Conjugation of the verb ad-lib in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb ad-lib in English.

Conjugation of the verb ad-lib in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I ad-lib
  • you ad-lib
  • he|she|it ad-libs
  • we ad-lib
  • you ad-lib
  • they ad-lib

Present Continuous

  • I am ad-libbing
  • you are ad-libbing
  • he|she|it is ad-libbing
  • we are ad-libbing
  • you are ad-libbing
  • they are ad-libbing

Present Perfect

  • I have ad-libbed
  • you have ad-libbed
  • he|she|it has ad-libbed
  • we have ad-libbed
  • you have ad-libbed
  • they have ad-libbed

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been ad-libbing
  • you have been ad-libbing
  • he|she|it has been ad-libbing
  • we have been ad-libbing
  • you have been ad-libbing
  • they have been ad-libbing

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 ad-lib in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I ad-libbed
  • you ad-libbed
  • he|she|it ad-libbed
  • we ad-libbed
  • you ad-libbed
  • they ad-libbed

Past continuous

  • I was ad-libbing
  • you were ad-libbing
  • he|she|it was ad-libbing
  • we were ad-libbing
  • you were ad-libbing
  • they were ad-libbing

Past perfect

  • I had ad-libbed
  • you had ad-libbed
  • he|she|it had ad-libbed
  • we had ad-libbed
  • you had ad-libbed
  • they had ad-libbed

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been ad-libbing
  • you had been ad-libbing
  • he|she|it had been ad-libbing
  • we had been ad-libbing
  • you had been ad-libbing
  • they had been ad-libbing

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 ad-lib in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will ad-lib
  • you will ad-lib
  • he|she|it will ad-lib
  • we will ad-lib
  • you will ad-lib
  • they will ad-lib

Future continuous

  • I will be ad-libbing
  • you will be ad-libbing
  • he|she|it will be ad-libbing
  • we will be ad-libbing
  • you will be ad-libbing
  • they will be ad-libbing

Future perfect

  • I will have ad-libbed
  • you will have ad-libbed
  • he|she|it will have ad-libbed
  • we will have ad-libbed
  • you will have ad-libbed
  • they will have ad-libbed

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been ad-libbing
  • you will have been ad-libbing
  • he|she|it will have been ad-libbing
  • we will have been ad-libbing
  • you will have been ad-libbing
  • they will have been ad-libbing

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 ad-lib

Present participle

  • ad-libbing

Past participle

  • ad-libbed

Perfect Participle

  • having ad-libbed

The imperative in English, for the verb to ad-lib

Imperative

  • ad-lib
  • let's ad-lib
  • ad-lib

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