Conjugation of the verb deceive in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb deceive in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I deceive
  • you deceive
  • he|she|it deceives
  • we deceive
  • you deceive
  • they deceive

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 deceive in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 deceive in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 deceive

Present participle

  • deceiving

Past participle

  • deceived

Perfect Participle

  • having deceived

The imperative in English, for the verb to deceive

Imperative

  • deceive
  • let's deceive
  • deceive

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