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