Conjugation of the verb live in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb live in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I live
  • you live
  • he|she|it lives
  • we live
  • you live
  • they live

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 live in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 live in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 live

Present participle

  • living

Past participle

  • lived

Perfect Participle

  • having lived

The imperative in English, for the verb to live

Imperative

  • live
  • let's live
  • live

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