Conjugation of the verb essay in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb essay in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I essay
  • you essay
  • he|she|it essays
  • we essay
  • you essay
  • they essay

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 essay in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 essay in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 essay

Present participle

  • essaying

Past participle

  • essayed

Perfect Participle

  • having essayed

The imperative in English, for the verb to essay

Imperative

  • essay
  • let's essay
  • essay

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