Conjugation of the verb delay in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb delay in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I delay
  • you delay
  • he|she|it delays
  • we delay
  • you delay
  • they delay

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 delay in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 delay in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 delay

Present participle

  • delaying

Past participle

  • delayed

Perfect Participle

  • having delayed

The imperative in English, for the verb to delay

Imperative

  • delay
  • let's delay
  • delay

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