Conjugation of the verb collect in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb collect in English.
Conjugation of the verb collect in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I collect
- you collect
- he|she|it collects
- we collect
- you collect
- they collect
Present Continuous
- I am collecting
- you are collecting
- he|she|it is collecting
- we are collecting
- you are collecting
- they are collecting
Present Perfect
- I have collected
- you have collected
- he|she|it has collected
- we have collected
- you have collected
- they have collected
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been collecting
- you have been collecting
- he|she|it has been collecting
- we have been collecting
- you have been collecting
- they have been collecting
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 collect in the past tenses
Simple past
- I collected
- you collected
- he|she|it collected
- we collected
- you collected
- they collected
Past continuous
- I was collecting
- you were collecting
- he|she|it was collecting
- we were collecting
- you were collecting
- they were collecting
Past perfect
- I had collected
- you had collected
- he|she|it had collected
- we had collected
- you had collected
- they had collected
Past perfect continuous
- I had been collecting
- you had been collecting
- he|she|it had been collecting
- we had been collecting
- you had been collecting
- they had been collecting
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 collect in the futur tenses
Future
- I will collect
- you will collect
- he|she|it will collect
- we will collect
- you will collect
- they will collect
Future continuous
- I will be collecting
- you will be collecting
- he|she|it will be collecting
- we will be collecting
- you will be collecting
- they will be collecting
Future perfect
- I will have collected
- you will have collected
- he|she|it will have collected
- we will have collected
- you will have collected
- they will have collected
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been collecting
- you will have been collecting
- he|she|it will have been collecting
- we will have been collecting
- you will have been collecting
- they will have been collecting
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 collect
The imperative in English, for the verb to collect
Imperative
- collect
- let's collect
- collect
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