Conjugation of the verb light in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb light in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I light
  • you light
  • he|she|it lights
  • we light
  • you light
  • they light

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

  • I have lit/lighted
  • you have lit/lighted
  • he|she|it has lit/lighted
  • we have lit/lighted
  • you have lit/lighted
  • they have lit/lighted

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 light in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I lit/lighted
  • you lit/lighted
  • he|she|it lit/lighted
  • we lit/lighted
  • you lit/lighted
  • they lit/lighted

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

  • I had lit/lighted
  • you had lit/lighted
  • he|she|it had lit/lighted
  • we had lit/lighted
  • you had lit/lighted
  • they had lit/lighted

Past perfect continuous

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

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 light in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

  • I will have lit/lighted
  • you will have lit/lighted
  • he|she|it will have lit/lighted
  • we will have lit/lighted
  • you will have lit/lighted
  • they will have lit/lighted

Future perfect continuous

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

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 light

Present participle

  • lighting

Past participle

  • lit/lighted

Perfect Participle

  • having lit/lighted

The imperative in English, for the verb to light

Imperative

  • light
  • let's light
  • light

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