Conjugation of the verb alight in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb alight in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I alight
  • you alight
  • he|she|it alights
  • we alight
  • you alight
  • they alight

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 alight in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 alight in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 alight

Present participle

  • alighting

Past participle

  • alighted

Perfect Participle

  • having alighted

The imperative in English, for the verb to alight

Imperative

  • alight
  • let's alight
  • alight

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