Conjugation of the verb backslide in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb backslide in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I backslide
  • you backslide
  • he|she|it backslides
  • we backslide
  • you backslide
  • they backslide

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 backslide in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 backslide in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 backslide

Present participle

  • backsliding

Past participle

  • backslid

Perfect Participle

  • having backslid

The imperative in English, for the verb to backslide

Imperative

  • backslide
  • let's backslide
  • backslide

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