Conjugation of the verb crave in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb crave in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I crave
  • you crave
  • he|she|it craves
  • we crave
  • you crave
  • they crave

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 crave in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 crave in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 crave

Present participle

  • craving

Past participle

  • craved

Perfect Participle

  • having craved

The imperative in English, for the verb to crave

Imperative

  • crave
  • let's crave
  • crave

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