Conjugation of the verb encourage in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb encourage in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I encourage
  • you encourage
  • he|she|it encourages
  • we encourage
  • you encourage
  • they encourage

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 encourage in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 encourage in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 encourage

Present participle

  • encouraging

Past participle

  • encouraged

Perfect Participle

  • having encouraged

The imperative in English, for the verb to encourage

Imperative

  • encourage
  • let's encourage
  • encourage

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