Conjugation of the verb contract in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb contract in the present tenses

Present Tense

I contract
you contract
he|she|it contracts
we contract
you contract
they contract

Present Continuous

I am contracting
you are contracting
he|she|it is contracting
we are contracting
you are contracting
they are contracting

Present Perfect

I have contracted
you have contracted
he|she|it has contracted
we have contracted
you have contracted
they have contracted

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been contracting
you have been contracting
he|she|it has been contracting
we have been contracting
you have been contracting
they have been contracting

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 contract in the past tenses

Simple past

I contracted
you contracted
he|she|it contracted
we contracted
you contracted
they contracted

Past continuous

I was contracting
you were contracting
he|she|it was contracting
we were contracting
you were contracting
they were contracting

Past perfect

I had contracted
you had contracted
he|she|it had contracted
we had contracted
you had contracted
they had contracted

Past perfect continuous

I had been contracting
you had been contracting
he|she|it had been contracting
we had been contracting
you had been contracting
they had been contracting

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 contract in the futur tenses

Future

I will contract
you will contract
he|she|it will contract
we will contract
you will contract
they will contract

Future continuous

I will be contracting
you will be contracting
he|she|it will be contracting
we will be contracting
you will be contracting
they will be contracting

Future perfect

I will have contracted
you will have contracted
he|she|it will have contracted
we will have contracted
you will have contracted
they will have contracted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been contracting
you will have been contracting
he|she|it will have been contracting
we will have been contracting
you will have been contracting
they will have been contracting

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 contract

Present participle

contracting

Past participle

contracted

Perfect Participle

having contracted

The imperative in English, for the verb to contract

Imperative

contract
let's contract
contract

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