Conjugation of the verb retaliate in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb retaliate in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I retaliate
  • you retaliate
  • he|she|it retaliates
  • we retaliate
  • you retaliate
  • they retaliate

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 retaliate in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 retaliate in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 retaliate

Present participle

  • retaliating

Past participle

  • retaliated

Perfect Participle

  • having retaliated

The imperative in English, for the verb to retaliate

Imperative

  • retaliate
  • let's retaliate
  • retaliate

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