Conjugation of the verb copy in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb copy in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I copy
  • you copy
  • he|she|it copies
  • we copy
  • you copy
  • they copy

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 copy in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 copy in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 copy

Present participle

  • copying

Past participle

  • copied

Perfect Participle

  • having copied

The imperative in English, for the verb to copy

Imperative

  • copy
  • let's copy
  • copy

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