Conjugation of the verb act in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb act in English.
Conjugation of the verb act in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I act
- you act
- he|she|it acts
- we act
- you act
- they act
Present Continuous
- I am acting
- you are acting
- he|she|it is acting
- we are acting
- you are acting
- they are acting
Present Perfect
- I have acted
- you have acted
- he|she|it has acted
- we have acted
- you have acted
- they have acted
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been acting
- you have been acting
- he|she|it has been acting
- we have been acting
- you have been acting
- they have been acting
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 act in the past tenses
Simple past
- I acted
- you acted
- he|she|it acted
- we acted
- you acted
- they acted
Past continuous
- I was acting
- you were acting
- he|she|it was acting
- we were acting
- you were acting
- they were acting
Past perfect
- I had acted
- you had acted
- he|she|it had acted
- we had acted
- you had acted
- they had acted
Past perfect continuous
- I had been acting
- you had been acting
- he|she|it had been acting
- we had been acting
- you had been acting
- they had been acting
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 act in the futur tenses
Future
- I will act
- you will act
- he|she|it will act
- we will act
- you will act
- they will act
Future continuous
- I will be acting
- you will be acting
- he|she|it will be acting
- we will be acting
- you will be acting
- they will be acting
Future perfect
- I will have acted
- you will have acted
- he|she|it will have acted
- we will have acted
- you will have acted
- they will have acted
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been acting
- you will have been acting
- he|she|it will have been acting
- we will have been acting
- you will have been acting
- they will have been acting
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.
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