Conjugation of the verb buttonhole in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb buttonhole in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I buttonhole
  • you buttonhole
  • he|she|it buttonholes
  • we buttonhole
  • you buttonhole
  • they buttonhole

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 buttonhole in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 buttonhole in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 buttonhole

Present participle

  • buttonholing

Past participle

  • buttonholed

Perfect Participle

  • having buttonholed

The imperative in English, for the verb to buttonhole

Imperative

  • buttonhole
  • let's buttonhole
  • buttonhole

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