Conjugation of the verb clap in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb clap in English.
Conjugation of the verb clap in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I clap
- you clap
- he|she|it claps
- we clap
- you clap
- they clap
Present Continuous
- I am clapping
- you are clapping
- he|she|it is clapping
- we are clapping
- you are clapping
- they are clapping
Present Perfect
- I have clapped
- you have clapped
- he|she|it has clapped
- we have clapped
- you have clapped
- they have clapped
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been clapping
- you have been clapping
- he|she|it has been clapping
- we have been clapping
- you have been clapping
- they have been clapping
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 clap in the past tenses
Simple past
- I clapped
- you clapped
- he|she|it clapped
- we clapped
- you clapped
- they clapped
Past continuous
- I was clapping
- you were clapping
- he|she|it was clapping
- we were clapping
- you were clapping
- they were clapping
Past perfect
- I had clapped
- you had clapped
- he|she|it had clapped
- we had clapped
- you had clapped
- they had clapped
Past perfect continuous
- I had been clapping
- you had been clapping
- he|she|it had been clapping
- we had been clapping
- you had been clapping
- they had been clapping
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 clap in the futur tenses
Future
- I will clap
- you will clap
- he|she|it will clap
- we will clap
- you will clap
- they will clap
Future continuous
- I will be clapping
- you will be clapping
- he|she|it will be clapping
- we will be clapping
- you will be clapping
- they will be clapping
Future perfect
- I will have clapped
- you will have clapped
- he|she|it will have clapped
- we will have clapped
- you will have clapped
- they will have clapped
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been clapping
- you will have been clapping
- he|she|it will have been clapping
- we will have been clapping
- you will have been clapping
- they will have been clapping
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.
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