Conjugation of the verb colour in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb colour in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I colour
  • you colour
  • he|she|it colours
  • we colour
  • you colour
  • they colour

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 colour in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 colour in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 colour

Present participle

  • colouring

Past participle

  • coloured

Perfect Participle

  • having coloured

The imperative in English, for the verb to colour

Imperative

  • colour
  • let's colour
  • colour

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