Conjugation of the verb defraud in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb defraud in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I defraud
  • you defraud
  • he|she|it defrauds
  • we defraud
  • you defraud
  • they defraud

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 defraud in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 defraud in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 defraud

Present participle

  • defrauding

Past participle

  • defrauded

Perfect Participle

  • having defrauded

The imperative in English, for the verb to defraud

Imperative

  • defraud
  • let's defraud
  • defraud

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