Conjugation of the verb sail in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb sail in English.
Conjugation of the verb sail in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I sail
- you sail
- he|she|it sails
- we sail
- you sail
- they sail
Present Continuous
- I am sailing
- you are sailing
- he|she|it is sailing
- we are sailing
- you are sailing
- they are sailing
Present Perfect
- I have sailed
- you have sailed
- he|she|it has sailed
- we have sailed
- you have sailed
- they have sailed
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been sailing
- you have been sailing
- he|she|it has been sailing
- we have been sailing
- you have been sailing
- they have been sailing
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 sail in the past tenses
Simple past
- I sailed
- you sailed
- he|she|it sailed
- we sailed
- you sailed
- they sailed
Past continuous
- I was sailing
- you were sailing
- he|she|it was sailing
- we were sailing
- you were sailing
- they were sailing
Past perfect
- I had sailed
- you had sailed
- he|she|it had sailed
- we had sailed
- you had sailed
- they had sailed
Past perfect continuous
- I had been sailing
- you had been sailing
- he|she|it had been sailing
- we had been sailing
- you had been sailing
- they had been sailing
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 sail in the futur tenses
Future
- I will sail
- you will sail
- he|she|it will sail
- we will sail
- you will sail
- they will sail
Future continuous
- I will be sailing
- you will be sailing
- he|she|it will be sailing
- we will be sailing
- you will be sailing
- they will be sailing
Future perfect
- I will have sailed
- you will have sailed
- he|she|it will have sailed
- we will have sailed
- you will have sailed
- they will have sailed
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been sailing
- you will have been sailing
- he|she|it will have been sailing
- we will have been sailing
- you will have been sailing
- they will have been sailing
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.
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