Conjugation of the verb gather in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb gather in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I gather
  • you gather
  • he|she|it gathers
  • we gather
  • you gather
  • they gather

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 gather in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 gather in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 gather

Present participle

  • gathering

Past participle

  • gathered

Perfect Participle

  • having gathered

The imperative in English, for the verb to gather

Imperative

  • gather
  • let's gather
  • gather

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