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