Conjugation of the verb fire in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb fire in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I fire
  • you fire
  • he|she|it fires
  • we fire
  • you fire
  • they fire

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 fire in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 fire in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 fire

Present participle

  • firing

Past participle

  • fired

Perfect Participle

  • having fired

The imperative in English, for the verb to fire

Imperative

  • fire
  • let's fire
  • fire

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