Conjugation of the verb leave in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb leave in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I leave
  • you leave
  • he|she|it leaves
  • we leave
  • you leave
  • they leave

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 leave in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 leave in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 leave

Present participle

  • leaving

Past participle

  • left

Perfect Participle

  • having left

The imperative in English, for the verb to leave

Imperative

  • leave
  • let's leave
  • leave

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