Conjugation of the verb merit in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb merit in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I merit
  • you merit
  • he|she|it merits
  • we merit
  • you merit
  • they merit

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 merit in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 merit in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 merit

Present participle

  • meriting

Past participle

  • merited

Perfect Participle

  • having merited

The imperative in English, for the verb to merit

Imperative

  • merit
  • let's merit
  • merit

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