Conjugation of the verb curtain in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb curtain in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I curtain
  • you curtain
  • he|she|it curtains
  • we curtain
  • you curtain
  • they curtain

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 curtain in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 curtain in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 curtain

Present participle

  • curtaining

Past participle

  • curtained

Perfect Participle

  • having curtained

The imperative in English, for the verb to curtain

Imperative

  • curtain
  • let's curtain
  • curtain

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