Conjugation of the verb respire in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb respire in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I respire
  • you respire
  • he|she|it respires
  • we respire
  • you respire
  • they respire

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 respire in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 respire in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 respire

Present participle

  • respiring

Past participle

  • respired

Perfect Participle

  • having respired

The imperative in English, for the verb to respire

Imperative

  • respire
  • let's respire
  • respire

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