Conjugation of the verb mother in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb mother in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I mother
  • you mother
  • he|she|it mothers
  • we mother
  • you mother
  • they mother

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 mother in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 mother in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 mother

Present participle

  • mothering

Past participle

  • mothered

Perfect Participle

  • having mothered

The imperative in English, for the verb to mother

Imperative

  • mother
  • let's mother
  • mother

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