Conjugation of the verb brief in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb brief in the present tenses

Present Tense

I brief
you brief
he|she|it briefs
we brief
you brief
they brief

Present Continuous

I am briefing
you are briefing
he|she|it is briefing
we are briefing
you are briefing
they are briefing

Present Perfect

I have briefed
you have briefed
he|she|it has briefed
we have briefed
you have briefed
they have briefed

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been briefing
you have been briefing
he|she|it has been briefing
we have been briefing
you have been briefing
they have been briefing

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 brief in the past tenses

Simple past

I briefed
you briefed
he|she|it briefed
we briefed
you briefed
they briefed

Past continuous

I was briefing
you were briefing
he|she|it was briefing
we were briefing
you were briefing
they were briefing

Past perfect

I had briefed
you had briefed
he|she|it had briefed
we had briefed
you had briefed
they had briefed

Past perfect continuous

I had been briefing
you had been briefing
he|she|it had been briefing
we had been briefing
you had been briefing
they had been briefing

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 brief in the futur tenses

Future

I will brief
you will brief
he|she|it will brief
we will brief
you will brief
they will brief

Future continuous

I will be briefing
you will be briefing
he|she|it will be briefing
we will be briefing
you will be briefing
they will be briefing

Future perfect

I will have briefed
you will have briefed
he|she|it will have briefed
we will have briefed
you will have briefed
they will have briefed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been briefing
you will have been briefing
he|she|it will have been briefing
we will have been briefing
you will have been briefing
they will have been briefing

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 brief

Present participle

briefing

Past participle

briefed

Perfect Participle

having briefed

The imperative in English, for the verb to brief

Imperative

brief
let's brief
brief

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