Conjugation of the verb pilfer in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb pilfer in English.
Conjugation of the verb pilfer in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I pilfer
- you pilfer
- he|she|it pilfers
- we pilfer
- you pilfer
- they pilfer
Present Continuous
- I am pilfering
- you are pilfering
- he|she|it is pilfering
- we are pilfering
- you are pilfering
- they are pilfering
Present Perfect
- I have pilfered
- you have pilfered
- he|she|it has pilfered
- we have pilfered
- you have pilfered
- they have pilfered
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been pilfering
- you have been pilfering
- he|she|it has been pilfering
- we have been pilfering
- you have been pilfering
- they have been pilfering
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 pilfer in the past tenses
Simple past
- I pilfered
- you pilfered
- he|she|it pilfered
- we pilfered
- you pilfered
- they pilfered
Past continuous
- I was pilfering
- you were pilfering
- he|she|it was pilfering
- we were pilfering
- you were pilfering
- they were pilfering
Past perfect
- I had pilfered
- you had pilfered
- he|she|it had pilfered
- we had pilfered
- you had pilfered
- they had pilfered
Past perfect continuous
- I had been pilfering
- you had been pilfering
- he|she|it had been pilfering
- we had been pilfering
- you had been pilfering
- they had been pilfering
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 pilfer in the futur tenses
Future
- I will pilfer
- you will pilfer
- he|she|it will pilfer
- we will pilfer
- you will pilfer
- they will pilfer
Future continuous
- I will be pilfering
- you will be pilfering
- he|she|it will be pilfering
- we will be pilfering
- you will be pilfering
- they will be pilfering
Future perfect
- I will have pilfered
- you will have pilfered
- he|she|it will have pilfered
- we will have pilfered
- you will have pilfered
- they will have pilfered
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been pilfering
- you will have been pilfering
- he|she|it will have been pilfering
- we will have been pilfering
- you will have been pilfering
- they will have been pilfering
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.
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