Conjugation of the verb promise in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb promise in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I promise
  • you promise
  • he|she|it promises
  • we promise
  • you promise
  • they promise

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 promise in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 promise in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 promise

Present participle

  • promising

Past participle

  • promised

Perfect Participle

  • having promised

The imperative in English, for the verb to promise

Imperative

  • promise
  • let's promise
  • promise

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