Conjugation of the verb investigate in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb investigate in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I investigate
  • you investigate
  • he|she|it investigates
  • we investigate
  • you investigate
  • they investigate

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 investigate in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 investigate in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 investigate

Present participle

  • investigating

Past participle

  • investigated

Perfect Participle

  • having investigated

The imperative in English, for the verb to investigate

Imperative

  • investigate
  • let's investigate
  • investigate

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