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