Conjugation of the verb bide in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb bide in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I bide
  • you bide
  • he|she|it bides
  • we bide
  • you bide
  • they bide

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 bide in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 bide in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 bide

Present participle

  • biding

Past participle

  • bided

Perfect Participle

  • having bided

The imperative in English, for the verb to bide

Imperative

  • bide
  • let's bide
  • bide

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