Conjugation of the verb hesitate in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb hesitate in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I hesitate
  • you hesitate
  • he|she|it hesitates
  • we hesitate
  • you hesitate
  • they hesitate

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 hesitate in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 hesitate in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 hesitate

Present participle

  • hesitating

Past participle

  • hesitated

Perfect Participle

  • having hesitated

The imperative in English, for the verb to hesitate

Imperative

  • hesitate
  • let's hesitate
  • hesitate

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