Conjugation of the verb lighten in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb lighten in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I lighten
  • you lighten
  • he|she|it lightens
  • we lighten
  • you lighten
  • they lighten

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 lighten in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 lighten in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 lighten

Present participle

  • lightening

Past participle

  • lightened

Perfect Participle

  • having lightened

The imperative in English, for the verb to lighten

Imperative

  • lighten
  • let's lighten
  • lighten

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