Conjugation of the verb soft-pedal in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb soft-pedal in English.

Conjugation of the verb soft-pedal in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I soft-pedal
  • you soft-pedal
  • he|she|it soft-pedals
  • we soft-pedal
  • you soft-pedal
  • they soft-pedal

Present Continuous

  • I am soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you are soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • he|she|it is soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • we are soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you are soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • they are soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling

Present Perfect

  • I have soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • you have soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • he|she|it has soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • we have soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • you have soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • they have soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you have been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • he|she|it has been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • we have been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you have been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • they have been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling

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 soft-pedal in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • you soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • he|she|it soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • we soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • you soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • they soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled

Past continuous

  • I was soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you were soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • he|she|it was soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • we were soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you were soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • they were soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling

Past perfect

  • I had soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • you had soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • he|she|it had soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • we had soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • you had soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • they had soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you had been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • he|she|it had been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • we had been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you had been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • they had been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling

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 soft-pedal in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will soft-pedal
  • you will soft-pedal
  • he|she|it will soft-pedal
  • we will soft-pedal
  • you will soft-pedal
  • they will soft-pedal

Future continuous

  • I will be soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you will be soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • he|she|it will be soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • we will be soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you will be soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • they will be soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling

Future perfect

  • I will have soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • you will have soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • he|she|it will have soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • we will have soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • you will have soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled
  • they will have soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you will have been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • he|she|it will have been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • we will have been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • you will have been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling
  • they will have been soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling

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 soft-pedal

Present participle

  • soft-pedaling/soft-pedalling

Past participle

  • soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled

Perfect Participle

  • having soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled

The imperative in English, for the verb to soft-pedal

Imperative

  • soft-pedal
  • let's soft-pedal
  • soft-pedal

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