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