Conjugation of the verb imitate in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb imitate in English.
Conjugation of the verb imitate in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I imitate
- you imitate
- he|she|it imitates
- we imitate
- you imitate
- they imitate
Present Continuous
- I am imitating
- you are imitating
- he|she|it is imitating
- we are imitating
- you are imitating
- they are imitating
Present Perfect
- I have imitated
- you have imitated
- he|she|it has imitated
- we have imitated
- you have imitated
- they have imitated
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been imitating
- you have been imitating
- he|she|it has been imitating
- we have been imitating
- you have been imitating
- they have been imitating
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 imitate in the past tenses
Simple past
- I imitated
- you imitated
- he|she|it imitated
- we imitated
- you imitated
- they imitated
Past continuous
- I was imitating
- you were imitating
- he|she|it was imitating
- we were imitating
- you were imitating
- they were imitating
Past perfect
- I had imitated
- you had imitated
- he|she|it had imitated
- we had imitated
- you had imitated
- they had imitated
Past perfect continuous
- I had been imitating
- you had been imitating
- he|she|it had been imitating
- we had been imitating
- you had been imitating
- they had been imitating
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 imitate in the futur tenses
Future
- I will imitate
- you will imitate
- he|she|it will imitate
- we will imitate
- you will imitate
- they will imitate
Future continuous
- I will be imitating
- you will be imitating
- he|she|it will be imitating
- we will be imitating
- you will be imitating
- they will be imitating
Future perfect
- I will have imitated
- you will have imitated
- he|she|it will have imitated
- we will have imitated
- you will have imitated
- they will have imitated
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been imitating
- you will have been imitating
- he|she|it will have been imitating
- we will have been imitating
- you will have been imitating
- they will have been imitating
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 imitate
The imperative in English, for the verb to imitate
Imperative
- imitate
- let's imitate
- imitate
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