Conjugation of the verb retrieve in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb retrieve in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I retrieve
  • you retrieve
  • he|she|it retrieves
  • we retrieve
  • you retrieve
  • they retrieve

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 retrieve in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 retrieve in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 retrieve

Present participle

  • retrieving

Past participle

  • retrieved

Perfect Participle

  • having retrieved

The imperative in English, for the verb to retrieve

Imperative

  • retrieve
  • let's retrieve
  • retrieve

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