Conjugation of the verb portend in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb portend in English.
Conjugation of the verb portend in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I portend
- you portend
- he|she|it portends
- we portend
- you portend
- they portend
Present Continuous
- I am portending
- you are portending
- he|she|it is portending
- we are portending
- you are portending
- they are portending
Present Perfect
- I have portended
- you have portended
- he|she|it has portended
- we have portended
- you have portended
- they have portended
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been portending
- you have been portending
- he|she|it has been portending
- we have been portending
- you have been portending
- they have been portending
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 portend in the past tenses
Simple past
- I portended
- you portended
- he|she|it portended
- we portended
- you portended
- they portended
Past continuous
- I was portending
- you were portending
- he|she|it was portending
- we were portending
- you were portending
- they were portending
Past perfect
- I had portended
- you had portended
- he|she|it had portended
- we had portended
- you had portended
- they had portended
Past perfect continuous
- I had been portending
- you had been portending
- he|she|it had been portending
- we had been portending
- you had been portending
- they had been portending
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 portend in the futur tenses
Future
- I will portend
- you will portend
- he|she|it will portend
- we will portend
- you will portend
- they will portend
Future continuous
- I will be portending
- you will be portending
- he|she|it will be portending
- we will be portending
- you will be portending
- they will be portending
Future perfect
- I will have portended
- you will have portended
- he|she|it will have portended
- we will have portended
- you will have portended
- they will have portended
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been portending
- you will have been portending
- he|she|it will have been portending
- we will have been portending
- you will have been portending
- they will have been portending
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 portend
The imperative in English, for the verb to portend
Imperative
- portend
- let's portend
- portend
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