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Conjugation of the verb contemplate in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb contemplate in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I contemplate
  • you contemplate
  • he|she|it contemplates
  • we contemplate
  • you contemplate
  • they contemplate

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 contemplate in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 contemplate in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 contemplate

Present participle

  • contemplating

Past participle

  • contemplated

Perfect Participle

  • having contemplated

The imperative in English, for the verb to contemplate

Imperative

  • contemplate
  • let's contemplate
  • contemplate

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