Conjugation of the verb devour in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb devour in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I devour
  • you devour
  • he|she|it devours
  • we devour
  • you devour
  • they devour

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 devour in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 devour in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 devour

Present participle

  • devouring

Past participle

  • devoured

Perfect Participle

  • having devoured

The imperative in English, for the verb to devour

Imperative

  • devour
  • let's devour
  • devour

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