Conjugation of the verb characterise in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb characterise in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I characterise
  • you characterise
  • he|she|it characterises
  • we characterise
  • you characterise
  • they characterise

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 characterise in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 characterise in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 characterise

Present participle

  • characterising

Past participle

  • characterised

Perfect Participle

  • having characterised

The imperative in English, for the verb to characterise

Imperative

  • characterise
  • let's characterise
  • characterise

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