Conjugation of the verb key in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb key in the present tenses

Present Tense

I key
you key
he|she|it keys
we key
you key
they key

Present Continuous

I am keying
you are keying
he|she|it is keying
we are keying
you are keying
they are keying

Present Perfect

I have keyed
you have keyed
he|she|it has keyed
we have keyed
you have keyed
they have keyed

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been keying
you have been keying
he|she|it has been keying
we have been keying
you have been keying
they have been keying

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 key in the past tenses

Simple past

I keyed
you keyed
he|she|it keyed
we keyed
you keyed
they keyed

Past continuous

I was keying
you were keying
he|she|it was keying
we were keying
you were keying
they were keying

Past perfect

I had keyed
you had keyed
he|she|it had keyed
we had keyed
you had keyed
they had keyed

Past perfect continuous

I had been keying
you had been keying
he|she|it had been keying
we had been keying
you had been keying
they had been keying

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 key in the futur tenses

Future

I will key
you will key
he|she|it will key
we will key
you will key
they will key

Future continuous

I will be keying
you will be keying
he|she|it will be keying
we will be keying
you will be keying
they will be keying

Future perfect

I will have keyed
you will have keyed
he|she|it will have keyed
we will have keyed
you will have keyed
they will have keyed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been keying
you will have been keying
he|she|it will have been keying
we will have been keying
you will have been keying
they will have been keying

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 key

Present participle

keying

Past participle

keyed

Perfect Participle

having keyed

The imperative in English, for the verb to key

Imperative

key
let's key
key

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