Conjugation of the verb appear in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb appear in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I appear
  • you appear
  • he|she|it appears
  • we appear
  • you appear
  • they appear

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 appear in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 appear in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 appear

Present participle

  • appearing

Past participle

  • appeared

Perfect Participle

  • having appeared

The imperative in English, for the verb to appear

Imperative

  • appear
  • let's appear
  • appear

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