Conjugation of the verb differ in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb differ in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I differ
  • you differ
  • he|she|it differs
  • we differ
  • you differ
  • they differ

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 differ in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 differ in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 differ

Present participle

  • differing

Past participle

  • differed

Perfect Participle

  • having differed

The imperative in English, for the verb to differ

Imperative

  • differ
  • let's differ
  • differ

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