Conjugation of the verb set in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb set in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I set
  • you set
  • he|she|it sets
  • we set
  • you set
  • they set

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 set in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 set in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 set

Present participle

  • setting

Past participle

  • set

Perfect Participle

  • having set

The imperative in English, for the verb to set

Imperative

  • set
  • let's set
  • set

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