Conjugation of the verb covet in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb covet in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I covet
  • you covet
  • he|she|it covets
  • we covet
  • you covet
  • they covet

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 covet in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 covet in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 covet

Present participle

  • coveting

Past participle

  • coveted

Perfect Participle

  • having coveted

The imperative in English, for the verb to covet

Imperative

  • covet
  • let's covet
  • covet

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