Conjugation of the verb listen in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb listen in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I listen
  • you listen
  • he|she|it listens
  • we listen
  • you listen
  • they listen

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 listen in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 listen in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 listen

Present participle

  • listening

Past participle

  • listened

Perfect Participle

  • having listened

The imperative in English, for the verb to listen

Imperative

  • listen
  • let's listen
  • listen

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