Conjugation of the verb retrospect in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb retrospect in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I retrospect
  • you retrospect
  • he|she|it retrospects
  • we retrospect
  • you retrospect
  • they retrospect

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 retrospect in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 retrospect in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 retrospect

Present participle

  • retrospecting

Past participle

  • retrospected

Perfect Participle

  • having retrospected

The imperative in English, for the verb to retrospect

Imperative

  • retrospect
  • let's retrospect
  • retrospect

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