Conjugation of the verb prevent in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb prevent in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I prevent
  • you prevent
  • he|she|it prevents
  • we prevent
  • you prevent
  • they prevent

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 prevent in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 prevent in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 prevent

Present participle

  • preventing

Past participle

  • prevented

Perfect Participle

  • having prevented

The imperative in English, for the verb to prevent

Imperative

  • prevent
  • let's prevent
  • prevent

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