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