Conjugation of the verb oblige in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb oblige in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I oblige
  • you oblige
  • he|she|it obliges
  • we oblige
  • you oblige
  • they oblige

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 oblige in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 oblige in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 oblige

Present participle

  • obliging

Past participle

  • obliged

Perfect Participle

  • having obliged

The imperative in English, for the verb to oblige

Imperative

  • oblige
  • let's oblige
  • oblige

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