Conjugation of the verb lift in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb lift in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I lift
  • you lift
  • he|she|it lifts
  • we lift
  • you lift
  • they lift

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 lift in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 lift in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 lift

Present participle

  • lifting

Past participle

  • lifted

Perfect Participle

  • having lifted

The imperative in English, for the verb to lift

Imperative

  • lift
  • let's lift
  • lift

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