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