Conjugation of the verb decline in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb decline in the present tenses

Present Tense

I decline
you decline
he|she|it declines
we decline
you decline
they decline

Present Continuous

I am declining
you are declining
he|she|it is declining
we are declining
you are declining
they are declining

Present Perfect

I have declined
you have declined
he|she|it has declined
we have declined
you have declined
they have declined

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been declining
you have been declining
he|she|it has been declining
we have been declining
you have been declining
they have been declining

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 decline in the past tenses

Simple past

I declined
you declined
he|she|it declined
we declined
you declined
they declined

Past continuous

I was declining
you were declining
he|she|it was declining
we were declining
you were declining
they were declining

Past perfect

I had declined
you had declined
he|she|it had declined
we had declined
you had declined
they had declined

Past perfect continuous

I had been declining
you had been declining
he|she|it had been declining
we had been declining
you had been declining
they had been declining

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 decline in the futur tenses

Future

I will decline
you will decline
he|she|it will decline
we will decline
you will decline
they will decline

Future continuous

I will be declining
you will be declining
he|she|it will be declining
we will be declining
you will be declining
they will be declining

Future perfect

I will have declined
you will have declined
he|she|it will have declined
we will have declined
you will have declined
they will have declined

Future perfect continuous

I will have been declining
you will have been declining
he|she|it will have been declining
we will have been declining
you will have been declining
they will have been declining

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 decline

Present participle

declining

Past participle

declined

Perfect Participle

having declined

The imperative in English, for the verb to decline

Imperative

decline
let's decline
decline

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