Conjugation of the verb care in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb care in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I care
  • you care
  • he|she|it cares
  • we care
  • you care
  • they care

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 care in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 care in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 care

Present participle

  • caring

Past participle

  • cared

Perfect Participle

  • having cared

The imperative in English, for the verb to care

Imperative

  • care
  • let's care
  • care

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