Conjugation of the verb ask in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb ask in the present tenses

Present Tense

I ask
you ask
he|she|it asks
we ask
you ask
they ask

Present Continuous

I am asking
you are asking
he|she|it is asking
we are asking
you are asking
they are asking

Present Perfect

I have asked
you have asked
he|she|it has asked
we have asked
you have asked
they have asked

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been asking
you have been asking
he|she|it has been asking
we have been asking
you have been asking
they have been asking

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 ask in the past tenses

Simple past

I asked
you asked
he|she|it asked
we asked
you asked
they asked

Past continuous

I was asking
you were asking
he|she|it was asking
we were asking
you were asking
they were asking

Past perfect

I had asked
you had asked
he|she|it had asked
we had asked
you had asked
they had asked

Past perfect continuous

I had been asking
you had been asking
he|she|it had been asking
we had been asking
you had been asking
they had been asking

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 ask in the futur tenses

Future

I will ask
you will ask
he|she|it will ask
we will ask
you will ask
they will ask

Future continuous

I will be asking
you will be asking
he|she|it will be asking
we will be asking
you will be asking
they will be asking

Future perfect

I will have asked
you will have asked
he|she|it will have asked
we will have asked
you will have asked
they will have asked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been asking
you will have been asking
he|she|it will have been asking
we will have been asking
you will have been asking
they will have been asking

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 ask

Present participle

asking

Past participle

asked

Perfect Participle

having asked

The imperative in English, for the verb to ask

Imperative

ask
let's ask
ask

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