Conjugation of the verb dictate in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb dictate in English.
Conjugation of the verb dictate in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I dictate
- you dictate
- he|she|it dictates
- we dictate
- you dictate
- they dictate
Present Continuous
- I am dictating
- you are dictating
- he|she|it is dictating
- we are dictating
- you are dictating
- they are dictating
Present Perfect
- I have dictated
- you have dictated
- he|she|it has dictated
- we have dictated
- you have dictated
- they have dictated
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been dictating
- you have been dictating
- he|she|it has been dictating
- we have been dictating
- you have been dictating
- they have been dictating
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 dictate in the past tenses
Simple past
- I dictated
- you dictated
- he|she|it dictated
- we dictated
- you dictated
- they dictated
Past continuous
- I was dictating
- you were dictating
- he|she|it was dictating
- we were dictating
- you were dictating
- they were dictating
Past perfect
- I had dictated
- you had dictated
- he|she|it had dictated
- we had dictated
- you had dictated
- they had dictated
Past perfect continuous
- I had been dictating
- you had been dictating
- he|she|it had been dictating
- we had been dictating
- you had been dictating
- they had been dictating
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 dictate in the futur tenses
Future
- I will dictate
- you will dictate
- he|she|it will dictate
- we will dictate
- you will dictate
- they will dictate
Future continuous
- I will be dictating
- you will be dictating
- he|she|it will be dictating
- we will be dictating
- you will be dictating
- they will be dictating
Future perfect
- I will have dictated
- you will have dictated
- he|she|it will have dictated
- we will have dictated
- you will have dictated
- they will have dictated
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been dictating
- you will have been dictating
- he|she|it will have been dictating
- we will have been dictating
- you will have been dictating
- they will have been dictating
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 dictate
The imperative in English, for the verb to dictate
Imperative
- dictate
- let's dictate
- dictate
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