Conjugation of the verb hearken in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb hearken in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I hearken
  • you hearken
  • he|she|it hearkens
  • we hearken
  • you hearken
  • they hearken

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 hearken in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 hearken in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 hearken

Present participle

  • hearkening

Past participle

  • hearkened

Perfect Participle

  • having hearkened

The imperative in English, for the verb to hearken

Imperative

  • hearken
  • let's hearken
  • hearken

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