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