Conjugation of the verb curtail in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb curtail in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I curtail
  • you curtail
  • he|she|it curtails
  • we curtail
  • you curtail
  • they curtail

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 curtail in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 curtail in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 curtail

Present participle

  • curtailing

Past participle

  • curtailed

Perfect Participle

  • having curtailed

The imperative in English, for the verb to curtail

Imperative

  • curtail
  • let's curtail
  • curtail

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