Conjugation of the verb phrase in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb phrase in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I phrase
  • you phrase
  • he|she|it phrases
  • we phrase
  • you phrase
  • they phrase

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 phrase in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 phrase in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 phrase

Present participle

  • phrasing

Past participle

  • phrased

Perfect Participle

  • having phrased

The imperative in English, for the verb to phrase

Imperative

  • phrase
  • let's phrase
  • phrase

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