Conjugation of the verb last in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb last in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I last
  • you last
  • he|she|it lasts
  • we last
  • you last
  • they last

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 last in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 last in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 last

Present participle

  • lasting

Past participle

  • lasted

Perfect Participle

  • having lasted

The imperative in English, for the verb to last

Imperative

  • last
  • let's last
  • last

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