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ENGLISH VERB

be over

to end, to have ended

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

Conjugation

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

Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I finish
  2. you you finish
  3. he, she, it he finishes
  4. we we finish
  5. they they finish

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I finished
  2. you you finished
  3. he, she, it he finished
  4. we we finish
  5. they they finished

Future

Future · “will”

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

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

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

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

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

How to use be over

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

  1. Present

    Class is over at noon on Fridays.

    Class ends at noon on Fridays.

  2. Past

    By the time we arrived, the party was over.

    When we arrived, the party had already ended.

  3. Future

    The meeting will be over in ten minutes.

    The meeting will have finished in ten minutes.

  4. Present perfect

    The rainy season has been over for weeks.

    The rainy season ended weeks ago.

  5. Conditional

    The flight would be over by now without the delay.

    The flight would already have ended by now if it weren't for the delay.

Good to know

  • "Be over" means "to have ended": "the movie is over"; "it's over between us" is "acabou entre nós".
  • "Over" alone is not a verb: it needs "is", "was", "will be": "the game was over".

Where you hear be over

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

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 1

  • When the dance night is over, people stay and talk. When the dance night is over, people stay and talk.
  • By the time they got the room, the winter was over. By the time they got the room, winter was already over.
  • The episode will be over by seven. The episode will be over by seven.

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 2

  • When the dance night is over, people stay and talk. When the dance night is over, people stay and talk.
  • By the time they got the room, the winter was over. By the time they got the room, winter was already over.
  • The episode will be over by seven. The episode will be over by seven.
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They had been trying for months

Advanced Level 1 · the winter was over

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The sample doesn't represent everyone

Advanced Level 2 · We chose people we know, because we were testing the questions. The test is over.

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A conversation about the next step

Advanced Level 3 · The project is over. What's next for you?

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.