When you use 'be' with a verb, usually you have the verb in its gerund form (with -ing ending), e.g. getting, living. So we get: I am getting I am living This structure is called the present continuous: it says that the action is happening now continuously (in the process of doing something). Examples I am getting the groceries I am living in Japan now

No exactly answer for which verb word needs be or which needn't. Here, "be needn't " is also wrong, you could say "be not needed". The question is not which verb word needs "be" or not. The question is you should know that one basic sentence only needs one verb to be predicate, if there're other verb words, they can't be predicates. You should change the verb form as it should be, whatever ,they cannot be predicate form.