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