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