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