Conjugation of the verb cost in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb cost in the present tenses

Present Tense

I cost
you cost
he|she|it costs
we cost
you cost
they cost

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

I have cost/costed
you have cost/costed
he|she|it has cost/costed
we have cost/costed
you have cost/costed
they have cost/costed

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 cost in the past tenses

Simple past

I cost/costed
you cost/costed
he|she|it cost/costed
we cost/costed
you cost/costed
they cost/costed

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

I had cost/costed
you had cost/costed
he|she|it had cost/costed
we had cost/costed
you had cost/costed
they had cost/costed

Past perfect continuous

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

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 cost in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

I will have cost/costed
you will have cost/costed
he|she|it will have cost/costed
we will have cost/costed
you will have cost/costed
they will have cost/costed

Future perfect continuous

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

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 cost

Present participle

costing

Past participle

cost/costed

Perfect Participle

having cost/costed

The imperative in English, for the verb to cost

Imperative

cost
let's cost
cost

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