Conjugation of the verb date in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb date in English.
Conjugation of the verb date in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I date
- you date
- he|she|it dates
- we date
- you date
- they date
Present Continuous
- I am dating
- you are dating
- he|she|it is dating
- we are dating
- you are dating
- they are dating
Present Perfect
- I have dated
- you have dated
- he|she|it has dated
- we have dated
- you have dated
- they have dated
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been dating
- you have been dating
- he|she|it has been dating
- we have been dating
- you have been dating
- they have been dating
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 date in the past tenses
Simple past
- I dated
- you dated
- he|she|it dated
- we dated
- you dated
- they dated
Past continuous
- I was dating
- you were dating
- he|she|it was dating
- we were dating
- you were dating
- they were dating
Past perfect
- I had dated
- you had dated
- he|she|it had dated
- we had dated
- you had dated
- they had dated
Past perfect continuous
- I had been dating
- you had been dating
- he|she|it had been dating
- we had been dating
- you had been dating
- they had been dating
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 date in the futur tenses
Future
- I will date
- you will date
- he|she|it will date
- we will date
- you will date
- they will date
Future continuous
- I will be dating
- you will be dating
- he|she|it will be dating
- we will be dating
- you will be dating
- they will be dating
Future perfect
- I will have dated
- you will have dated
- he|she|it will have dated
- we will have dated
- you will have dated
- they will have dated
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been dating
- you will have been dating
- he|she|it will have been dating
- we will have been dating
- you will have been dating
- they will have been dating
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.
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