Conjugation of the verb contest in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb contest in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I contest
  • you contest
  • he|she|it contests
  • we contest
  • you contest
  • they contest

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 contest in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 contest in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 contest

Present participle

  • contesting

Past participle

  • contested

Perfect Participle

  • having contested

The imperative in English, for the verb to contest

Imperative

  • contest
  • let's contest
  • contest

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