Conjugation of the verb do in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb do in the present tenses

Present Tense

I do
you do
he|she|it does
we do
you do
they do

Present Continuous

I am doing
you are doing
he|she|it is doing
we are doing
you are doing
they are doing

Present Perfect

I have done
you have done
he|she|it has done
we have done
you have done
they have done

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been doing
you have been doing
he|she|it has been doing
we have been doing
you have been doing
they have been doing

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 do in the past tenses

Simple past

I did
you did
he|she|it did
we did
you did
they did

Past continuous

I was doing
you were doing
he|she|it was doing
we were doing
you were doing
they were doing

Past perfect

I had done
you had done
he|she|it had done
we had done
you had done
they had done

Past perfect continuous

I had been doing
you had been doing
he|she|it had been doing
we had been doing
you had been doing
they had been doing

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 do in the futur tenses

Future

I will do
you will do
he|she|it will do
we will do
you will do
they will do

Future continuous

I will be doing
you will be doing
he|she|it will be doing
we will be doing
you will be doing
they will be doing

Future perfect

I will have done
you will have done
he|she|it will have done
we will have done
you will have done
they will have done

Future perfect continuous

I will have been doing
you will have been doing
he|she|it will have been doing
we will have been doing
you will have been doing
they will have been doing

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 do

Present participle

doing

Past participle

done

Perfect Participle

having done

The imperative in English, for the verb to do

Imperative

do
let's do
do

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