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