Conjugation of the verb better in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb better in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I better
  • you better
  • he|she|it betters
  • we better
  • you better
  • they better

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 better in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 better in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 better

Present participle

  • bettering

Past participle

  • bettered

Perfect Participle

  • having bettered

The imperative in English, for the verb to better

Imperative

  • better
  • let's better
  • better

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