Conjugation of the verb lead in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb lead in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I lead
  • you lead
  • he|she|it leads
  • we lead
  • you lead
  • they lead

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 lead in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 lead in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 lead

Present participle

  • leading

Past participle

  • led

Perfect Participle

  • having led

The imperative in English, for the verb to lead

Imperative

  • lead
  • let's lead
  • lead

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