Conjugation of the verb cause in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb cause in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I cause
  • you cause
  • he|she|it causes
  • we cause
  • you cause
  • they cause

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 cause in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 cause in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 cause

Present participle

  • causing

Past participle

  • caused

Perfect Participle

  • having caused

The imperative in English, for the verb to cause

Imperative

  • cause
  • let's cause
  • cause

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