Conjugation of the verb confess in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb confess in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I confess
  • you confess
  • he|she|it confesses
  • we confess
  • you confess
  • they confess

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 confess in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 confess in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 confess

Present participle

  • confessing

Past participle

  • confessed

Perfect Participle

  • having confessed

The imperative in English, for the verb to confess

Imperative

  • confess
  • let's confess
  • confess

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