Conjugation of the verb contribute in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb contribute in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I contribute
  • you contribute
  • he|she|it contributes
  • we contribute
  • you contribute
  • they contribute

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 contribute in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 contribute in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 contribute

Present participle

  • contributing

Past participle

  • contributed

Perfect Participle

  • having contributed

The imperative in English, for the verb to contribute

Imperative

  • contribute
  • let's contribute
  • contribute

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