Conjugation of the verb help in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb help in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I help
  • you help
  • he|she|it helps
  • we help
  • you help
  • they help

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 help in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 help in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 help

Present participle

  • helping

Past participle

  • helped

Perfect Participle

  • having helped

The imperative in English, for the verb to help

Imperative

  • help
  • let's help
  • help

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