Conjugation of the verb overhear in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb overhear in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I overhear
  • you overhear
  • he|she|it overhears
  • we overhear
  • you overhear
  • they overhear

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 overhear in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 overhear in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 overhear

Present participle

  • overhearing

Past participle

  • overheard

Perfect Participle

  • having overheard

The imperative in English, for the verb to overhear

Imperative

  • overhear
  • let's overhear
  • overhear

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