Conjugation of the verb butter in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb butter in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I butter
  • you butter
  • he|she|it butters
  • we butter
  • you butter
  • they butter

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 butter in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 butter in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 butter

Present participle

  • buttering

Past participle

  • buttered

Perfect Participle

  • having buttered

The imperative in English, for the verb to butter

Imperative

  • butter
  • let's butter
  • butter

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