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