Conjugation of the verb acquire in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb acquire in English.

Conjugation of the verb acquire in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I acquire
  • you acquire
  • he|she|it acquires
  • we acquire
  • you acquire
  • they acquire

Present Continuous

  • I am acquiring
  • you are acquiring
  • he|she|it is acquiring
  • we are acquiring
  • you are acquiring
  • they are acquiring

Present Perfect

  • I have acquired
  • you have acquired
  • he|she|it has acquired
  • we have acquired
  • you have acquired
  • they have acquired

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been acquiring
  • you have been acquiring
  • he|she|it has been acquiring
  • we have been acquiring
  • you have been acquiring
  • they have been acquiring

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb acquire in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I acquired
  • you acquired
  • he|she|it acquired
  • we acquired
  • you acquired
  • they acquired

Past continuous

  • I was acquiring
  • you were acquiring
  • he|she|it was acquiring
  • we were acquiring
  • you were acquiring
  • they were acquiring

Past perfect

  • I had acquired
  • you had acquired
  • he|she|it had acquired
  • we had acquired
  • you had acquired
  • they had acquired

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been acquiring
  • you had been acquiring
  • he|she|it had been acquiring
  • we had been acquiring
  • you had been acquiring
  • they had been acquiring

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb acquire in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will acquire
  • you will acquire
  • he|she|it will acquire
  • we will acquire
  • you will acquire
  • they will acquire

Future continuous

  • I will be acquiring
  • you will be acquiring
  • he|she|it will be acquiring
  • we will be acquiring
  • you will be acquiring
  • they will be acquiring

Future perfect

  • I will have acquired
  • you will have acquired
  • he|she|it will have acquired
  • we will have acquired
  • you will have acquired
  • they will have acquired

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been acquiring
  • you will have been acquiring
  • he|she|it will have been acquiring
  • we will have been acquiring
  • you will have been acquiring
  • they will have been acquiring

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to acquire

Present participle

  • acquiring

Past participle

  • acquired

Perfect Participle

  • having acquired

The imperative in English, for the verb to acquire

Imperative

  • acquire
  • let's acquire
  • acquire

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