Conjugation of the verb initiate in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb initiate in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I initiate
  • you initiate
  • he|she|it initiates
  • we initiate
  • you initiate
  • they initiate

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 initiate in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 initiate in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 initiate

Present participle

  • initiating

Past participle

  • initiated

Perfect Participle

  • having initiated

The imperative in English, for the verb to initiate

Imperative

  • initiate
  • let's initiate
  • initiate

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