Conjugation of the verb destroy in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb destroy in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I destroy
  • you destroy
  • he|she|it destroys
  • we destroy
  • you destroy
  • they destroy

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 destroy in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 destroy in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 destroy

Present participle

  • destroying

Past participle

  • destroyed

Perfect Participle

  • having destroyed

The imperative in English, for the verb to destroy

Imperative

  • destroy
  • let's destroy
  • destroy

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