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