Conjugation of the verb perfect in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb perfect in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I perfect
  • you perfect
  • he|she|it perfects
  • we perfect
  • you perfect
  • they perfect

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 perfect in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 perfect in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 perfect

Present participle

  • perfecting

Past participle

  • perfected

Perfect Participle

  • having perfected

The imperative in English, for the verb to perfect

Imperative

  • perfect
  • let's perfect
  • perfect

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