Conjugation of the verb operate in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb operate in English.
Conjugation of the verb operate in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I operate
- you operate
- he|she|it operates
- we operate
- you operate
- they operate
Present Continuous
- I am operating
- you are operating
- he|she|it is operating
- we are operating
- you are operating
- they are operating
Present Perfect
- I have operated
- you have operated
- he|she|it has operated
- we have operated
- you have operated
- they have operated
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been operating
- you have been operating
- he|she|it has been operating
- we have been operating
- you have been operating
- they have been operating
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 operate in the past tenses
Simple past
- I operated
- you operated
- he|she|it operated
- we operated
- you operated
- they operated
Past continuous
- I was operating
- you were operating
- he|she|it was operating
- we were operating
- you were operating
- they were operating
Past perfect
- I had operated
- you had operated
- he|she|it had operated
- we had operated
- you had operated
- they had operated
Past perfect continuous
- I had been operating
- you had been operating
- he|she|it had been operating
- we had been operating
- you had been operating
- they had been operating
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 operate in the futur tenses
Future
- I will operate
- you will operate
- he|she|it will operate
- we will operate
- you will operate
- they will operate
Future continuous
- I will be operating
- you will be operating
- he|she|it will be operating
- we will be operating
- you will be operating
- they will be operating
Future perfect
- I will have operated
- you will have operated
- he|she|it will have operated
- we will have operated
- you will have operated
- they will have operated
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been operating
- you will have been operating
- he|she|it will have been operating
- we will have been operating
- you will have been operating
- they will have been operating
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 operate
The imperative in English, for the verb to operate
Imperative
- operate
- let's operate
- operate
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