Conjugation of the verb overlay in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb overlay in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I overlay
  • you overlay
  • he|she|it overlays
  • we overlay
  • you overlay
  • they overlay

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 overlay in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 overlay in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 overlay

Present participle

  • overlaying

Past participle

  • overlaid

Perfect Participle

  • having overlaid

The imperative in English, for the verb to overlay

Imperative

  • overlay
  • let's overlay
  • overlay

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