Conjugation of the verb consume in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb consume in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I consume
  • you consume
  • he|she|it consumes
  • we consume
  • you consume
  • they consume

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 consume in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 consume in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 consume

Present participle

  • consuming

Past participle

  • consumed

Perfect Participle

  • having consumed

The imperative in English, for the verb to consume

Imperative

  • consume
  • let's consume
  • consume

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