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