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ENGLISH VERB

be missing

to be missing, to be lacking

  • Irregular verb
  • Gerund: being missing
  • Past participle: been missing

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I am missing
  2. you you are missing
  3. he, she, it he is missing
  4. we we are missing
  5. they they are missing

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I was missing
  2. you you were missing
  3. he, she, it he was missing
  4. we we are missing
  5. they they were missing

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will be missing
  2. you you will be missing
  3. he, she, it he will be missing
  4. we we will be missing
  5. they they will be missing

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already been missing
  2. you you have already been missing
  3. he, she, it he has already been missing
  4. we we have already been missing
  5. they they have already been missing

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would be missing
  2. you you would be missing
  3. he, she, it he would be missing
  4. we we would be missing
  5. they they would be missing

How to use be missing

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    One sock is always missing after the laundry.

    There is always a sock missing after doing the laundry.

  2. Past

    When I opened the box, two pieces were missing.

    When I opened the box, two pieces were missing.

  3. Future

    Without you, something will be missing at the party.

    Without you, something will be missing at the party.

  4. Present perfect

    My keys have been missing since Tuesday.

    My keys have been missing since Tuesday.

  5. Conditional

    The cake would be missing something without the lemon.

    The cake would be missing something without the lemon.

Good to know

  • The subject is what is missing: "a button is missing", "two pages are missing".
  • It also means to have disappeared: "the dog is missing"; "a missing person" is a person who has disappeared.

Where you hear be missing

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 1

  • The rest of the label is missing. One corner is torn off. The rest of the label is missing. One corner is torn off.
  • In the first cut, nothing was missing. That was the problem. In the first cut, nothing was missing. That was the problem.
  • Without the why, something will be missing. Without the why, something will be missing.

English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 1

  • The rest of the label is missing. One corner is torn off. The rest of the label is missing. One corner is torn off.
  • In the first cut, nothing was missing. That was the problem. In the first cut, nothing was missing. That was the problem.
  • Without the why, something will be missing. Without the why, something will be missing.
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What does the label suggest?

Advanced Level 1 · missing

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Too much detail, too little context

Advanced Level 1 · nothing's missing

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The joke needs context

Fluency Level 1 · Sorry, am I missing a reference? Half the room didn't laugh.

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A question Ana wasn't expecting

Fluency Level 1 · So what's missing?

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.