Conjugation of the verb respond in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb respond in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I respond
  • you respond
  • he|she|it responds
  • we respond
  • you respond
  • they respond

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 respond in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 respond in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 respond

Present participle

  • responding

Past participle

  • responded

Perfect Participle

  • having responded

The imperative in English, for the verb to respond

Imperative

  • respond
  • let's respond
  • respond

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