Conjugation of the verb regret in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb regret in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I regret
  • you regret
  • he|she|it regrets
  • we regret
  • you regret
  • they regret

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 regret in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 regret in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 regret

Present participle

  • regretting

Past participle

  • regretted

Perfect Participle

  • having regretted

The imperative in English, for the verb to regret

Imperative

  • regret
  • let's regret
  • regret

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