Conjugation of the verb complete in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb complete in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I complete
  • you complete
  • he|she|it completes
  • we complete
  • you complete
  • they complete

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 complete in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 complete in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 complete

Present participle

  • completing

Past participle

  • completed

Perfect Participle

  • having completed

The imperative in English, for the verb to complete

Imperative

  • complete
  • let's complete
  • complete

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