Conjugation of the verb open in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb open in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I open
  • you open
  • he|she|it opens
  • we open
  • you open
  • they open

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 open in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 open in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 open

Present participle

  • opening

Past participle

  • opened

Perfect Participle

  • having opened

The imperative in English, for the verb to open

Imperative

  • open
  • let's open
  • open

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