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