Conjugation of the verb pat in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb pat in English.
Conjugation of the verb pat in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I pat
- you pat
- he|she|it pats
- we pat
- you pat
- they pat
Present Continuous
- I am patting
- you are patting
- he|she|it is patting
- we are patting
- you are patting
- they are patting
Present Perfect
- I have patted
- you have patted
- he|she|it has patted
- we have patted
- you have patted
- they have patted
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been patting
- you have been patting
- he|she|it has been patting
- we have been patting
- you have been patting
- they have been patting
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 pat in the past tenses
Simple past
- I patted
- you patted
- he|she|it patted
- we patted
- you patted
- they patted
Past continuous
- I was patting
- you were patting
- he|she|it was patting
- we were patting
- you were patting
- they were patting
Past perfect
- I had patted
- you had patted
- he|she|it had patted
- we had patted
- you had patted
- they had patted
Past perfect continuous
- I had been patting
- you had been patting
- he|she|it had been patting
- we had been patting
- you had been patting
- they had been patting
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 pat in the futur tenses
Future
- I will pat
- you will pat
- he|she|it will pat
- we will pat
- you will pat
- they will pat
Future continuous
- I will be patting
- you will be patting
- he|she|it will be patting
- we will be patting
- you will be patting
- they will be patting
Future perfect
- I will have patted
- you will have patted
- he|she|it will have patted
- we will have patted
- you will have patted
- they will have patted
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been patting
- you will have been patting
- he|she|it will have been patting
- we will have been patting
- you will have been patting
- they will have been patting
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.
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