Conjugation of the verb retort in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb retort in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I retort
  • you retort
  • he|she|it retorts
  • we retort
  • you retort
  • they retort

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 retort in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 retort in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 retort

Present participle

  • retorting

Past participle

  • retorted

Perfect Participle

  • having retorted

The imperative in English, for the verb to retort

Imperative

  • retort
  • let's retort
  • retort

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