Conjugation of the verb linger in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb linger in English.
Conjugation of the verb linger in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I linger
- you linger
- he|she|it lingers
- we linger
- you linger
- they linger
Present Continuous
- I am lingering
- you are lingering
- he|she|it is lingering
- we are lingering
- you are lingering
- they are lingering
Present Perfect
- I have lingered
- you have lingered
- he|she|it has lingered
- we have lingered
- you have lingered
- they have lingered
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been lingering
- you have been lingering
- he|she|it has been lingering
- we have been lingering
- you have been lingering
- they have been lingering
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 linger in the past tenses
Simple past
- I lingered
- you lingered
- he|she|it lingered
- we lingered
- you lingered
- they lingered
Past continuous
- I was lingering
- you were lingering
- he|she|it was lingering
- we were lingering
- you were lingering
- they were lingering
Past perfect
- I had lingered
- you had lingered
- he|she|it had lingered
- we had lingered
- you had lingered
- they had lingered
Past perfect continuous
- I had been lingering
- you had been lingering
- he|she|it had been lingering
- we had been lingering
- you had been lingering
- they had been lingering
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 linger in the futur tenses
Future
- I will linger
- you will linger
- he|she|it will linger
- we will linger
- you will linger
- they will linger
Future continuous
- I will be lingering
- you will be lingering
- he|she|it will be lingering
- we will be lingering
- you will be lingering
- they will be lingering
Future perfect
- I will have lingered
- you will have lingered
- he|she|it will have lingered
- we will have lingered
- you will have lingered
- they will have lingered
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been lingering
- you will have been lingering
- he|she|it will have been lingering
- we will have been lingering
- you will have been lingering
- they will have been lingering
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.
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