Conjugation of the verb distinguish in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb distinguish in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I distinguish
  • you distinguish
  • he|she|it distinguishes
  • we distinguish
  • you distinguish
  • they distinguish

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 distinguish in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 distinguish in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 distinguish

Present participle

  • distinguishing

Past participle

  • distinguished

Perfect Participle

  • having distinguished

The imperative in English, for the verb to distinguish

Imperative

  • distinguish
  • let's distinguish
  • distinguish

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