Conjugation of the verb pursue in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb pursue in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I pursue
  • you pursue
  • he|she|it pursues
  • we pursue
  • you pursue
  • they pursue

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 pursue in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 pursue in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 pursue

Present participle

  • pursuing

Past participle

  • pursued

Perfect Participle

  • having pursued

The imperative in English, for the verb to pursue

Imperative

  • pursue
  • let's pursue
  • pursue

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