Conjugation of the verb idle in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb idle in English.
Conjugation of the verb idle in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I idle
- you idle
- he|she|it idles
- we idle
- you idle
- they idle
Present Continuous
- I am idling
- you are idling
- he|she|it is idling
- we are idling
- you are idling
- they are idling
Present Perfect
- I have idled
- you have idled
- he|she|it has idled
- we have idled
- you have idled
- they have idled
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been idling
- you have been idling
- he|she|it has been idling
- we have been idling
- you have been idling
- they have been idling
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 idle in the past tenses
Simple past
- I idled
- you idled
- he|she|it idled
- we idled
- you idled
- they idled
Past continuous
- I was idling
- you were idling
- he|she|it was idling
- we were idling
- you were idling
- they were idling
Past perfect
- I had idled
- you had idled
- he|she|it had idled
- we had idled
- you had idled
- they had idled
Past perfect continuous
- I had been idling
- you had been idling
- he|she|it had been idling
- we had been idling
- you had been idling
- they had been idling
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 idle in the futur tenses
Future
- I will idle
- you will idle
- he|she|it will idle
- we will idle
- you will idle
- they will idle
Future continuous
- I will be idling
- you will be idling
- he|she|it will be idling
- we will be idling
- you will be idling
- they will be idling
Future perfect
- I will have idled
- you will have idled
- he|she|it will have idled
- we will have idled
- you will have idled
- they will have idled
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been idling
- you will have been idling
- he|she|it will have been idling
- we will have been idling
- you will have been idling
- they will have been idling
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.
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