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