Conjugation of the verb cease in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb cease in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I cease
  • you cease
  • he|she|it ceases
  • we cease
  • you cease
  • they cease

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 cease in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 cease in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 cease

Present participle

  • ceasing

Past participle

  • ceased

Perfect Participle

  • having ceased

The imperative in English, for the verb to cease

Imperative

  • cease
  • let's cease
  • cease

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