Conjugation of the verb play in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb play in the present tenses

Present Tense

I play
you play
he|she|it plays
we play
you play
they play

Present Continuous

I am playing
you are playing
he|she|it is playing
we are playing
you are playing
they are playing

Present Perfect

I have played
you have played
he|she|it has played
we have played
you have played
they have played

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been playing
you have been playing
he|she|it has been playing
we have been playing
you have been playing
they have been playing

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 play in the past tenses

Simple past

I played
you played
he|she|it played
we played
you played
they played

Past continuous

I was playing
you were playing
he|she|it was playing
we were playing
you were playing
they were playing

Past perfect

I had played
you had played
he|she|it had played
we had played
you had played
they had played

Past perfect continuous

I had been playing
you had been playing
he|she|it had been playing
we had been playing
you had been playing
they had been playing

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 play in the futur tenses

Future

I will play
you will play
he|she|it will play
we will play
you will play
they will play

Future continuous

I will be playing
you will be playing
he|she|it will be playing
we will be playing
you will be playing
they will be playing

Future perfect

I will have played
you will have played
he|she|it will have played
we will have played
you will have played
they will have played

Future perfect continuous

I will have been playing
you will have been playing
he|she|it will have been playing
we will have been playing
you will have been playing
they will have been playing

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 play

Present participle

playing

Past participle

played

Perfect Participle

having played

The imperative in English, for the verb to play

Imperative

play
let's play
play

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