Conjugation of the verb drain in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb drain in English.
Conjugation of the verb drain in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I drain
- you drain
- he|she|it drains
- we drain
- you drain
- they drain
Present Continuous
- I am draining
- you are draining
- he|she|it is draining
- we are draining
- you are draining
- they are draining
Present Perfect
- I have drained
- you have drained
- he|she|it has drained
- we have drained
- you have drained
- they have drained
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been draining
- you have been draining
- he|she|it has been draining
- we have been draining
- you have been draining
- they have been draining
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 drain in the past tenses
Simple past
- I drained
- you drained
- he|she|it drained
- we drained
- you drained
- they drained
Past continuous
- I was draining
- you were draining
- he|she|it was draining
- we were draining
- you were draining
- they were draining
Past perfect
- I had drained
- you had drained
- he|she|it had drained
- we had drained
- you had drained
- they had drained
Past perfect continuous
- I had been draining
- you had been draining
- he|she|it had been draining
- we had been draining
- you had been draining
- they had been draining
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 drain in the futur tenses
Future
- I will drain
- you will drain
- he|she|it will drain
- we will drain
- you will drain
- they will drain
Future continuous
- I will be draining
- you will be draining
- he|she|it will be draining
- we will be draining
- you will be draining
- they will be draining
Future perfect
- I will have drained
- you will have drained
- he|she|it will have drained
- we will have drained
- you will have drained
- they will have drained
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been draining
- you will have been draining
- he|she|it will have been draining
- we will have been draining
- you will have been draining
- they will have been draining
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.
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