Conjugation of the verb compel in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb compel in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I compel
  • you compel
  • he|she|it compels
  • we compel
  • you compel
  • they compel

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 compel in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 compel in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 compel

Present participle

  • compelling

Past participle

  • compelled

Perfect Participle

  • having compelled

The imperative in English, for the verb to compel

Imperative

  • compel
  • let's compel
  • compel

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