Conjugation of the verb decide in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb decide in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I decide
  • you decide
  • he|she|it decides
  • we decide
  • you decide
  • they decide

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 decide in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 decide in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 decide

Present participle

  • deciding

Past participle

  • decided

Perfect Participle

  • having decided

The imperative in English, for the verb to decide

Imperative

  • decide
  • let's decide
  • decide

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