Conjugation of the verb employ in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb employ in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I employ
  • you employ
  • he|she|it employs
  • we employ
  • you employ
  • they employ

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 employ in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 employ in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 employ

Present participle

  • employing

Past participle

  • employed

Perfect Participle

  • having employed

The imperative in English, for the verb to employ

Imperative

  • employ
  • let's employ
  • employ

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