Conjugation of the verb best in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb best in English.
Conjugation of the verb best in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I best
- you best
- he|she|it bests
- we best
- you best
- they best
Present Continuous
- I am besting
- you are besting
- he|she|it is besting
- we are besting
- you are besting
- they are besting
Present Perfect
- I have bested
- you have bested
- he|she|it has bested
- we have bested
- you have bested
- they have bested
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been besting
- you have been besting
- he|she|it has been besting
- we have been besting
- you have been besting
- they have been besting
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 best in the past tenses
Simple past
- I bested
- you bested
- he|she|it bested
- we bested
- you bested
- they bested
Past continuous
- I was besting
- you were besting
- he|she|it was besting
- we were besting
- you were besting
- they were besting
Past perfect
- I had bested
- you had bested
- he|she|it had bested
- we had bested
- you had bested
- they had bested
Past perfect continuous
- I had been besting
- you had been besting
- he|she|it had been besting
- we had been besting
- you had been besting
- they had been besting
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 best in the futur tenses
Future
- I will best
- you will best
- he|she|it will best
- we will best
- you will best
- they will best
Future continuous
- I will be besting
- you will be besting
- he|she|it will be besting
- we will be besting
- you will be besting
- they will be besting
Future perfect
- I will have bested
- you will have bested
- he|she|it will have bested
- we will have bested
- you will have bested
- they will have bested
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been besting
- you will have been besting
- he|she|it will have been besting
- we will have been besting
- you will have been besting
- they will have been besting
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.
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