Conjugation of the verb remain in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb remain in the present tenses

Present Tense

I remain
you remain
he|she|it remains
we remain
you remain
they remain

Present Continuous

I am remaining
you are remaining
he|she|it is remaining
we are remaining
you are remaining
they are remaining

Present Perfect

I have remained
you have remained
he|she|it has remained
we have remained
you have remained
they have remained

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been remaining
you have been remaining
he|she|it has been remaining
we have been remaining
you have been remaining
they have been remaining

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 remain in the past tenses

Simple past

I remained
you remained
he|she|it remained
we remained
you remained
they remained

Past continuous

I was remaining
you were remaining
he|she|it was remaining
we were remaining
you were remaining
they were remaining

Past perfect

I had remained
you had remained
he|she|it had remained
we had remained
you had remained
they had remained

Past perfect continuous

I had been remaining
you had been remaining
he|she|it had been remaining
we had been remaining
you had been remaining
they had been remaining

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 remain in the futur tenses

Future

I will remain
you will remain
he|she|it will remain
we will remain
you will remain
they will remain

Future continuous

I will be remaining
you will be remaining
he|she|it will be remaining
we will be remaining
you will be remaining
they will be remaining

Future perfect

I will have remained
you will have remained
he|she|it will have remained
we will have remained
you will have remained
they will have remained

Future perfect continuous

I will have been remaining
you will have been remaining
he|she|it will have been remaining
we will have been remaining
you will have been remaining
they will have been remaining

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 remain

Present participle

remaining

Past participle

remained

Perfect Participle

having remained

The imperative in English, for the verb to remain

Imperative

remain
let's remain
remain

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