Conjugation of the verb pay in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb pay in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I pay
  • you pay
  • he|she|it pays
  • we pay
  • you pay
  • they pay

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 pay in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 pay in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 pay

Present participle

  • paying

Past participle

  • paid

Perfect Participle

  • having paid

The imperative in English, for the verb to pay

Imperative

  • pay
  • let's pay
  • pay

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