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