Conjugation of the verb outsmart in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb outsmart in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I outsmart
  • you outsmart
  • he|she|it outsmarts
  • we outsmart
  • you outsmart
  • they outsmart

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 outsmart in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 outsmart in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 outsmart

Present participle

  • outsmarting

Past participle

  • outsmarted

Perfect Participle

  • having outsmarted

The imperative in English, for the verb to outsmart

Imperative

  • outsmart
  • let's outsmart
  • outsmart

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