Conjugation of the verb grate in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb grate in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I grate
  • you grate
  • he|she|it grates
  • we grate
  • you grate
  • they grate

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 grate in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 grate in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 grate

Present participle

  • grating

Past participle

  • grated

Perfect Participle

  • having grated

The imperative in English, for the verb to grate

Imperative

  • grate
  • let's grate
  • grate

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