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