Conjugation of the verb hold in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb hold in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I hold
  • you hold
  • he|she|it holds
  • we hold
  • you hold
  • they hold

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 hold in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 hold in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 hold

Present participle

  • holding

Past participle

  • held

Perfect Participle

  • having held

The imperative in English, for the verb to hold

Imperative

  • hold
  • let's hold
  • hold

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