Conjugation of the verb preoccupy in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb preoccupy in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I preoccupy
  • you preoccupy
  • he|she|it preoccupies
  • we preoccupy
  • you preoccupy
  • they preoccupy

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 preoccupy in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 preoccupy in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 preoccupy

Present participle

  • preoccupying

Past participle

  • preoccupied

Perfect Participle

  • having preoccupied

The imperative in English, for the verb to preoccupy

Imperative

  • preoccupy
  • let's preoccupy
  • preoccupy

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