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