Conjugation of the verb instigate in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb instigate in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I instigate
  • you instigate
  • he|she|it instigates
  • we instigate
  • you instigate
  • they instigate

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 instigate in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 instigate in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 instigate

Present participle

  • instigating

Past participle

  • instigated

Perfect Participle

  • having instigated

The imperative in English, for the verb to instigate

Imperative

  • instigate
  • let's instigate
  • instigate

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