Conjugation of the verb characterize in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb characterize in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I characterize
  • you characterize
  • he|she|it characterizes
  • we characterize
  • you characterize
  • they characterize

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 characterize in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 characterize in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 characterize

Present participle

  • characterizing

Past participle

  • characterized

Perfect Participle

  • having characterized

The imperative in English, for the verb to characterize

Imperative

  • characterize
  • let's characterize
  • characterize

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