Conjugation of the verb prepare in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb prepare in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I prepare
  • you prepare
  • he|she|it prepares
  • we prepare
  • you prepare
  • they prepare

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 prepare in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 prepare in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 prepare

Present participle

  • preparing

Past participle

  • prepared

Perfect Participle

  • having prepared

The imperative in English, for the verb to prepare

Imperative

  • prepare
  • let's prepare
  • prepare

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