an irregular verb, and the past tense forms are was for I and he/she/it, and were for we, you, and they.
The past tense verb for "do" is "did."
This is the imperfect tense. (verb)= present tense (verb)ed= perfect tense was (verb)ing= imperfect tense Perfect and imperfect are both forms of the past tense.
"Our" is not a verb, so it has no tense.
Can is the present tense.