Conjugation of the verb brighten in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb brighten in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I brighten
  • you brighten
  • he|she|it brightens
  • we brighten
  • you brighten
  • they brighten

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 brighten in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 brighten in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 brighten

Present participle

  • brightening

Past participle

  • brightened

Perfect Participle

  • having brightened

The imperative in English, for the verb to brighten

Imperative

  • brighten
  • let's brighten
  • brighten

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