Conjugation of the verb brood in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb brood in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I brood
  • you brood
  • he|she|it broods
  • we brood
  • you brood
  • they brood

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 brood in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 brood in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 brood

Present participle

  • brooding

Past participle

  • brooded

Perfect Participle

  • having brooded

The imperative in English, for the verb to brood

Imperative

  • brood
  • let's brood
  • brood

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