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