Conjugation of the verb bristle in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb bristle in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I bristle
  • you bristle
  • he|she|it bristles
  • we bristle
  • you bristle
  • they bristle

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 bristle in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 bristle in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 bristle

Present participle

  • bristling

Past participle

  • bristled

Perfect Participle

  • having bristled

The imperative in English, for the verb to bristle

Imperative

  • bristle
  • let's bristle
  • bristle

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