Conjugation of the verb pick in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb pick in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I pick
  • you pick
  • he|she|it picks
  • we pick
  • you pick
  • they pick

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 pick in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 pick in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 pick

Present participle

  • picking

Past participle

  • picked

Perfect Participle

  • having picked

The imperative in English, for the verb to pick

Imperative

  • pick
  • let's pick
  • pick

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