Conjugation of the verb retain in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb retain in the present tenses

Present Tense

I retain
you retain
he|she|it retains
we retain
you retain
they retain

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 retain in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 retain in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 retain

Present participle

retaining

Past participle

retained

Perfect Participle

having retained

The imperative in English, for the verb to retain

Imperative

retain
let's retain
retain

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