Conjugation of the verb pen in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb pen in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I pen
  • you pen
  • he|she|it pens
  • we pen
  • you pen
  • they pen

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 pen in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 pen in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 pen

Present participle

  • penning

Past participle

  • penned

Perfect Participle

  • having penned

The imperative in English, for the verb to pen

Imperative

  • pen
  • let's pen
  • pen

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