Conjugation of the verb retract in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb retract in English.
Conjugation of the verb retract in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I retract
- you retract
- he|she|it retracts
- we retract
- you retract
- they retract
Present Continuous
- I am retracting
- you are retracting
- he|she|it is retracting
- we are retracting
- you are retracting
- they are retracting
Present Perfect
- I have retracted
- you have retracted
- he|she|it has retracted
- we have retracted
- you have retracted
- they have retracted
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been retracting
- you have been retracting
- he|she|it has been retracting
- we have been retracting
- you have been retracting
- they have been retracting
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 retract in the past tenses
Simple past
- I retracted
- you retracted
- he|she|it retracted
- we retracted
- you retracted
- they retracted
Past continuous
- I was retracting
- you were retracting
- he|she|it was retracting
- we were retracting
- you were retracting
- they were retracting
Past perfect
- I had retracted
- you had retracted
- he|she|it had retracted
- we had retracted
- you had retracted
- they had retracted
Past perfect continuous
- I had been retracting
- you had been retracting
- he|she|it had been retracting
- we had been retracting
- you had been retracting
- they had been retracting
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 retract in the futur tenses
Future
- I will retract
- you will retract
- he|she|it will retract
- we will retract
- you will retract
- they will retract
Future continuous
- I will be retracting
- you will be retracting
- he|she|it will be retracting
- we will be retracting
- you will be retracting
- they will be retracting
Future perfect
- I will have retracted
- you will have retracted
- he|she|it will have retracted
- we will have retracted
- you will have retracted
- they will have retracted
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been retracting
- you will have been retracting
- he|she|it will have been retracting
- we will have been retracting
- you will have been retracting
- they will have been retracting
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 retract
The imperative in English, for the verb to retract
Imperative
- retract
- let's retract
- retract
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