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