Conjugation of the verb specify in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb specify in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I specify
  • you specify
  • he|she|it specifies
  • we specify
  • you specify
  • they specify

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 specify in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 specify in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 specify

Present participle

  • specifying

Past participle

  • specified

Perfect Participle

  • having specified

The imperative in English, for the verb to specify

Imperative

  • specify
  • let's specify
  • specify

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