Conjugation of the verb expect in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb expect in the present tenses

Present Tense

I expect
you expect
he|she|it expects
we expect
you expect
they expect

Present Continuous

I am expecting
you are expecting
he|she|it is expecting
we are expecting
you are expecting
they are expecting

Present Perfect

I have expected
you have expected
he|she|it has expected
we have expected
you have expected
they have expected

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been expecting
you have been expecting
he|she|it has been expecting
we have been expecting
you have been expecting
they have been expecting

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 expect in the past tenses

Simple past

I expected
you expected
he|she|it expected
we expected
you expected
they expected

Past continuous

I was expecting
you were expecting
he|she|it was expecting
we were expecting
you were expecting
they were expecting

Past perfect

I had expected
you had expected
he|she|it had expected
we had expected
you had expected
they had expected

Past perfect continuous

I had been expecting
you had been expecting
he|she|it had been expecting
we had been expecting
you had been expecting
they had been expecting

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 expect in the futur tenses

Future

I will expect
you will expect
he|she|it will expect
we will expect
you will expect
they will expect

Future continuous

I will be expecting
you will be expecting
he|she|it will be expecting
we will be expecting
you will be expecting
they will be expecting

Future perfect

I will have expected
you will have expected
he|she|it will have expected
we will have expected
you will have expected
they will have expected

Future perfect continuous

I will have been expecting
you will have been expecting
he|she|it will have been expecting
we will have been expecting
you will have been expecting
they will have been expecting

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 expect

Present participle

expecting

Past participle

expected

Perfect Participle

having expected

The imperative in English, for the verb to expect

Imperative

expect
let's expect
expect

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