Conjugation of the verb buy in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb buy in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I buy
  • you buy
  • he|she|it buys
  • we buy
  • you buy
  • they buy

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 buy in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 buy in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 buy

Present participle

  • buying

Past participle

  • bought

Perfect Participle

  • having bought

The imperative in English, for the verb to buy

Imperative

  • buy
  • let's buy
  • buy

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