Conjugation of the verb alternate in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb alternate in English.
Conjugation of the verb alternate in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I alternate
- you alternate
- he|she|it alternates
- we alternate
- you alternate
- they alternate
Present Continuous
- I am alternating
- you are alternating
- he|she|it is alternating
- we are alternating
- you are alternating
- they are alternating
Present Perfect
- I have alternated
- you have alternated
- he|she|it has alternated
- we have alternated
- you have alternated
- they have alternated
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been alternating
- you have been alternating
- he|she|it has been alternating
- we have been alternating
- you have been alternating
- they have been alternating
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 alternate in the past tenses
Simple past
- I alternated
- you alternated
- he|she|it alternated
- we alternated
- you alternated
- they alternated
Past continuous
- I was alternating
- you were alternating
- he|she|it was alternating
- we were alternating
- you were alternating
- they were alternating
Past perfect
- I had alternated
- you had alternated
- he|she|it had alternated
- we had alternated
- you had alternated
- they had alternated
Past perfect continuous
- I had been alternating
- you had been alternating
- he|she|it had been alternating
- we had been alternating
- you had been alternating
- they had been alternating
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 alternate in the futur tenses
Future
- I will alternate
- you will alternate
- he|she|it will alternate
- we will alternate
- you will alternate
- they will alternate
Future continuous
- I will be alternating
- you will be alternating
- he|she|it will be alternating
- we will be alternating
- you will be alternating
- they will be alternating
Future perfect
- I will have alternated
- you will have alternated
- he|she|it will have alternated
- we will have alternated
- you will have alternated
- they will have alternated
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been alternating
- you will have been alternating
- he|she|it will have been alternating
- we will have been alternating
- you will have been alternating
- they will have been alternating
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 alternate
The imperative in English, for the verb to alternate
Imperative
- alternate
- let's alternate
- alternate
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