Conjugation of the verb sit in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb sit in the present tenses

Present Tense

I sit
you sit
he|she|it sits
we sit
you sit
they sit

Present Continuous

I am sitting
you are sitting
he|she|it is sitting
we are sitting
you are sitting
they are sitting

Present Perfect

I have sat
you have sat
he|she|it has sat
we have sat
you have sat
they have sat

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been sitting
you have been sitting
he|she|it has been sitting
we have been sitting
you have been sitting
they have been sitting

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 sit in the past tenses

Simple past

I sat
you sat
he|she|it sat
we sat
you sat
they sat

Past continuous

I was sitting
you were sitting
he|she|it was sitting
we were sitting
you were sitting
they were sitting

Past perfect

I had sat
you had sat
he|she|it had sat
we had sat
you had sat
they had sat

Past perfect continuous

I had been sitting
you had been sitting
he|she|it had been sitting
we had been sitting
you had been sitting
they had been sitting

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 sit in the futur tenses

Future

I will sit
you will sit
he|she|it will sit
we will sit
you will sit
they will sit

Future continuous

I will be sitting
you will be sitting
he|she|it will be sitting
we will be sitting
you will be sitting
they will be sitting

Future perfect

I will have sat
you will have sat
he|she|it will have sat
we will have sat
you will have sat
they will have sat

Future perfect continuous

I will have been sitting
you will have been sitting
he|she|it will have been sitting
we will have been sitting
you will have been sitting
they will have been sitting

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 sit

Present participle

sitting

Past participle

sat

Perfect Participle

having sat

The imperative in English, for the verb to sit

Imperative

sit
let's sit
sit

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