Conjugation of the verb participate in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb participate in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I participate
  • you participate
  • he|she|it participates
  • we participate
  • you participate
  • they participate

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 participate in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 participate in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 participate

Present participle

  • participating

Past participle

  • participated

Perfect Participle

  • having participated

The imperative in English, for the verb to participate

Imperative

  • participate
  • let's participate
  • participate

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